Big three Brazilian meatpacking groups rely on European investors and banks for at least a 1/4 of their funding, including debt financing and equity holdings. Notionally they are committed to greening their supply chain, but they dont actually control it. ft.com/content/032674… https://t.co/CPbLEDxQvB
@DavQn @regulateproject And more often than not, the “they” that is commonly invoked is closer to the top 0.1%.
Brazil’s JBS, is the world’s largest meat processor with $50bn in annual turnover. Brazil is the world’s largest beef exporter. But the supply chain is “informal" ft.com/content/032674… https://t.co/kWFKp40fUr
RT @ArnoGottschalk: Ein sehr informativer Artikel von @adam_tooze zu den Widersprüchen und Schwierigkeiten der Bidenomics auf dem Feld der…
@DavQn Yup insulate ourselves. I mean it when I say “this is us”. Aint hardly anyone on twitter who isn’t in that top 10% globally.
@DavQn The decisive question! No easy answer. It is crucial how far they can actually insulate themselves.
FT editorial on Biden’s infrastructure deal: plan emaciated but passing anything shows that democracy can still "do things”. Unfortunately only small things. & a funny kind of democ dictated by 3 centrists-> “Civilised politics is ultimate infrastructure.” ft.com/content/fcf519… https://t.co/PNIzLJJU9e
@policytensor It no doubt has some general applicability in describing the education-cultural capital-decision-making power-inequality loop.
45% of all CO2 emissions growth worldwide btw 1990 and 2015 was down to the top 10% of the global income distribution. 19% down to the top 1%. Chartbook Newsletter #24 on global inequality and climate politics. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/8zGNeL4Bfk
@policytensor Wouldn’t rule it out, but VERY anglospheric in its connotations.
RT @ianbirrell: Classified Ministry of Defence documents found at a bus stop show HMS Defender’s operation near the Crimean coast ‘was cond…
RT @sdonnan: We don’t talk enough about those who fell through the cracks in this pandemic. People like Barb Ashbrook, Ray Rand, Ralph Wy…
@UnionJihack Probably right … but hell, gimme a break. I actually made a table for once! With my own fair hands 🙂
Consumption Decision-making power Financial leverage All point to the climate crisis not simply as one of inequality, but as a problem of class society. An unprecedented challenge for the global bourgeoisie. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/Fxd88B7ONm
How is global inequality driving the climate crisis? A review of some recent work. Chartbook Newsletter #24 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/APgtPt9oWJ
Chartbook Newsletter #24 on climate, carbon, inequality and class. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/MNpC995NOQ
RT @thomaswright08: The other aspect of this story that is often overlooked is that not only are there almost no US ambassadors in Europe b…
RT @sdonnan: We spent months gathering data and talking to people, experts, lawyers & officials around America. It was sobering. Half the 6…
RT @JStein_WaPo: Essential reporting finally puts numbers to what we long saw about millions being shut out of unemployment systems https:/…
RT @ElenaWicker: Currently attempting to identify every type of “warfare” that the U.S. military has ever theorized/proposed/written doctri…
Involuntary contraction? Latest data show China is running a fiscal surplus in the first five months of the year as the government keeps tight control over spending, while borrowing by local governments has slowed. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/guKVicYJy0
Interesting article this on debates btw Chinese economists about government debt and fiscal policy. MMT label seems misapplied though. Their positions seem much closer to @ojblanchard1 @jasonfurman et al bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/GPxY7BsIdl
Athens has given green light to €8bn Hellinikon plan to redevelop former airport into a new “Riviera”. Three times size of Monaco, stalled for 8 years, developers promise that Europe’s largest controversial regeneration project will generate 75k jobs. ft.com/content/6bb374… https://t.co/ko9pdkzGoD
"I have reasons not to be without hope.” @UNDP @ASteiner on prospects for SDG in aftermath of COVID. aljazeera.com/economy/2021/6… https://t.co/JriMZKOyIW
Making good the shortfall relative to trend in investment in US since 2008 would require several trillion $ in additional investment. thedailyshot.com/2021/06/24/us-… https://t.co/OEqeGJHs7u
Huge downward revision in US industrial production data. Is this the impact of the trade wars? thedailyshot.com/2021/06/24/us-… https://t.co/0UCAeWQq6T
RT @donweinland: Good to see that the global centre of economic growth is headed back toward Omsk, Russia, which I have always considered t…
This piece by Lola Allen & Guillaume Long on the strategic importance of Colombia to US strategy in Latin America is very interesting. Outside Middle East and West Asia Colombia is a key recipient of US aid. monde-diplomatique.fr/2021/06/ALLEN/… https://t.co/1a8eksHB4m
RT @blaetter: »Die USA stehen vor dem Problem, dass eine der beiden staatstragenden Parteien – und mit ihr ein erheblicher Teil der Öffentl…
In the spring of 2021 Amazon overtook Apple as the tech firm with the largest revenue, taking in $837k per minute! thedailyshot.com/2021/06/23/too… https://t.co/Asq7JboSou
In the fast food landscape of the United States McDonald’s still occupies the sweet spot of ubiquity AND $3m revenue pa per “restaurant”. thedailyshot.com/2021/06/23/too… https://t.co/iE3sKLd7Hr
Excess working hours of more than 55 hours per week causes 745k excess deaths worldwide due to stroke and ischemic heart disease. Shocking data from @WHO @ilo thedailyshot.com/2021/06/23/too… https://t.co/IWGTjLNcco
The German @Die_Gruenen are pulling in some truly great speakers for their events! Sign of the times? 😉 twitter.com/sven_giegold/s…
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