In Chartbook #29 I tried to sketch Afghanistan’s demographic & Econ since 1970s. As cities fall to Taliban, story just won’t let go of me. How did we end up here? I want a timeline of US/Western econ policy. To get Chartbook #32 sign up here: adamtooze.substack.com https://t.co/Z3gpD23S9X
Mimizan Plage, Landes Winston Churchill wikiart.org/en/winston-chu… https://t.co/r4JUoRMAs6
@BernardsNick Totally agree with you on the question-beginning quality of “action/inaction”. But I think the difficulty in specifying what mass action means leads one to circle back into the elite driven vision which requires political license/endorsement/legitimacy but not mass mobilization.
RT @JulianRoepcke: Taliban forces moved an old Soviet T-62 to the center of Kunduz. Curious to see if they will fight the Chinese in 2061 w…
Yes, if you aggressively regulate tech, it will impact fortunes of wealthiest & shift distribution in a matter of weeks. This by @KangHexin on China’s billionaires since Didi makes for impressive reading. ft.com/content/7e6f9a… https://t.co/ij5anK15xf
RT @TnoiDoc: Harvard graduate, writer, inventor and patent lawyer Nathan Ames (1826-1865) was 32 years old #OTD (August 9, 1859) when he re…
@MiraAssafK Totally d'accord. Plus you owe it to yourself. Can be an important part of your own recovery.
Hockey-stick 1999 v. 2021 NB longer x-axis But no escaping the basic message or the escalation in the last 20 years! realclimate.org/index.php/arch… https://t.co/IsaFYjbt5V
This is an excellent thread. But you cant help wondering about the role played by “mass mobilization” in cogent trains of thoughts like this. It feels a bit like TFP in growth models, an essential – "as in crucial to my entire story” – but essentially indeterminate residual. twitter.com/BernardsNick/s…
RT @RealMattCouch: KUNDUZ CAPTURED BY TALIBAN ON SUNDAY AND BECOMES FIRST MAJOR CITY TO FALL thedcpatriot.com/%e2%80%8bkundu…
RT @stephenkinsella: This is such a good read. Everyone take a look: twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
Potemkin markets or more of a mirage? Savoring @dcullenward & Victor’s tough but precise takedown of the promise of cap and trade. Check out Chartbook #31. adamtooze.substack.com/p/adam-tooze-c… https://t.co/y4nFqhgBxD
A satellite image released in July 2020 shows water filling in the reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. (Photo by Maxar Technologies via New York Times) usip.org/publications/2… https://t.co/HO77sRKylj
Beijing’s regulatory assault on China’s technology industry has lopped $87bn off net worth of sector’s wealthiest tycoons since the start of July. Combined net worth of two dozen Chinese billionaires in tech and biotechnology has dropped 16% since Didi. ft.com/content/7e6f9a… https://t.co/gPwx8B8fSr
US trade deficit hit another record amid surging domestic demand. thedailyshot.com/2021/08/06/the… https://t.co/VaKm4sp4hF
Economists’ bookshop RIP. Oh no … one of the great sources for 2nd hand economics/economic history in London is closing. twitter.com/ProfJohnTurner…
RT @GrahamBrownlow: The second hand section back in the 1990s was amazing. Bought a few books there I've never seen anywhere else. To me t…
Been reading @dcullenward and Victor’s left-centrist, Sabel&Zeitlin inspired take on climate political econ alongside Malm & @ZetkinCo Poulantzian/Stuart Hall inspired take -> realization that they both go back to 1980s theory debates! Bit of a moment. adamtooze.substack.com/p/adam-tooze-c… https://t.co/FjxRdCKJno
The six GCC nations have provided $137.3 billion in investment funds to four of the nations on the African side of the Red Sea. Nearly 87 percent of that has flowed to Egypt. usip.org/publications/2… https://t.co/voiN3ercIv
In climate policy in the US right now, “bottom up”, ad hoc, sectoral approaches centering on industrial policy and regulation rule the roost. Chartbook #31 lays out some of the thinking behind that approach. Sign up here: adamtooze.substack.com/p/adam-tooze-c… https://t.co/SrddIKOgFd
Aluminium prices are closing in on highest levels in 10 years, as global demand for everything from beer cans to packaging rebounds from the pandemic.Prices for the metal have surged 31 per cent in 2021, reaching a closing high of $2,615 a tonne this week. https://t.co/qNMrp7JWJI https://t.co/KmbAansfO5
RT @NicholasDanfort: The satellite photos in this piece really do a remarkable job of capturing the scale of the prison construction boom.…
There are American right-wingers who praise Salazar’s authoritarian and brutally colonial regime? Really? Seriously? Thanks for highlighting this @davidfrum Im not in these circles. Can you point us to the folks in question. twitter.com/davidfrum/stat…
RT @tracyalloway: Huge new Odd Lots! @TheStalwart and I talked to Dallas Fed President @RobSKaplan about how he sees the economy and monet…
RT @PatrickHeinisc1: Last week, the National Bank of #Ethiopia released a range of data for the 1st quarter 2021 (Jan-Mar). The #budget_def…
RT @SeasideFerry: My homage to Sidney Little, the Borough Engineer for #Hastings and #StLeonards, who transformed the seafront there during…
RT @adamvaughan_uk: Here's one of the key tables in the IPCC #AR6 report. It shows the five emissions scenarios considered for the future.…
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