"Social fields are as tense/exciting as a good game but as serious as reality itself – after all, we know no reality independently of social fields and the games played out on them. …the question is: What is your game?" I really like this by @Kraemer_HB spielfeld.hypotheses.org https://t.co/o4DObPKPiR
"Social fields are as tense/exciting as a good game but as serious as reality itself – after all we know no reality independently of social fields and the games played out on them. … What is your game?" I really like this by @Kraemer_HB spielfeld.hypotheses.org https://t.co/SA5zl3flYt
RT @Kraemer_HB: Die sehr lesenswerte Doppelbiographie "Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi Have One Last Job" von @adam_tooze erklärt viele struk…
"multilateralism-by-majority that—by according no special legitimacy to liberal norms” Ruan Zongze, a scholar at the foreign ministry’s Xi Jinping Diplomatic Research Centre, articulates Beijing’s vision of an order organized around China/dynamic EM economist.com/china/2021/04/… https://t.co/ZzFqRjKTBm
One of the many things that I learned about Draghi from @alearesu is that in his time in Frankfurt he developed a good relationship with Helmut Schmidt. Figures! limesonline.com/helmut-schmidt… For more background see Chartbook Newsletter #18. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/zy0yUgLoQR
"China is a hard challenge for liberal democrats precisely because its tyranny in name of the majority is backed by lots of Chinese, albeit at a terrible cost to outliers and minorities.” Like it or not, gotta engage with this @TheEconomist take on China economist.com/china/2021/04/… https://t.co/5N5husxaSI
Last week, like many others, I was puzzling over the logic of Beijing’s sanctions on EU, future of CAI etc ip-quarterly.com/en/fragility-e… The answer from the @TheEconomist It all make sense if you assume that Chinese really believe US decline is terminal. economist.com/china/2021/04/… https://t.co/Fo20thWM9G
"Italy and EMU as a 'Vincolo Esterno': Empowering the Technocrats, Transforming the State." This by Dyson and Feathersone is great. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… Without an external lever American technocrats like Yellen have been forced to go political. foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/01/jan… https://t.co/oaz5QKAIef
Human resourcefulness in the face of catastrophe! twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/…
RT @PP_Rubens: Another great writer: Boris Pasternak by the Baltic at Merekule, 1910. Painted by his father Leonid Pasternak, who was born…
Ive got to say that this had me for a minute before I noticed the date stamp …. cute! twitter.com/TWT_NOW/status…
RT @PhilippaSigl: @maheb @WeristVera Was wäre, wenn es keine Schuldenbremse mehr gäbe? Würde Deutschland im Schuldenberg versinken? Oder hä…
RT @Daniel_Red_Eire: Domenico Ghirlandaio @c_vollaire https://t.co/eRq63fugMH
What a difference an election makes. From vetoing proposals to issue a new round of IMF SDRs last year, the US Treasury under Yellen is now issuing handy Fact Sheets. Excellent! twitter.com/USTreasury/sta…
No interest in Draghi is innocent (2). @alearesu – one of the great Draghi “followers" – is himself a man on a mission and now part of the Draghi team. Here on the Italian ruling class. osservatorioglobalizzazione.it/progetto-itali… For more background Chartbook Newsletter #18 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/CN2UafH1Ff
RT @DrPhilGoff: The genius we lose to our addiction to punishment is staggering. twitter.com/Prof_Andrisse/…
@pennyrelentless precisely. In Cambridge, a mainly essay-based system as far as history is concerned, you could even distinguish super-elite true “public schools” e.g. Eton from mere “independent" private schools in terms of essay-writing, fluency, style, general cultural literacy etc.
Mario Draghi's past, present and future: This 2015 long read by @alearesu @AGarnero for @Grand_Continent great. In @ForeignPolicy I draw parallels to Janet Yellen’s trajectory. foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/01/jan… See also Chartbook Newsletter #18 legrandcontinent.eu/it/2021/02/05/… https://t.co/NuLRxgLb7E
The Italian Economy: What Next? (1995) includes pieces by: Modigliani Dornbusch Samuelson Blanchard A pivotal moment for Italy. Anyone know anything good on this debate? For broader context & Draghi’s role see Chartbook Newsletter #18 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/rwoSqaC8Mm
How was this not mindblowingly obvious to anyone involved in education? twitter.com/epopppp/status…
Big essay about Koselleck in a big paper. Wow. Great, you think. Then you discover that K is being served up as a misunderstood victim/lost witness to a time before political correctness … Jeezus, Gumbrecht has stewed up a nasty mess here. H/t @PBahners nzz.ch/feuilleton/die… https://t.co/dS9wL5k53b
Ethiopian airlines is positioning itself to become logistics backbone for African vaccine rollout both from COVAX and China. One for @70sBachchan reuters.com/article/uk-hea… https://t.co/nbjDWvYpI3
RT @RugeBoris: "The spectre of high-end war is now so widespread in French military thinking that the scenario has its own acronym: hem, or…
RT @morcos_pierre: #Sahel | French DoD just posted a very interesting map of Task Force #Takuba which was declared fully operational yester…
Carli's world is ours: this on Italy’s vincolo esterno strategy by @alearesu is fascinating. ilfoglio.it/economia/2016/… For more on Draghi Chartbook Newsletter #18 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… For American neoliberalism’s failed effort to put down an anchor see foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/01/jan… https://t.co/F4zg3caTLz
One year in and insofar as one can speak of a global vaccination drive it is non-Western. EU exports but largely to rich “Western” countries. India and China supplying themselves, EM and COVAX/LIC. economist.com/international/… https://t.co/K6t0K1eJHC
@battleforeurope Thanks @battleforeurope for this kind thread. Much appreciated. I will stand by the claim about NextGenEU however. When @EuroBriefing says macro economically irrelevant I take him to mean the immediate stimulus effect, which is, indeed, negligible.
UAE is upgrading from being preferred partner for Sinopharm in testing and early roll out of vaccines to a major regional production hub. As @70sBachchan reminds us: non-Western development/production (we need a better term) is the future. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/xeUTc0ommL
Worth remembering that Mario Monti in Nov 2011 enjoyed a groundswell of support in Italy. It didn’t last! Agree with @cinvernizzi1983 that Draghi admin is a high stakes gamble. foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/04/ita… And the US is gambling too. foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/01/jan… https://t.co/VleK6qoEiE
@pisaniferry In fact so much so that we should surely be asking what motivates us to write those obituaries.
RT @pisaniferry: Impressive strength. Obituaries of globalisation have been premature. twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
"EU would have “no hesitation” in using carbon border tax to protect its industries if bloc’s trading partners put companies in the region at a disadvantage.” EXCELLENT this from @TimmermansEU EU should not pull back, even if uncomfortable for Biden admin ft.com/content/d31ec6… https://t.co/9myUHpKtt9
Global trade is bouncing back fast. WTO now thinks trade fell by only 5.3% in 2020 and will grow by 8% in 2021! ft.com/content/3696f1… https://t.co/Ma8kBP8eDL
40 % of Kenya’s vegetables are exported to Britain — and around 40 % of UK tea is from Kenya, so a trade deal made sense and was crucial for Kenya since not LDC, but will a UK-Kenya deal bust EAC solidarity? ft.com/content/3696f1… https://t.co/Qrpv9rebXx
@Claudia_Sahm HI Claudia really appreciate this thread. Thanks. Very reassuring that this rings at least a bit true to you.
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