ADAM TOOZE

Apparently they are called “ground drones”. twitter.com/Ghost_Robotics…

Nobels and “natural” experiments: Chartbook #45 on the Mariel boatlift, Miami in the 1980s and the simultaneous construction of an object of moral panic, pop cultural glamor, policing and economic analysis. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-45… https://t.co/1HCAj9RP8P

“Natural” experiment: Chartbook #45 on the Mariel boatlift, Miami in the 1980s and the simultaneous construction of an object of moral panic, pop cultural glamor, policing and economic analysis. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-45… https://t.co/6AcihdMnZg

RT @audowla: A broad and completely different perspective on the recent Nobel Prize in economics by the indomitable @adam_tooze through hi…

RT @MartyManley: Nobel Laureate David Card found smart ways to create a natural experiment out of the Mariel Boatlift, which sent thousands…

Just dropped Chartbook #45: Of Scarface & the Nobel – The Double Life of Mariel or … the history of a natural experiment. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-45… https://t.co/189yDArupT

Political support for a global agreement on methane emissions at UN climate summit is building, as another 25 countries joined US/EU-led pledge. But major emitters including China, India and Brazil are yet to sign up. ft.com/content/832136… https://t.co/1xS7wsevVX

Blended finance: UK gov’s development investment arm CDC is making single-biggest investment in its 73-year history by taking a minority stake in ports in Egypt, Senegal and Somaliland, a $1.7bn joint venture with DP World, the Dubai-based ports operator. ft.com/content/5a504b… https://t.co/y60cNM1Ro0

Cargo vessels waiting to be unloaded in LA (still extremely jammed up. @MarineTraffic via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/10/11/sep… https://t.co/CtVXE8ba7p

The savage cull of low-wage jobs in US in 2020 led to a surge in average hourly wages. As labour market has revived, the average came down, but then resumed growth above pre-crisis trend. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/11/sep… https://t.co/VoLNvpKgVB

This graph is tricky. Note different axes. But it does highlight the difference in labour market participation trends in US since 2015, between prime age and non-prime workers. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/11/sep… https://t.co/SS61wS5ZxZ

“This decision reflects terribly on US leadership at the IMF” – how the GOP views the @IMFNews For the background on a scandal made in Washington DC see Chartbook #43 on a crisis made in America. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… https://t.co/f7qJS5s81N

EM sovereigns issued a lot of debt to get through 2020 crisis. It was absorbed into domestic balance sheets, mainly of banks -> A sovereign-bank “doom loop” could emerge in a capital-flow sudden stop Maurk Obstfeld fears. kansascityfed.org/documents/8343… https://t.co/bswjlBDRpS

RT @RobinWigg: Can you buy inclusion in the S&P 500? Absolutely 🔥 paper. HT @LaurensSwinkels nber.org/papers/w29365 https://t.co/9pEBVqVMv2

RT @alixabeth: I thought chocolate hummus was a sign that we live in cursed times but that was before I learned of the existence of pumpkin…

RT @Robert___Harris: The Netflix adaptation of my novel Munich premieres at the London Film Festival this Wednesday, and will be in cinemas…

This the point. Given intellectual culture of the 1980s it is well nigh incomprehensible that Nobel could go to a labour economist. twitter.com/JohnCassidy/st…

RT @JustinSandefur: Say what you will about international organizations being tools of US foreign policy: the Biden admin clearly wanted to…

RT @JustinSandefur: Yellen caves. twitter.com/salehamohsin/s…

Gotta say that is a pretty cool bookshelf arrangement … clenched fist, toothbrush and T-Rex. Class! twitter.com/intoniwetrust/…

RT @DuncanWeldon: The big picture with monetary policy is that rates are at a roughly 5,000 year low. They were roughly at a 5,000 year low…

RT @daniel_dsj2110: Forthcoming book by Megan Brown: "The surprising story of how Algeria joined and then left the postwar European Economi…

"Copying, borrowing, begging, and stealing foreign technology—the signature activity of late developers—is not a simple matter of “ripping off.” … It is both inherently inefficient and irreducibly creative.” Those currently debating China-tech should read Stefan Link! https://t.co/UGT8PLh6YZ

@MMuschalek Beautiful and fascinating stuff!

In this sense, Rozenblit said, “Ford represents the 20th century, while Taylor remains stuck in the 18th.” Great line from Stefan Link’s engrossing book. https://t.co/bSUL8HwlbV

This is a mind-blowing site. To you @MMuschalek and your students many congratulations. What a beautiful site. An incredible resource for anyone wanting to teach a session/class on visualizations of the social. So MUCH here. twitter.com/MMuschalek/sta…

RT @pbmenshealth: Shocking new data: gap in male life expectancy between men in richest parts of England compared to men in poorest has mor…

RT @cocteautriplets: Today's Auction House Artefact is this beautiful 1902 builders model of the steam yacht "IELA", private yacht of the K…

RT @SarahJ_Berry: What’s your favourite eye-opening depiction of how we let cars dominate our streets? Here’s mine: https://t.co/FDWrhxu51g

RT @RoyScranton: "On current trends, the combined consumption of coal, natural gas and oil is likely to hit an all-time high by mid-2022."…

@sanjayrajsingh @cmicmeissner @MacroInPieces @restatjournal Thanks Chris for chiming in. I was aware that I was simply repeating platitudes there. Can you recommend good reading on the stabilization/recovery of prices from the mid 1890s. Thank you Sanjay for pointing me to the stuff. VERY counterintuitive, but I think I get it …

RT @SargonSez: @adam_tooze @petersgoodman Chartbook 43 is single best description so far on DBR scandal and why pressure more on KG & less…

@AntonJaegermm Yup. I glancingly refer to that. I was actually running out of words. Images hog email space.

@AntonJaegermm Cool point. But typo? Non? “Not just a pragmatic endorsement of Deflation”? Reflation surely

"It is probable that the money question has been studied in last 4 months by more people than ever before in all the history of the world”, William Jennings Bryan’s vindication of his campaign against the gold standard in 1896. For more see Chartbook #44 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-44… https://t.co/E3ZwCTDUvb

RT @nytimes: The U.S. is an outlier in its low levels of financial support for young children’s care. Rich countries contribute an average…