ADAM TOOZE

@136or142 @rk70534 Yup. And I have in fact insisted on the reverse causality from inflation/crisis -> unionization in print. cgt.columbia.edu/wp-content/upl…

RT @melissakchan: My mind is somewhat blown 🤯 learning that the wife of China’s current premier, Li Keqiang, once translated into Chinese f…

@JustinSandefur Thank you @JustinSandefur for illuminating so much about this crisis. Your blog post indispensable!

Gurnah's stories, many set on the east African Swahili coast in the early 20th century, evoke what Zimbabwean writer Novuyo Rosa Tshuma calls “a sense of quiet lives being lived alongside a loud and brutal sweep of history”. ft.com/content/a7c01a… https://t.co/B8xoaFnPJb

In the early 1970s, energy consumption stood at 12% of US GDP. Today the share is as low as. 5%. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/cFTEgyUenX

Americans’ views of business sectors: 60% have a favorable view of farming v. 30% for Pharma and oil industry. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/iSMv1Cp3PE

This portrait of the UK pol Econ scene by @davies_will is very compelling: Johnson fantasizes Starmer’s Labour is silent Outcomes determined by Brexit and BofE/counterinflation policy which cannot be discussed. H/t @DEHEdgerton theguardian.com/commentisfree/… https://t.co/dlxJeffxLT

RT @Econ_Marshall: I declare inequality to be above its natural rate twitter.com/claudia_sahm/s…

RT @tancopsey: An aside on this @adam_tooze piece about shenanigans at the IMF – Build Back Better World is an "empty shell." You can't riv…

RT @arvindsubraman: “Something is rotten on 19th Street Street in Washington DC. And on both sides ..” My @IndianExpress piece w/ Devesh Ka…

@tomaashby @STBontrager @SimoneWeil1930 Mysterious rash of spontaneous combustion traced to twitter meme …. 🙂

European coal and gas prices are off their peaks. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/X8veGO4ZDf

"In a public culture that rewards mendacity, a liar such as Johnson ends up with more licence to raise the topic of political economy, so long as and he doesn’t do so with any serious intent and Labour remains silent about them.” Excellent by @davies_will theguardian.com/commentisfree/… https://t.co/Rn2pwcdvaa

This morning the fate of IMF Kristalina Georgieva continues to hang in the balance. For background on the crisis see Chartbook #43 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… As @petersgoodman pointed out to me, if Georgieva were to go, BlackRock would not shed a tear. nytimes.com/2020/07/31/bus… https://t.co/JESr7pfVVg

Crypto and blockchain venture capital fundraising has hit a record in September 2021. wsj.com/articles/bitco… https://t.co/V24Pg0FSwA

80% of India’s power plants have less than one week of coal stocks. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/ocn1UPYH9S

In first half of 2021 CO2 emissions were still down on 2019. But now folks are panicking and shifting to coal -> emissions may actually hit record in 2021. Transition deferred once again. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/a3yPNkaBBK

For background on Doing Business Index of WB this discussion is instructive. Djankov, father of index refers to @CGDev as “Reformed Marxist”. Joking? Not certain. youtube.com/watch?v=XyYcUm… Pairs well with Chartbook #43 on broader context of the crisis. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… https://t.co/Ad0jDKZp0D

Blue Dot Network, Trump/Biden’s “answer" to BRI @OECD hosted Blinken on panel with Yves Perrier – CEO of Amundi, Europe’s #1 asset manager with €1,729bn in AUM – Brendan Bechtel – CEO of Bechtel Group. Good this by @TheAfricaReport @DanielaGabor theafricareport.com/134550/can-the… https://t.co/I6972kN9XX

This looks fascinating. Congrats @JonathanPJWhite @OUPAcademic twitter.com/JonathanPJWhit…

Less wind and less sun have not helped renewable energy generation in the UK. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/Yynpoue3VJ

RT @RepeaterBooks: This month, join @tattery and @DEHEdgerton for an in-person conversation celebrating the publication of the fully-update…

RT @njtmulder: .@jamiemartin2's forthcoming book provides a new account of how international economic governance arose, but it is also a mu…

RT @jamiemartin2: My book has a cover! (and a description at @Harvard_Press). Out June '22. hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is… https://t.co/0PZodo2dnO

IMF/World Bank are center stage in latest episode of @OnesandToozePod with @CameronAbadi @ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one… On fly I made a somewhat disparaging remark about the Bretton Woods hotel. Apparently its been refurbed and is rather swanky! omnihotels.com/hotels/bretton… https://t.co/Xcfz2HphjR

Energy poverty in UK is a real issue. It affects 11% of population, but financial scale is modest. In 2017, the energy poverty gap was estimated as c. 800m pounds. If THAT is turned into a social crisis it is a political choice, not a necessity. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… https://t.co/B92IxTITcQ

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RT @abdo_nabil86: Very compelling analysis by @adam_tooze on the crisis/scandal rocking the Washington institutions. “it is not as though…

RT @jtheibault: @adam_tooze @essobecker One sign that it's not 2021 is that Saxony and Thuringia look pretty similar to Brandenburg and Mec…

Is the world economy going back to the 1970s? Despite some eerie echoes, the past is not the best guide to the present, argues @TheEconomist Pairs well with Chartbook #42 on the great inflation debate. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-42… @TheEconomist : economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/Tt4uidwlnb

The end of indicators? This interesting piece on the crisis of the governance by indicators @WorldBank by @riegnerm in @Voe_Blog voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-end-of-ind… pairs well with the latest Chartbook #43 on the IMF/Georgieva crisis made in America H/t @tdollmaier adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… https://t.co/muZSJegOna

Policy rates may be hovering at very low levels, but credit card rates in the US are back above 17%. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/OSA42KQeAz

No. These are not maps of German elections in 2021. They show KPD and left-party votes in Weimar election of 1925. “East Germany” has been at odds with Christian Democratic mainstream of West German politics for more than a century. @essobecker et al warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econom… https://t.co/zdCcT7l4se

American credit card debt remains well below pre-COVID levels. thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/l2dUXPcH5g

Why the 2020s are not the 1970s & talk of stagflation is premature: In 1976 more than 60% of American union workers were covered by collective-bargaining contracts with cost of living adjustment provisions; by 1995, the share was down to 22%. economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/R3tLPul1Tu

The impact of high energy prices on low income households in UK is painful, but if it is allowed to cause a social crisis this is a political choice. Energy accounts for 3-8% of household income. Compared. to 2020 these are modest sums. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… https://t.co/LzmWFeYblL