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RT @tom_nuttall: The other mainstream parties have found their lines and can be expected, more or less, to stick to them. But Lindner has b…

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What a tweet from @b_judah Agree or not, care or not … what a tweet! twitter.com/b_judah/status…

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RT @70sBachchan: More Ballard. 'During his daily stroll along LA's Beach, film executive Josh Haynie usually sees little but surfers…Thes…

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RT @70sBachchan: Mad enough to live in the novels JG Ballard imagined 60+years ago. Just found that 1981' Hello America ("some of the last…

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RT @70sBachchan: 22/ Sherman: “I want a labor market so tight that you don’t even have to cover up your tattoos to get a job. I want employ…

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RT @BBCYaldaHakim: The Taliban have prohibited girls from secondary school in Afghanistan. In solidarity, many boys have been refusing to g…

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RT @retepelyod: @adam_tooze For a far more compelling account of the CFA Franc’s continued colonial character … with serious solutions (not…

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RT @Devi_Fede: See, At This Point, We’re Gonna Need Some More Sunday Afternoon Coffee, Indeed. A Very Big One, Trust Me. (🎥➕🚀➕💥➕☕️)* https:…

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So this is mind-blowing – arbitrary power of French monetary colonialism in CFA inspires a highly articulate, high-tech advocacy of …. Yup you guessed it … bitcoin! All of it cast (by US video producers?) as a trajectory of three personal “awakenings”. Must watch! twitter.com/gladstein/stat…

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This is very cool. THANK YOU @StephanieKelton for engaging in such a productive and thoughtful way with the conversation @ezraklein and I were having. Absolutely made my morning! twitter.com/StephanieKelto…

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News of the dissolution of command chain in US military in Trump era & the abrupt US-Aus-UK deal, make clear how important it is to understand the Pentagon/Nat Sec complex. Chartbook #36 from last weekend. twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…

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What an interesting European exchange on China: Gérard Araud outspoken former ambassador of France to the US in conversation with Reinhard Bütikofer outspoken German Green currently under sanctions from Beijing for his campaigning on Xinjiang and human rights. twitter.com/bueti/status/1…

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RT @marcmakingsense: No fewer than 13 central banks meet next week. Norway is set to be 1st high-income country to hike. Fed evolution to…

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How the surge in trans-Pacific shipping has spilled over into freight rates around the world. economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/cqGPKhfbT2

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Dollar crunch is crushing Nigeria’s banks: Four of the five African stocks with the lowest price-earnings ratios among companies valued at $500 million or more are Nigerian lenders, bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/8w0OnDmup3

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The “pinch point, is the entire chain”. Why container shipping is in a mess. economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/lAz0t6t7Od

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Market rate for Nigerian Naira today is c. 570 per dollar v. official 411.73. Official rationing is obscuring a massive depreciation. H/t @tayooye bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/QtWWQDDhhn

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The account that brings you not just the glamor but the entire social tapestry of motor racing. Great stuff from @TheBishF1 twitter.com/TheBishF1/stat…

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Carnivora, are an order of meat-eating mammals that includes cats, dogs, bears and mink – a potent source of “zoonotic” diseases. We should probably NOT farm them at high intensity and in close proximity! economist.com/science-and-te…

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RT @tayooye: The Nigerian Naira has lost 60% of its value in 18 months. Is this a national emergency? Is the government 100% focused on f…

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Babyn Yar commemoration Thank you @TheEconomist For this informative and moving report. economist.com/books-and-arts… https://t.co/QqAY0Vj3Of

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Life in plastic: it’s (still) fantastic: Over the course of the pandemic, Mattel sold Barbie dolls worth $1.35bn ft.com/content/6c32f4… https://t.co/5xSGqchl9b

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@StephenF55 @StephanieKelton @davidgraeber Unfortunately, it is the “easily” that I stumble over here. I fear it is not easy at all. Hence my preference for Keynes’s “anything we can ACTUALLY do”.

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RT @suchitrav: "We live in the age of big data, big histories, grand strategies, and narratives. Everything seems to have exploded in size…

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RT @Jake_Hanrahan: Taliban in Bamyan Province… (These photos are real) https://t.co/oWHJXDpVfZ

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RT @M_C_Klein: "In the 1950s and 1960s the FDP were the party with the densest concentration of ex-Nazis" adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-38…

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RT @debugjois: Great new weekly podcast featuring the awesome ⁦@adam_tooze⁩ overcast.fm/+y9lGQyR90

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RT @gabriel_zucman: The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, paid $8,410 in income tax in 2018. https://t.co/ajSKAuCIoR

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RT @DrTomFrieden: Herd immunity to Covid? Maybe an impossible dream. We need to reframe our approach to the pandemic and learn more, and li…

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@PhraAthit Yup. Agree. With some kind of ad hoc toleration agreement. MUCH better than Jamaica.

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RT @RajaKorman: @contextproblem @BuddyYakov @pseudoerasmus @adam_tooze @zeithistoriker @de1ong I’ve actually been waiting for an opportunit…

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@twittwoods @KBAndersen @ezraklein Thank you Dwayne. I know you are not an easy guy to please 😉

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RT @thehistoryguy: Today in 1931 rogue elements in the Japanese army, without Tokyo's knowledge or permission, set off a small explosion ne…

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RT @vshih2: So all foreign visitors first quarantine in Guangzhou for a few weeks before entering? That was exactly the Qing policy in the…

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RT @KBAndersen: This conversation between @ezraklein and economist @adam_tooze is as good—smart, lucid, accessible, illuminating, thought-p…

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