ADAM TOOZE

Germany 1871 Die Nationalstaatsbildung und der Weg in die moderne Wirtschaft major new collective volume of German 19th century economic history Being introduce right now by Ulrich Pfister at @VfS_econ economic history conference mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/deutsc… https://t.co/OOt7NMtlfi

In 1877 Imperial Germany’s national patent office opened for business. Patent # 532 was for Nicolaus Otto’s four-stroke motor. jstor.org/stable/pdf/249… https://t.co/WduMlwZqf7

Round about 1867 the negative correlation btw food prices and marriage rates in Germany breaks down -> entry into a regime no longer dominated by weather shocks and harvests. Great stuff from Pfister from new volume on economic history of German unification. https://t.co/cdn92neL1A

RT @C_VargasHarle: Un char pour enfant inspiré du Mark IV britannique (🤔) à Central Park, New York pendant la fête nationale américaine en…

1860-1910 saw a spectacular surge in letter, telegrams and telephone per inhabitant across Germany. Braun & Hesse (2021) https://t.co/OCbEPoTBqa

Btw 1820s and 1880s, despite steady population growth of 0.8% per annum, real wages in German lands were stationary -> Germany has entered a post-Malthusian but not yet a modern growth regime. Interesting from Ulrich Pfister Talking about German unification this morning. https://t.co/ZbOQ2LwVvv

Very cool thread this about Nazi restoration in postwar Austria. twitter.com/robertrotifer/…

RT @IPR_NickP: @t0nyyates @adam_tooze v gd. I wrote something a while ago on how the Brexiteer position on NI was an example of what Richar…

This is a tough but important thread on Brexit and N Ireland from excellent @t0nyyates twitter.com/t0nyyates/stat…

@louisdebrondeau That is extraordinarily kind of you. Thank you. I may well take you up on your offer. MUCH appreciated.

@clemfon @deyris_j Apologies. That is irritating and concerning. But thank you for letting me know @BellesLettresEd I obviously need to recruit an economically literate French editor!

RT @terrence_mccoy: I don’t think people are quite getting how significantly the arrival of the P1 variant has changed the game in Brazil,…

RT @DuncanWeldon: I genuinely think there was a West Wing generation of Spads and a The Thick of It generation of Spads. Popular culture a…

RT @PinacotecaLa: Tal día como hoy de 1964 fallecía el pintor de los tarros, botellas, vasos y artilugios de menaje. Giorgio Morandi. Para…

The high threshold for further Fed intervention via @FT The move in the markets reflect fundamentals and the fed won’t fight fundamentals ⁦@colbyLsmith⁩ on.ft.com/3dCXlbl

Italian and French banks revive ‘doom loop’ fears with bond buying via @FT Italy really in a class of its own. on.ft.com/31OMJ3H

RT @danielmunevar: Excellent question by Martin Wolf to Georgieva on Debt Workout Mechanism. Floundering response by head of IMF. Transpare…

RT @njtmulder: European history teaching tip: don't skip absolutism. Visually striking, vital to nationhood & democracy + good way to cover…

Japanese bonds has the lowest volatility among 44 markets. Annualized standard deviation of daily yield change was just 19 basis points in Q1, while for China it was 25 basis points. The corresponding figure for U.S. Treasuries was 75 basis points. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/AvomaqXDMx

RT @hyperallergic: "Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle" is now in Seattle, where the painter spent his final decades. https://t.co/bRMTC…

Wow. Amazing montage this of allied air-armor coordination in France in 1944. For more adamtooze.com/2017/08/27/bli… twitter.com/rgpoulussen/st…

RT @LuShultz: @adam_tooze We saw that already in 2011 in Arch Coal. Thanks to Obama's EPA regulation on power plant emission.

@DrSirera Fair point.

"China’s government bonds outpaced their competitors in the first quarter as their haven status helped them stand out as a bulwark amid the global slump." bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/oW6EJhRfKF

Bitcoin mining electricity usage is now above that of Sweden thedailyshot.com/2021/04/05/eve… https://t.co/c4sEJ7U8I3

Bureaucracy may be one of EU’s problem – and if you have ever had pleasure of administering an EU grant, it is hard to avoid that impression – but “bureaucracy” is not best measured by number of bureaucrats. Commission employs fewer staff than municipality of Paris. twitter.com/GG_RMC/status/…

Long-term unemployment in the US continues to rise unrelentingly. thedailyshot.com/2021/04/05/eve… https://t.co/jwjRz55mtK

This is an extraordinary thread by @OptimoPrincipi twitter.com/OptimoPrincipi…

China’s figures on investment are staggering however many times you see them! Great thread this from @lewjackk twitter.com/lewjackk/statu…

Since 2014 net debt/gdp ratio in Brazil has doubled. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/04/05/eve… https://t.co/6ms97Q70Mh

"What if China's model of state capitalism is making history, not simply playing out its end?" 21st century politics/economics will play out in the shadow of its answer @lewjackk paraphrasing Chartbook Newsletter #9 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/DglpEsz3vJ

"It’s unusual to find an asset class where almost every trader agrees the price is set to rise. But that is the case in Europe’s carbon market” @OilSheppard See what the US is missing out on by not embracing carbon pricing! The great carbon enclosure. ft.com/content/301e9f… https://t.co/EOAL7D1D42

U6 unemployment in the US is still around 11%. thedailyshot.com/2021/04/05/eve… https://t.co/AQrayC966Y

"Sanjeev Gupta’s eastern Europe steel plants are under growing pressure to secure more than €100m in funding to meet a carbon bill and avoid a steep fine under the region’s emissions trading scheme.” Are we about to see our first carbon-linked default? ft.com/content/df3302… https://t.co/HewF8OyVxP

In 2020 EU’s share of global new electric car sales nearly doubled to 43% last year, while China and the U.S. lost market share. wsj.com/articles/how-e… https://t.co/kCm2MToB7r

US non-farm payroll is still 11 m down on pre-crisis level. thedailyshot.com/2021/04/05/eve… https://t.co/RaE8wbcuKa