ADAM TOOZE

@MXPichl Ich bestreite keineswegs den möglichen Schaden. Die Frage ist ob Russland den Schaden ueberstehen kann.

RT @policytensor: OK, I'm coming out. https://t.co/pT7gclqNOd

Ethiopia has started to generate electricity from the Grand Ethiopian Renaisance Dam – self-financed through local bonds and from civil servants salaries. At center of local power struggle. ft.com/content/e5f3ab… https://t.co/0Sk2W2VRPW

RT @StefanSasse: Angesichts der Ukrainekrise hoch aktuell: das neue Buch von @njtmulder, in dem er die Geschichte der Sanktionen nachzeichn…

RT @today_explained: The US hopes the threat of sanctions will dissuade Russia from invading Ukraine. Historian @njtmulder talks to co-host…

Energy Charter Treaty pushed by EU in the early 1990s and extending to 50 countries ECT, was intended to protect international energy investments by foreign companies or individuals. Does it now stand in the way of energy transition? ft.com/content/b02ae9… https://t.co/wagkF5GrBJ

RT @Mark3Ds: P.642 (see above)–Count #HarryKessler as #WWI begins: "Dined in the evening with the regiment in Potsdam…Everyone is clear…

RT @steve_race: @HaydnBelfield @adam_tooze One of the (many) interesting aspects of @DuncanWeldon's book is around the usefulness of the UK…

In 2020, Fitch issued a record 45 sovereign downgrades affecting 27 of the 80 emerging markets for which it prepares ratings, including Mexico and South Africa. It downgraded Turkey last week. ft.com/content/9cc282… https://t.co/miSCjOoTvt

W.E.B. Du Bois, left, celebrating his 95th birthday with Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah in 1963. covertactionmagazine.com/2022/02/07/bar… https://t.co/1peFTo801D

Sri Lanka, Ghana, El Salvador and Tunisia, Ukraine top the list of acute worries amongst EM sovereign debt investors. @Jonthn_Wheatley ft.com/content/9cc282… https://t.co/pQbSlUUPmZ

In the 1970s rebel truckers coordinating in secret CB code became pop cultural icons. npr.org/2017/06/06/531… Today Canada is struggling with a far-right truck blockade. Chartbook #84 on "big rigs” and the state. Check out the newsletter here: adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-84… https://t.co/Z7m64SccKh

G20 Finance Ministers announced that they have managed to redistribute to poor countries only $60bn of the $290bn in SDR they received in IMF distribution, not $100bn promised. ft.com/content/273442… https://t.co/07OsDSaQnr

RT @TironStefan: Good Chartbook #84 @adam_tooze on trucker pop hits, blockades & lingo of CB-radio – & the ambiguous relation of public and…

@BenjaminACoates Indeed, one suspects a hidden sympathy. Or fear. Its really rough out there in the Canadian towing business.

RT @HaydnBelfield: “Spaceship Britain. The first big society to stop farming since the Neolithic founded modern civilization. The first soc…

Unlike in 2018, Turkey has not seen a huge surge in its trade surplus (NB both imports and exports matter here) and energy is a big drag on current account. ft.com/content/093164… https://t.co/ZD5VHc27gS

Bringing hydrogen in from the cold: Deutsche Börse’s power and gas exchange EEX announced plans to launch a new hydrogen price index in 2022. ft.com/content/a51b79… https://t.co/3UfcOysyWj

On Tucker Carlson’s class narrative of the Canadian trucker protests and the history of actual working-class tactics of blockade. Chartbook #84 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-84… https://t.co/W9obOeuLwz

After long decline and wild swings, Turkish Lira is benefiting from a period of calm. Excellent @laurapitel write up of the lull in the “Turkey-crisis” story. ft.com/content/093164… https://t.co/c6paPVCZJ9

While more than 95% of China’s population enjoys some form of government-backed health insurance, many still struggle to afford quality healthcare wsj.com/articles/to-ac… https://t.co/bb1CbqfJEp

RT @drjennings: There's a lot of talk about the realignment of British politics, but a lot of it misses the basic point that the working cl…

Can the EU and Poland step back from the brink? Under pressure of Ukraine crisis, Warsaw shows some flexibility. Really helpful long read this from @Sam1Fleming @jamieshotter ft.com/content/949b4f… https://t.co/C3qzTKI1hB

Most semi-trucks in the United States tend to be around 8.5 feet wide, 72 feet long, 13.5 feet tall, and weigh up to 80,000 pounds. They make quite a roadblock! Chartbook #84 on the Canada protests. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-84… https://t.co/8dWFptTVzC

Alert! RWE, Uniper, UK’s Rockhopper have launched cases against the Netherlands, Italy, Poland and Slovenia under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) for 4bn euros in compensation for impact of climate policy on coal and oil projects. H/t @CamillaHodgson ft.com/content/b02ae9… https://t.co/46zyxuq7E8

@guardian I left the country. I was facing a bill running into tens of thousands of pounds. I’m sorta, literally a dental refugee.

Lindner: “I don’t support golden rule,” “Everyone would end up having their own definition for investment.” Priority: "clear path to lower debt levels” Why? Fear of fiscal dominance. Return to normalized monetary policy. Sure. But, how? And at what price? ft.com/content/b23082… https://t.co/OjEwpTX0nP

RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Real per capita GDP growth in the BRICs: 2010-2020 1. China (blue): +84% 2. India (red): +43% 3. Russia (pink): +10% 4.…

RT @michaelsjoel: Inflation management is about who bears the cost of adjustment: in the 1940s, the OPA required otherwise-profitable firms…

This looks fantastic. Would love to see a review copy @maxhaiven twitter.com/maxhaiven/stat…

@DanielaGabor How many (human) languages does @DanielaGabor have at her disposal?

RT @DanielaGabor: As the German Greens would put it, "Finanzmärkte haben richtig Lust, die grüne Transformation mitzuermöglichen"

RT @RobinBrooksIIF: LatAm real GDP growth: Q4 2019 to Q4 2021 1. Chile (red): +10.1% 2. Colombia (pink): +8.0% 3. Argentina (black): +5.0%…

10k trucks per day cross Ambassador bridge = key artery in America's trade system. It is privately owned! For decades owner blocked construction of public alternative. See Chartbook #84 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-84… & for more check out this by @mamossman harpers.org/archive/2017/1… https://t.co/K50QOE6wTv

Ambassador Bridge the site of the recent truck blocked is a weird place. Astonishingly, the traffic artery through which 25-30% of US trade with Canada flows – America’s main trade partner – is privately owned. Checkout Chartbook Newsletter #84 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-84… https://t.co/cLLI8h2rJg

Sometimes sovereignty consists in having the right tow rig. Chartbook #84 on the trucker blockade in Canada. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-84… https://t.co/WLOOL6nzPN