"In Japan, 910k people work in auto industries, including 690k in parts. A gasoline-powered automobile is composed of around 30k parts, while an engine-less EV contains about 1/2 that number.” At least 200k jobs at risk in Japan. Perhaps 400k in Germany. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Autom… https://t.co/u8QvOUQE32
RT @Tank_Archives: The main weakness of the early T-34 tanks was the lifespan of the engine and clutch. By early 1941 the guaranteed lifesp…
An armored train that needed a bespoke, dismountable SPG to support it … twitter.com/GunslingerSqui…
It must have been quite haunting having these monsters littering the landscape long after the war had ended. twitter.com/alextijhuis/st…
The methamphetamine market has expanded globally during the past few years with seizures more than doubling from 100 tons in 2013 to 228 tons in 2018. @UNODC unodc.org/documents/scie… https://t.co/fdha8DGXAR
Faced with farmers protests, "Like all demagogues, Modi has come to a cross-road. More so because his regime labours under a self-inflicted handicap; it is in thrall of its own image of “decisiveness”.” This by Harish Khare for @thewire_in is very good. thewire.in/politics/naren… https://t.co/lF6nsUs4ol
"European single market was to a large extent created by British Conservatives.” @MESandbu Thatcher = bulldozer Cockfield the intellectual driver. But not compatible with national sovereigntism that is other key strain in post-imperial Toryism. ft.com/content/c921bf… https://t.co/ElUUlO5xOp
"British supplied tanks made up in the region of 30–40% of the heavy and medium tank strength of Soviet forces before Moscow at the beginning of December 1941”. I gotta say I was kinda shocked. Never think beyond T34s and KV1s. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… https://t.co/6Lsz0R8a9M
RT @fakehistoryhunt: Some things really were better in the past. Zeppelin Cobalt Blue Glass Decanter Shaker Set,1920s. https://t.co/HNDu68D…
“Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the world’s wealthiest and most prosperous people” M Thatcher 1988. H/t @MESandbu ft.com/content/c921bf… https://t.co/PFAj0k7MRZ
“Control the yield curve, decide the future,” Banque Havillland’s plan for a raid on financial markets of Qatar on behalf of UAE. Remarkable story this: bloomberg.com/news/features/… https://t.co/ADPL0m6Z1L
RT @JoeMillerJr: There are good Christmas presents, and then there’s my Playmobil Johann Sebastian Bach 😍 https://t.co/4iSmi6FKsv
B-52s – The Last Argument of Presidents By time last retire, they may be more than 80 years old! Life is limited by fatigue limit of upper wing surface, which is set at 32,500 hours. Due to amount of idle time in Cold War they have another 17800 in them! weaponsandwarfare.com/b-52s-the-last… https://t.co/OArwdZjxy5
12.4 m doses shipped, 2.6 m people vaccinated "US states have used 1/5 of the doses they were given in the past three weeks.” Have to admit, it does continue to amaze me. And the fast-spreading new strain is in the US now! We are losing this footrace. ft.com/content/375337… https://t.co/VCSpN9mjd9
RT @TGTandV: Just finishing transcription of this man's memoir of commanding Army Aviation operations in Aden and the Radfan. Looking forwa…
@TGTandV @DEHEdgerton @NewLeftReview Broadly speaking, the US literature (though I don’t know it as well), confirms an existing narrative – the titles are telling – whereas @DEHEdgerton and I, are revisionist not to say iconoclastic. Btw I am also conventional in my profound appreciation of Soviet war effort.
Arguments of @DEHEdgerton War Machine and Wages of Destruction are joined at the hip. Goes back to "LIBERAL MILITARISM AND THE BRITISH STATE” by @DEHEdgerton in @NewLeftReview which confirmed my anti-declinism and changed the direction of my thinking. twitter.com/TGTandV/status…
"At xmas (1870) the true siege of Paris began" Frederick Engels December 1870. French armies withdrew to the city. on 27th December German batteries opened fire on the city for the first time. twitter.com/Krieg7071/stat…
On New Years Even 1870 Alfred Krupp sat in his villa on the Hügel and did sketches for a giant mortar that he wanted to provide to the German armies in the Franco-Prussian war as quickly as possible. twitter.com/Krieg7071/stat…
RT @DominiqueReill: Luca is home! Here he is in Vicky’s arms. Will share more when NYC is awake and I can get the details! https://t.co/vgv…
RT @Tom_Westgarth15: I learned a LOT from Twitter in 2020, so wanted to share the people I think are going to give great insight into the p…
RT @ianrgraham: I missed this clear beginner’s guide to Beck and the Risk Society and their current relevance from August by @adam_tooze.…
RT @IbsenMalte: Som @adam_tooze forudså i september er “vaccine politics” blevet en kæmpe ting. Men vi bruger slet ikke nok ressourcer på v…
This is a great thread on the EU-China investment deal. (In French) twitter.com/AntoineBondaz/…
If the flurry of trans-Atlantic debate about the EU-China investment treaty is anything to go by, the next few months are going to be interesting! twitter.com/ZakiLaidi/stat…
RT @ischinger: @thomaswright08 Tom, why would the US want a “droit de regard” concerning the CAI which has been negotiated for 7 years, now…
RT @curious76208787: @adam_tooze other factor is with most / many seeing china currency undervalued 10-20%, in theory if that adjusts over…
"Chen Derong, the chairman of China Baowu Steel Group, broke into tears last week as he announced the company had produced a record 100 million tonnes of steel this year.” Becoming world # 1 steel producer was “dream come true”. scmp.com/economy/global… https://t.co/CXeW0fcKOr
Its not the number of bond defaults in China that has made the end of 2020 special, but the size of the defaults and the fact that they involve SOEs. pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/26442160862… https://t.co/oixJ0DiRRn
In 2020Q2 the “errors and omissions” on China’s capital account were -2% of gdp. @WorldBank calls it “informal capital”. I wonder what @Brad_Setser Might say. pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/26442160862… https://t.co/hKPoTvmnXB
RCEP: "China-US rivalry tends to overshadow assessments. But this major accomplishment came with ASEAN at the centre.” @Rockintan @LowyInstitute lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete… https://t.co/DafCIaPYo7
The growth in China’s imports has slowed dramatically since 2015. In part this is due to onshoring of value chains (bottom left). China makes its parts at home. But, main driver is slowing growth in exports -> less growth in imported inputs. pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/26442160862… https://t.co/dF2WsK7jnQ
As was true for the original TPP back in 2016, Vietnam is predicted to do best out of the mega Asian trade deal, RCEP. @WorldBank estimates. pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/26442160862… https://t.co/6nOdI1N6sf
2020 was a crisis like no other also in the stimulus policies it provoked and who did them. Unlike 2008, China NOT in the lead this time. @WorldBank comparison based on @IMFNews data. NB: does not account for lending through policy banks. pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/26442160862… https://t.co/trwvuPUzDy
In global shipping industry, major container shipping lines are tied to key terminal operators: APM Terminals/Maersk; Terminal Investment /Mediterranean Shipping Company unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/KGUKHOU4wf
China-US 10 year Treasury spread at record levels: One of stories of 2020. In an age of corona-QE and collapsing interest rates in West, Xi’s authoritarian one-party regime in China becomes a haven for yield-chasing Western rentier. pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/26442160862… https://t.co/JG4HRRoEkd
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