ADAM TOOZE

@PrateekRaj_ fair points. I used the word “daring” advisedly!

@suvyboy thanks!

21st century America: Tower A-2 Chicago where 1930s technology is used to control busiest rail traffic in entire US… https://t.co/C60HZo3FNi

Saudi Aramco’s Manifa offshore oil field built on 27 man-made islands frm 2010 enters production 2013 cost $10 bn… https://t.co/yKS2u07UlJ

Between the 1957 and 1961 seasons, 13 Formula 1 drivers were killed in crashes! https://t.co/zFeWEfx05O… https://t.co/oidgaWLctZ

A handy summary of Russia #sanctions bill from US senate by @edwardfishman https://t.co/qqDFOii7Ek

How much longer? 8m American workers, 6 % total are retail salespeople & cashiers, at severe risk of automation.… https://t.co/ShU5NTko9M

Not like the others: Saudi Aramco prepares for its $trn IPO by reconsidering its state-building role… https://t.co/pWTsqEf5oa

Real interest rates ARE down, but the huge surge in the 1980s distorts our view of the current situation @joshdigga… https://t.co/qT471T4mMa

Pulling no punches on currency manipulation @PIIE out with new estimates of imbalances caused!… https://t.co/JkqQswELZA

The Fed’s revealed preference for 1.5 % (Beckworth) Great roundup on inflation and the Fed @SMerler… https://t.co/NTbPiCNucK

Indonesia now rated investment grade by all agencies may be in line for major inflow of FDI. UNCTAS ranks it 4th!… https://t.co/6c8mZBhyb0

8 % interest rates in Turkey are driving a lively carry trade and pushing the lira off its lows. No crisis, for now… https://t.co/dh9emJnlWn

April 25 2017 Xi convened Politburo “collective study session” entirely devoted to financial security @bnaughton https://t.co/uG9Obr2SND

Shrinking cities: “resource-depleted”, deindustrialising urban areas are a global phenomenon.… https://t.co/zOS4QJM9bn

Who pays the dividends? In 2016 oil/gas were up there with banks, health care, well ahead of tech… https://t.co/0Z7WhKw72k

$1trn or $2trn that is the question … either way Saudi Aramco’s IPO will make it most valuable company in the world… https://t.co/9iJKUcJrSz

the reduction of words to mere signs is, of course, a technical necessity in certain fields, like military codes. Lukacs on DH

A young female welder adjusts her goggles, Groton, Connecticut, 1943. Photograph by Bernard Hoffman. https://t.co/SfFSx8XM4l

Battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815 “In war, the game is always with him who commits the fewest faults.”… https://t.co/hNHTpLlglP

US & Japan wealth accumulation is driven by asset price increases v. original accumulation in Asia &Latin America… https://t.co/frYdjw76UE

Patriotic tourism in the South China Sea, China’s Nat Geo divers install sovereignty markers underwater… https://t.co/ZQCxzet5ky

For a “strong state’ Chinese regime is remarkably cautious when it comes to personal income taxes = 2.5 % of revenu… https://t.co/XzCv0G5ROY

Extraordinary story behind the film Alone in Berlin a remake of Jeder stirbt fuer sich allein by Hans Fallada… https://t.co/48oRVBrXs6