October 9, 2021
3/4 of job openings in the US right now are with firms with less than 250 employees. H/t @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/48PvhR61KS
3/4 of job openings in the US right now are with firms with less than 250 employees. H/t @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/48PvhR61KS
RT @essobecker: Thanks to @DirkWahlandt for sharing https://t.co/URNP9tM5MC
Friday was supposed be decision day on survival of IMF boss Georgieva. She is still there but there has been no decision with the US holding out. ft.com/content/3bb6a3… For the background check out Chartbook #43 and sign up for the newsletter adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… https://t.co/BwzVkN2RU3
The debt ceiling may have been lifted, but the markets aren’t convinced. Yields for T-bills maturing on Dec 9 reflect that fact. H/t. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/1Mj94LyoQt
Why the 2020s are not the 1970s & talk of stagflation is premature: In 1970 about 38% of workers across the oecd were covered by union wage bargains. By 2019, that figure had declined to 16%, the lowest on record. economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/vvUnqWGMym
"The US Senate approved a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, raising the level by $480 billion. The timing was critical because the US Treasury’s cash balances hit the lowest level since 2017.” H/t @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/10/08/cri… https://t.co/6gP5jEBbdY
On 4 Oct, 16 African ministers published an open letter praising the work of IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. Nevertheless, she is under massive pressure. For the background see Chartbook #43 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… And @TheAfricaReport theafricareport.com/134956/why-imf… https://t.co/9BcDsejIej
Staglation sensation. Are we going back to the 1970s? Can we have a round of applause for this hilarious illustration by @satillus Genius! economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/kcRYSUxmW4
RT @tdollmaier: In addition, @adam_tooze sees the current developments as a 'toxic hangover of the Washington Consensus'. https://t.co/K1f…
RT @TheAfricaReport: “We import everything from tomatoes to salted fish… The #DRC needs to reach at least $7bn in reserves to be sure of…
RT @londonvinjamuri: Absolutely gripping analysis of the IMF/Georgieva crisis and the geopolitics and US politics that inform it, by @adam…
RT @MrDenmore: Highly recommend ‘Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy’ by UK historian @adam_tooze – who remarks on our incapacity…
The Georgieva/Doing Business/China scandal marks a collision btw different temporalities: 1990s convergence, rise of great power competition, Obama, Trump and north Biden admin. Chartbook #43 On an IMF-crisis made in America. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… https://t.co/uQhoTHEzOv
An IMF-Crisis made in America. Chartbook #43 on the leadership upheaval at the IMF/World Bank. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… https://t.co/MuSR2YKhsR
RT @GeraldC_Brown: I don't know how many times it needs to be said, but for the love of god, stop citing wargames as evidence that the U.S.…
RT @bowbrick: Blimey, from @adam_tooze’s terrific pandemic book I learn that THE ROTARY CLUB is a bigger donor to the @WHO than almost ever…
Really appreciate this thread on the need to force vaccine roll out. But surely the impulse actually has to come from government making this demand on the firms. Where is the demand? The offer that Pfizer and Moderna cannot refuse? @DrTomFrieden twitter.com/DrTomFrieden/s…
Gotta love Neudeutsch … this: some kinda mad traffic-performance thingee twitter.com/KSyndicus/stat…
RT @BetseyStevenson: Women's employment growth has driven every recovery and its women's employment growth that has nearly ground to a halt…
RT @joethw8s: @adam_tooze Fun fact on the Trump-appointed "pot plant" replacement for Lipton at the IMF: as part of his previous role at Tr…
RT @tomodk: @adam_tooze @VisualCap @SoberLook It's not just geography. Asia’s population is currently four times bigger, but almost two c…
@yarbatman Check out the underlying report from the US law firm, its literally a John Grisham thriller.
RT @yarbatman: This Chartbook post from @adam_tooze on the “scandal” surrounding Kristalina Georgieva is basically a John Grisham thriller.…
RT @bykenarmstrong: Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls. One girl fell to her k…
This is heartbreaking and outrageous. Extraordinary abuse of power damaging lives of children. What is the right terms for this? Judicial abuse? twitter.com/bykenarmstrong…
RT @OnesandToozePod: Further reading about today's #OnesandTooze by @adam_tooze 📖📝 twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
This is a fanatic thread on why twitter can be such a powerful and positive force. Kudos to @michael_nielsen for writing this down. twitter.com/michael_nielse…
RT @michael_nielsen: The amazing thing – the truly incredible thing – that Twitter reveals is that there are effectively an infinite number…
RT @michael_nielsen: I've met so many wonderful people here: good friends, valued collaborators, and so many far-flung interesting acquaint…
RT @michael_nielsen: I will unabashedly say this at the outset: my Twitter feed is filled with wonder and surprise and delight.
First @EMPosts @beckmartha for Bloomberg break story that Georgieva compromised with Brazil over IMF report on climate bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Then @FT team spot that Brazil is chairing ethic cttee ft.com/content/3bb6a3… For background Chartbook #43 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-43… https://t.co/KvnB5QpoL3
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