August 28, 2021
Remarkable graphic of the shifting profile of the officially registered COVID death toll. ft.com/content/a2901c… https://t.co/0TJhsywrPt
Remarkable graphic of the shifting profile of the officially registered COVID death toll. ft.com/content/a2901c… https://t.co/0TJhsywrPt
The signs of impending famine in Afghanistan are multiplying. Very worrying data from major cities collected by @SavetheChildren @SaveUKNews savethechildren.net/news/afghanist… For broader context of impending financial crisis, see Chartbook #35. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-35…
The German election continues to surprise. Another poll with SPD-CDU neck and neck and just two points ahead of the greens. twitter.com/Wahlrecht_de/s…
Financial sanctions are last resort of West v. Taliban. But what is logic? Provoke a humanitarian crisis so large Afghanistan can’t be governed? Gamble that Taliban actually care about the economy & then threaten to crush it? Both are totally perverse. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-35… https://t.co/ixmBNK1jI4
Thinking through the emergency in Afghanistan it may be helpful to think of three distinct crises: (1) Political/military/security (2) Humanitarian/refugee/food (3) Sudden stop macro(financial) shock to urban economy. With all 3 compounding each other. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-35… https://t.co/6IZGsyAnY6
RT @x_delcourt: Afghanistan: pourquoi il ne faut pas ajouter des sanctions financières à la triple crise existentielle , -politique, humani…
RT @timothynunan: Fascinating reading from @CUHistoryDept's @adam_tooze on the impending economic crisis in Afghanistan and the politics o…
It’s not the fall that kills you …. Chartbook #35 just dropped: the triple crisis facing Afghanistan and the illogic of Western financial sanctions. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-35… https://t.co/cOGoM3liU1
Yup we are doing this. @CameronAbadi and I embarking on a new, regular podcast. 🙂 Three data points serving as a our cues each week. Should be fun! twitter.com/OnesandToozePo…
Don’t abandon the Afghan economy @saadmohseni and I arguing along similar lines in @FT and @ForeignPolicy ft.com/content/a278c3… foreignpolicy.com/2021/08/27/afg… https://t.co/NKZdkCzGAn
RT @M_C_Klein: @AndrewM_Ahern Anyhow if you found this interesting please check out THE OVERSHOOT, which is all about how to understand how…
RT @ErikFossing: Maybe! Yet, both OECD data and my personal experience of having team members working in Italy, Germany and France show th…
RT @doberah: Watch yr narrative when it comes to Germany & refugees: "Can Germany cope with significantly more refugees arriving again?" 62…
@sajjadhaider @MohsinAmin_ I think it is an entirely appropriate thing too. Terrible only when it is suddenly cut off. My critique is definitely not of the deficit but of the willingness of Western powers to use it as a tool of influence. Can you connect me to Dawn journalists?
RT @joethw8s: "To view funding as a favor—to be granted or withheld depending on Taliban compliance with Western expectations—denies the ex…
Populism and Carbon Tax Justice: The Yellow Vest Movement in France @danieldrisc academic.oup.com/socpro/advance… Pairs VERY well with Chartbook #27 on the false memory of the Gilets Jaunes. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/OQlrlhqhOV
RT @ForeignPolicy: The Taliban may threaten Afghans’ freedom and rights, but it is the abrupt end to funding from the West that jeopardizes…
@jaylyall_red5 Point well taken, but right now I figure the priority is current concessional funding rather than bona fide FDI. Even under previous regime FDI was a bit of a mirage.
@ddayen @sam_a_bell This is a really important question. Can one ever ignore tactics? Especially in US on climate. On top of reconciliation and Fed I would add midterms and offering points of attack to GOP.
Im no Afghanistan expert. But looking at huge trade imbalance, key dependencies for food, power, petrol, food insecurity, malnutrition, drought there is a disaster in the making unless foreign funding can be resumed quickly. Banging drum in @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2021/08/27/afg… https://t.co/YTIe6eDvbU
@ddayen @sam_a_bell Dont know your position David. Mine was purely tactical. Pick your fights. Use Powell as a shield to get fiscal/infrastructure/regulation done with minimum fuss. Dont open a new front by trying to green fed. I know folks differ over this.
@DuncanWeldon @Kate7Barker Many congratulations Duncan. I think you might have a knack for it! 🙂 twitter.com/DuncanWeldon/s…
RT @MaxCRoser: For non-Germans the claim that the country wants to burn coal for the next 17 years might sound unbelievable, but it is real…
Labor costs continue to climb in China, outpacing Mexico and Vietnam. thedailyshot.com/2021/08/25/us-… https://t.co/dS5rkvUyAJ
It’s not just oil and gas, coal prices are on a tear too. thedailyshot.com/2021/08/25/us-… https://t.co/T3Q9br67JY
Consumption in Germany has recovered somewhat since the 2020 slump, but it has a LONG way to go. thedailyshot.com/2021/08/25/us-… https://t.co/0e2HOK7ljY
South Africa’s unemployment rate is pushing above 34%. This is up from 24% in 2015. thedailyshot.com/2021/08/25/us-… https://t.co/cVQpOXhQb2
"We Need to Talk About the Great Mayonnaise Inflation Mystery” this by @tracyalloway really is GREAT and tongue-in-cheek hilarious. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/rbViXv8pcf
Google searches on “Fed Taper” have surged, but we are still half the level of 2013. thedailyshot.com/2021/08/25/us-… https://t.co/ZAyhx4NO4v
RT @LittleBrownUK: Today marks the launch of @DuncanWeldon's Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through – this is the surprising story of Britai…
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