"NATO is the foundation of collective security in the Euro-Atlantic area … We will cooperate with the EU on matters of security and defence as independent partners, where this is in our interest.” …. Quite the contrast in the "Integrated Review 2021" gov.uk/government/pub… https://t.co/OphkPYg00W
"The US is the UK’s biggest single bilateral trading partner” UK Integrated review 2021 … Apparently mapping “global Britain” begins Trump-style with an imaginary disaggregation of the EU. gov.uk/government/pub… https://t.co/XX6Lc1E8vb
If you want to understand the large generational differences in UK politics/social attitudes, you have to factor in the transformation in higher education access in the 1990s and early 2000s. hepi.ac.uk/2018/11/01/uk-… https://t.co/d5x4vyvG4f
RT @walt33: @adam_tooze AFAIK apprenticeships in the German system are not tertiary education by definition but these professions would be…
In international comparison, the 1973-1995 slowdown in growth in productivity per hour worked was less bad in UK than in Europe or in US where it was disastrous. V striking from Nick Crafts. European collapse since 2007 is shocking … and UK goes negative! warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econom… https://t.co/ytksvE5uwh
The UK has been experiencing extensive growth in recent decades i.e. stagnant productivity and wages with larger share of population working -> GDP per capita rises as gdp per employee stagnates. Castle, Hendry, Martinez (2020) voxeu.org/article/parado… https://t.co/RQcBGLxnH0
The anomalous ‘flat-lining’ of labour productivity and real wages evident since 2007 in UK is unprecedented in almost 160 years. voxeu.org/article/parado… https://t.co/26R7beTSxu
The sudden acceleration in tertiary enrollment transformed UK society in 1990s and early 2000s but since then has stagnated. @OurWorldInData https://t.co/yUAbrx2Kfa
When EU evaluates path to net zero by 2050, one issue that a realistic view needs to consider is impact on Libya, Algeria, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. They are all losing a huge export market! adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… This from @Bruegel_org is great: bruegel.org/wp-content/upl… https://t.co/jXCXJJVFme
Imagine if the EU were as committed to Net Zero Green Deal Energy Transition as it once was to the Common Agricultural Policy! Now THAT was a subsidy regime. Chartbook Newsletter #17 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/JJP63iPvvs
@rmglade @DeboraRevoltel1 @EIB @OECDeconomy @Columbia @suerf_org @PedroJFdeLima @EU_MarioNava @R_Veugelers @RBKoopman @CLMannEcon @JosephEStiglitz @Jan_Svejnar @agnesbq1 @EU_JPV @GWCUAW This happened in January!
The absence of manifest debt crisis in 2020 does not mean that EM and low-income countries are out of woods. The pressure is building. Fascinating and important this from @danielmunevar and @eurodad twitter.com/danielmunevar/…
In 1989 defense spending of 3% of GDP was quite normal in NATO. Start from current defense spending levels of c. 1.2% of GDP. Add 1.8% in additional new INVESTMENT to address climate change -> EU would be on path to net zero. Chartbook Newsletter #17 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/VFJJXrc0Tg
“The Shortest Route to Manchuria” Fascinating this on Japanese imaginings of Empire apjjf.org/2021/5/Zhong.h… https://t.co/KGpkBVYyma
Germany huffed and puffed over its coal phase out plans and ended up with something that in 2021 just looks grotesque. NO ONE is going to want to revisit the coal compromise. But how can they avoid it? @CANEurope caneurope.org/content/upload… https://t.co/YsTCi3fIR1
RT @SpitfireFilly: @adam_tooze @JanTattenberg Interesting with the exhibition being in Vienna & seeing one of veterans attempting to refram…
RT @FinSkeptic: @adam_tooze Thanks for highlighting this! Super interesting, especially his GM / OPEL stories.
Im fascinated (in a rather horrified way) by possibility of comparing EU energy transition to common agricultural policy. Has anyone already done this? Chartbook Newslettere #17 ends with this suggestion. Check it out here: adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/ZRsucugedz
Realism about the net zero path for EU to 2050 also means thinking hard about the impact on MENA countries that rely heavily on fossil fuel exports to EU. Chartbook Newsletter #17 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/WRHeJ6x2jk
Ive taken a deep dive recently back into Nazi racial war in East. Finally started Grossman’s Life and Fate. Am reeling. Thought I needed some context. Found this. By @NilSantianez whose writings looks fascinating! amazon.com/Literature-Abs… https://t.co/qTDYUjDNuc
“Clean Wehrmacht”? In 1990s an explosive historical exhibition dealt huge blow to the myth. Documentary film maker Ruth Beckermann did remarkable series of interviews on site with veterans. Fascinating, horrifying, essential source. With subtitles! youtube.com/watch?v=YxPwz_… https://t.co/14pLzQCTdH
@HindChristopher @PP_Rubens The painter’s German … does carnation into incarnation go in German he wonders ….
@HindChristopher @PP_Rubens For real? Or are you having me on? Either way Im impressed ….
RT @NatBullard: Chartbook Newsletter #17 by @adam_tooze >on realism and net-zero ambitions. Good read. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne…
RT @doctorow: Internal Landscape-Syria Destruction. Surreal Mixed Media Collage Art By Ayham Jabr. rollership.tumblr.com/post/646448528… https://t.co/K…
Can Erdogan really live with this level of volatility in currency markets? ft.com/content/85b67a… https://t.co/0d7XmRBvNB
RT @adam_tooze: If you stand back from legal issues what is at stake in BVerfG judgement on ECB is question of whether are ready to adjust…
Decarbonizing Poland may be a tough nut to crack, but it is NOT impossible and the trade offs should not be that painful. The drama is political. One of scenarios for a realistic net zero path for EU discussed in Chartbook Newsletter #17. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/YHstK5VGAe
Alte Schule indeed: Charmed to discover that legendary German engine designer Fritz Indra is all over Youtube! youtube.com/watch?v=YMfKrs… https://t.co/fN5BsWn4vo
@PP_Rubens Imagine creating art like this in the middle of the Thirty Years War! Life not looking so nasty, brutish or short.
Colin Clark, one of fathers of modern economic statistics, is a truly fascinating figure. twitter.com/economicthough…
RT @adam_tooze: Obviously 2020 was a horrible year for the UK economy. But this only serves to highlight the 1921 deflationary contraction…
Looking for benchmarks against which to gauge socio-economic impact of energy transition? How about the end of peasant agriculture in Europe? In 1955 40% of Italian workforce was in agriculture! Chartbook Newsletter #17 on realism and net zero. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/58jTGPfi19
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