@hwhomalski @Noahpinion NB: The definition I am working off is not mine, but Zelensky’s – though I dont find it a bad one. And concluding that by this high standard, sovereignty is more formal than real implies nothing whatsoever about the rights and wrongs of invasion.
How subcomponents in the UK’s cost of living have dispersed since the 1990s. Education up 600%. Electronics down 98% ft.com/content/90ccc9… https://t.co/5ntYZFtRxz
In May 2021 the Biden administration chalked up a massive own goal when it approved 221 per cent tariffs on truck chassis imported from China = cant hook containers to trucks without chassis even if you can find drivers. ft.com/content/0e9b55… https://t.co/8DjTXDj2Zo
"Qatar has been locked in a dispute with the EU over a 2018 European Commission investigation into QatarEnergy’s long-term, fixed contracts.” … Oops! ft.com/content/1ac9a0…
"Given the tension in Ukraine, talk of a horizon of expectation feels like a rather pastoral image. What these Krisenbilder sketch is more like a mind map of our fears.” Chartbook #73 attempts to map the polycrisis. Sign up here: adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-73… https://t.co/LgvSLmnVGW
The US is holding talks with Qatar and other large gas exporters to plan contingency measures in case a Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupts supplies to Europe. ft.com/content/1ac9a0… https://t.co/OO2IajQola
The new Dutch-German axis is going to be interesting to watch. What do you call a flock of "friendly hawks"? twitter.com/BMF_Bund/statu…
"I'm not a scary hawk. I'm a friendly hawk"… you gotta hand it to @c_lindner its a charming line, but also a bit spooky … non? Certainly a different style of play. twitter.com/c_lindner/stat…
RT @LaetitiaLenel: „Given our present mood, talk of a horizon of expectation feels like a rather pastoral image. What these Krisenbilder sk…
@policytensor @etbadabim OH God … of course you are right … Polycrisis metastasizing under viral attack on the domestic front.
@CabaneLydie My short definitions are that crises are when problems mount to the point of threatening identities or basic assumptions & polycrisis is when the total is worse than sum of parts. Crude but handy. Acknowledging that both are always also discursive constructs, incl our talk too.
RT @laseptiemewilay: This is a good retrospective piece of the political crisis created by Kais Saied in Tunisia with a grim prospective lo…
What are the potential implications of this Iran-Russia alignment? Ominous? Or largely symbolic? twitter.com/PressTV/status…
RT @X__Alternative: Un excellent post de @adam_tooze illustrant la cascade de crises qui se déploient actuellement. Tout ceci doit nous i…
The pace of global events right now is frantic and the intersection of crisis vectors is bewildering. Chartbook #73 tries to map “das Krisenbild” – the crisis picture. Sign up here for the newsletter: adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-73… https://t.co/R46Ms2B083
@JeremyFarrar @wellcometrust @SwissRe @OdileRenaud @EBRD @MAAljadaan @CameronAbadi @OnesandToozePod Thank you. That is very nice of you to say. Easy with a group like that. Another time I hope!
Davos state of mind: Doing the virtual version on "Preparedness and risk" with @JeremyFarrar (@wellcometrust), Christian Mumenthaler (@SwissRe), @OdileRenaud (@EBRD), @MAAljadaan #DavosAgenda weforum.org/events/the-dav… And talking Davos/WEF with @CameronAbadi on @OnesandToozePod twitter.com/OnesandToozePo…
Krisenbilder – Crisis PIctures Chartbook #73 just dropped. Yeah I know it’s relentless, but that, friends, is the polycrisis for you. It comes from all sides and it just keeps coming. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-73… https://t.co/79p009pa1i
RT @adam_tooze: This is an essential point that turns intertwining of structure and agency into a methodological principle: You shock or sh…
RT @PhilippaSigl: @RobinBrooksIIF @BMWK @adam_tooze @heimbergecon All thanks to those who put the stuff online :-). Thank you, Adam and Phi…
RT @CUHistoryDept: "While the president invoked Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Manchin countered with the need to preserve the 232…
US-EU-Lithuania-China-Taiwan plot thickens. @noahbarkin reported that Berlin believed that Lithuania was an eager tool of US policy v. China (with eye to Russia) gmfus.org/news/watching-… Now @Dimi reports, US trying to soften Lithuanian stance! Hmmmm … ft.com/content/e64615… https://t.co/bDQ9cGTFNd
Is the US counter-spinning the rumor that @noahbarkin reported from Berlin in his recent newsletter that it was the US that had encouraged Lithuania to provoke China in the first place? gmfus.org/news/watching-… @Dimi twitter.com/Dimi/status/14…
“I’m going to be out on the road a lot, making the case” said Biden. “Making the case of what we did do, and what we want to do, what we need to do.” @JamesPoliti @LaurenFedor ft.com/content/98b128… My 2 cents on Biden’s 1st year in @guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/… https://t.co/F44kTv3iUb
How is El Salvador’s government-backed experiment with bitcoin going? @rbrtrmstrng @EthanYWu Try to read whatever data is available. Spoiler alert. It aint pretty. ft.com/content/8543fb… https://t.co/dORx4IoMLC
"Oil supply has long looked a bit scant; demand expectations are what missed the mark so badly.” @rbrtrmstrng unhedged newsletter turns to the oil surprise. ft.com/content/8543fb… https://t.co/25xs3e7P6W
Every January since 2018, John Kemp of Reuters has surveyed energy expert expectations for 2022’s average oil price. Last year, the group utterly failed to anticipate the present jump in prices, and have revised their views radically: ft.com/content/8543fb… https://t.co/NQOwXTYByY
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