@olk_julian @AgoraEW @tom_krebs_ @handelsblatt Ok @tom_krebs_ @olk_julian I’ve added Handelsblatt to my paying German subscriptions. Just gotta have your content.
Germany’s traffic light coalition was always going to be a complicated construct. For its agenda see Chartbook #54. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-54… The KEY issue is how to finance c. 50bn Euros in investment rightly demanded by Greens. Can this be done within limits of debt brake? twitter.com/olk_julian/sta…
RT @David_McNair: .@G7 countries committed to sharing 20% of their @IMFNews Special Drawing Rights with vulnerable countries #China just r…
"Rhetorical commitment to a vaccines IP waiver that Biden admin made back in May has never been tested by India and South Africa submitting a politically realistic compromise" -> EU takes heat @alanbeattie in fine form this morning! ft.com/content/3a2a8a… https://t.co/OzUnTMqXpI
India may be one of few to mourn cancellation of WTO ministerial "Kamal Nath, the India trade minister used to say that killing Doha in 2008 would make him so popular with the voters he could win his home state without bothering to campaign." ft.com/content/3a2a8a… https://t.co/QZCeDsHRIj
“For an institution whose members habitually make decisions at pace of an elderly sloth with chronic sciatica on a work-to-rule protest, the speed with which WTO postponed its big ministerial meeting was truly phenomenal.” @alanbeattie is naughty! ft.com/content/3a2a8a… https://t.co/XazvzMz3C2
On Europe, the coalition contract btw Germany’s governing parties is a weird mixture conservatism, openendedness and ambition (rather rhetorical one fears). Check out the overview in Chartbook Newsletter #54. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-54… https://t.co/AFHmMxQb37
Nissan has announced a ¥2tn ($17.7bn) vehicle electrification plan in a bid to “democratise” battery-powered cars and assert its dominance over incumbent global automakers and newcomers such as Tesla. ft.com/content/ad1638… https://t.co/W1wKAMW2iS
Gazprom’s earnings of $20bn in the nine months to the end of September were “already higher than in any full calendar year in the company’s history”. ft.com/content/169fbc… https://t.co/ZdQJRlnAjT
@Shahinvallee @paulkrugman Oh .. so much cooler than a VSP. Gritty nouvelle vague I thought ….:)
Looking for a guide to the new German government. Check out Chartbook #54 with a breakdown of key points of the 177-page coalition agreement. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-54… https://t.co/w2aR1UZsxr
RT @RajaKorman: OMG, they are both from 1891, but independently discovered!!!!
RT @Afrogermanreprt: So far best short summary of the Koalitionsvertrag for English speakers. A lot of good policies, but if remains vague…
RT @MarinaSofia8: Chartbook on Shutdown #2: Writing in medias res: Whatever thinking or writing we do, however we choose to couch it and wh…
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: March 2020 global sell-off 1. OPEC fails to cut production 2. Oil prices plummet as a result 3. That pulls down EM curr…
RT @ahistoryinart: 'Market Scene, Jaffa,' is typical of Frank Brangwyn's work of the late 1890s with an expanse of plain sandy ground foreg…
RT @70sBachchan: Its SELL SELL SELL on crude oil and markets. Oil prices tumble 5%, as contagious variant of COVID could cut driving, flyin…
Somehow I had not imagined that in 2021 we would be talking about Kaliningrad as a potential launching pad for medium-range Russian missile strikes on Sweden. twitter.com/metesohtaoglu/…
@VillageIdiot136 @doobeedoo2 Yup. I get it. But it is also true that they very substantially benefit the upper middle class in those states i.e. they enable high tax/service bargains at state-level, at expense of Federal revenue. Difficult trade off.
RT @areasvellas: Gianemilio #Monti, Pietro Monti & Anna #Bertarini… Hotel & ristoranti a Pugnochiuso, Italy…1972 #architecture #arquite…
“If you’d told me a year ago that the second-biggest piece of a signature bill of this Congress was $280bn in tax giveaways to millionaires, I’d have told you the Republicans were in charge,” ft.com/content/712d0a… https://t.co/OYX3EuUhGQ
Germany’s Stuttgart 21 railway project has become notorious for delays and budget overruns, placing it on an infamous list alongside Berlin’s airport and Hamburg’s Elbe Philharmonic Hall. The initial €2.5bn price tag has ballooned to €8.2bn. ft.com/content/7373c1… https://t.co/k8lN7DXt2e
"B.1.1.529 Sars-Cov-2 variant, first identified in Botswana, is believed to be behind a surge in Covid cases in southern Africa over past week & has alarmed global health officials because of its ability to evade vaccines & spread more quickly than Delta." ft.com/content/8df041… https://t.co/hZc3fDD8Ic
RT @jeuasommenulle: This is the scary chart that should keep you awake at night. Hey, @ecb, sending thoughts and prayers for that 2030 rat…
RT @PhilippaSigl: Einmal sauber erklärt, welche Rolle EKF+Notlage für den Haushalt spielen u wo die Grenzen liegen könnten von @birmars für…
@3eintelligence @AndrewWattEU @__Sotiria @SebDiessner How did I miss this? It turns out that there are two sections on European finances in the coalition agreement with slightly different wording! One under vIII and one under VII. Under viii there is no mention of ECB, under VII there is that line.
RT @fredvallier: Chartbook #54: Germany's New Government – "Dare more Progress", by @adam_tooze adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-54… Adam Tooze on the n…
Finding the common ground between SPD-Greens and FDP was not easy. Latest Chartbook newsletter offers a quick guide to the coalition agreement. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-54… twitter.com/ckbreunig/stat…
RT @3eintelligence: Great analysis & summary @adam_tooze of German traffic-light coalition agreement – I agree with his conclusion: "the su…
RT @CSEPEcon: 8th December | In Search of a Green Macro-financial Regime We're back! After captains of industry conspired to sabotage our…
After modernizing the state, climate crisis is top agenda item of the new German government. But will Robert Habeck have tools, as Minister for Economy and Climate, to push through his agenda? Chartbook #54 digs into the new German coalition agreement. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-54… https://t.co/5eljWjOKVL
RT @MPBHH: Good summary, thks @adam_tooze . Worthwhile reading this Chartbook 👇 twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
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