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One issue that China is not dealing with is inflation! @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/06/10/eur… https://t.co/v8UuFTJT5J

RT @F_Wenninger: 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the death of historian Eric Hobsbawm. We are taking this as an opportunity to restore t…

Greens now head of the SPD for two weeks in German polling and FDP is consistently below 10%. Die Linke in real trouble. twitter.com/Wahlrecht_de/s…

RT @mcopelov: As always, the thing to read is @M_C_Klein's thoughtful, data-driven take on inflation and its component drivers. https://t.c…

RT @giulio_mattioli: Some reacting to the EU ICE vehicle ban these days are basically saying: "How can we use technological innovation to m…

RT @TheBishF1: Remembering Jo Bonnier, versatile racing driver, energetic motorsport safety campaigner, & Damon Hill’s godfather, killed at…

RT @franziskamager: Really recommend this primer from @adam_tooze on global inequality and the link to CO2 emissions is great. Readable, ad…

RT @franziskamager: @oxfamchristian @adam_tooze Ooops! adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne…

RT @ThiagoKrause2: O @adam_tooze traz dados fascinante sobre as Ilhas Faroe (que eu só lembro de ter ouvido falar numa reportagem sobre jog…

RT @leslieehrlich: Hey @adam_tooze I’m sure you know that those black and yellow fallout signs you mentioned on @OnesandToozePod are still…

Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan are all talking of oil prices North of $140 for 2nd half of 2022. Shades of 2008? @OilSheppard thinks not. Shortage of supply suggests this may be for real. Presumably unless there is some nasty China shock in offing. ft.com/content/99cac5… https://t.co/7ClNEUcch3

in 2021 about 60 per cent of Moldova’s exports went to the EU, and only 10 per cent to Russia. ft.com/content/adb8a9… https://t.co/4pjSMHSPPT

From Watergate, to January 6 is a measure of a transformed society. Though Nixon had just been re-elected by a landslide the US Senate voted unanimously for an investigation. Not one Republican dissented. @EdwardGLuce on song. ft.com/content/aa1fe1… https://t.co/giLkxVaA0V

Surging Asian imports of seaborne oil from Russia offset falling exports to Europe. ft.com/content/5285f2… https://t.co/kjFn3v8GHB

In latest World Economist Prospects @WorldBank did a rather interesting comparison of 2022 with the global 1970s. Chartbook #127 pulls together the best charts. Sign up for the newsletter here: adamtooze.substack.com https://t.co/clOPKoAs1H

Shanghai reimposes lockdowns after detecting 11 Covid cases. How long can this go on? ft.com/content/ebdbc1… https://t.co/w1DHTSVrXu

"Watergate proved that the American republic could withstand assault by a popular and very effective sitting president. The system worked. January 6 shows that an unpopular former president can wield a veto over the fate of democracy.” @EdwardGLuce ft.com/content/aa1fe1… https://t.co/mpgr4awBth

Chartbook #127 dropped today on the @WorldBank latest report on the 1970s analogy and the risk of debt crisis in EM and LIC. https://t.co/Djla9Vbp3h

RT @RobinBrooksIIF: The ECB doesn't operate in a vacuum. Normally, EUR/$ would rise on today's ECB hiking signal. But nothing is normal rig…

China’s National Health Commission has asked authorities in 19 provinces to pay “special attention” to people who developed leukaemia after Covid vaccines. This was because some were forming groups on social media that might “affect social stability”. ft.com/content/a191cb… https://t.co/UJ9Ch5e1Rp

As of May 5, < 2/3 of Chinese citizens aged > 60 had received a booster shot, as recommended by WHO. To achieve herd immunity, it is estimated that 80 % of pop needs 3rd dose. C. 100mn Chinese are estimated to be either unvaccinated or under-vaccinated ft.com/content/a191cb… https://t.co/7TOjO11smb

To explore brave new worlds, astronauts need smart new suits … I am sure they do, but when you put it like that I can’t help wondering whether we dont have more urgent issues at hand. ft.com/content/ea1137… https://t.co/F06bWgZStV

Chinas pop over 60 is still undervaccinated. In effort to break impasse dozens of cities have begun offering people aged 60 and older free insurance that pays out up to Rmb500,000 ($75,000) if they fall ill — or worse — because of Covid-19 vaccines. ft.com/content/a191cb… https://t.co/Ozjr5kXluU

"The withdrawal problems at 4 Henan savings banks have prompted rare street protests by angry depositors” China’s 3,902 regional lenders = 1 % of deposits but a source of significant stress. ft.com/content/fc0ba3… https://t.co/bkCSBTLB85

RT @shortl2021: 1/14. A number of articles have popped up around the 78th anniversary of the D-Day landings, but none so insightful & show-…

RT @RobinBrooksIIF: What does ECB "spread control" mean? Let's take the most extreme scenario for sake of illustration – say the ECB announ…

RT @JustinWolfers: This is bananas, in the midst of an almost-complete recovery from the deepest downturn since the Great Depression, due t…

RT @pontus_rendahl: This is not a currency. And it has no potential to ever be a currency. BTC currently uses 0.65% of total world energy.…

RT @pontus_rendahl: Just for comparison: Visa can handla 65,000 transaction per second, and can handle about 250,000 transaction using the…

RT @pontus_rendahl: The more I read about crypto, the more I realise how useless they are. Bitcoin can (theoretically) handle 7 transaction…

RT @JosephPolitano: People who root for a recession imagine themselves as the guys in The Big Short or the first time homebuyers of 2012 wh…

After 2007-08 crisis which was caused by a spike in energy prices & droughts in crop-producing countries, G8/G20 announced a $22bn aid package. However, much of the funding was recycled, some aid agencies said. @EmikoTerazono ft.com/content/b57ea4… https://t.co/ujW9UhvWbq

RT @jsblokland: Recent events, with #ECB-members, ironically, searching for another bond-buying scheme to fight rising borrowing costs befo…

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Bloomberg Economics calculates that 1% slowdown in Chinese industrial production can shave as much as 5% off global oil prices. China is world’s biggest buyer of iron ore, and accounts for 40% of global demand for copper and 30% for nickel, zinc and tin. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/2m8ecQud1k

RT @DrJEaton: Fascinating essay by @adam_tooze on the shifting historiography of D-Day and the Normandy campaign, and linkages to military…