December 20, 2020
RT @PaulPage: @adam_tooze @scottlincicome @SoberLook Used to work in a tall building in Newark where you could see from above the outlines…
RT @PaulPage: @adam_tooze @scottlincicome @SoberLook Used to work in a tall building in Newark where you could see from above the outlines…
RT @kirstinferguson: Christmas 1918 vs Christmas 2020. Not so different at all. https://t.co/0BFvJLbOaa
One of most high profile trials of China’s leading Sinovac vaccine in Brazil will announce its results on Wednesday = huge test for China’s vaccine diplomacy. ft.com/content/d8d9a6… https://t.co/3VQTuKSfj0
RT @melissakchan: “Mother and Child” — Berlin street graffiti art version. An early Merry Christmas from the Berlin Wall! https://t.co/HECh…
RT @olgatuleninova: Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890 – 1918) House Between Trees I 1908 oil on board 67.31 x 68.58 cm Private collection https:…
RT @KetanJ0: Mad Max sequel idea: everyone has electric cars and solar panels and water manufacturing systems, so there's no fighting over…
A map of abandoned railway lines across the US. By Andrew Grigg via @SoberLook abandonedraillines.com/p/the-map.html https://t.co/B9qGVt4fr2
There have been a lot of maps showing Chinese vaccine trials around the world. This is the first Ive come across showing PfizerBioNTech, Moderna, J&J, Novavax and AstraZeneca networks. lemonde.fr/international/… https://t.co/H6UvniUwBA
@cacrisalves @DSAntiGlobalism @fabiobterra @mmartinsrocha @ellentristao @lauraabcarvalho @andreroncaglia @pedrolrossi @moreira_uallace @nelsonhbarbosa Indeed. In this format EVERY word counts. And my understanding, perhaps incorrect, is that this year’s payments are larger and more widespread. Wrong? Would LOVE to read a comparison.
The euro-area trade surplus is back near record highs. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/12/17/slo… https://t.co/OSut81ZU3U
If projected vaccine production for 2021 were optimally distributed, it should be sufficient to cover 85% of the world’s population. @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook #vaccinepolecon https://t.co/4qdvKMikfl
Extend debt suspension Involve all creditors IMF SDRs Give greater relief from IMF World Bank Rope in private creditors Allow sovereign bankruptcy Very useful roundup from @Jonthn_Wheatley on LIC/EM debt restructuring options. ft.com/content/de4324… https://t.co/QaQo75D8YM
Offices in the UK in Dec 2020 are practically empty. @SoberLook #UKpolecon thedailyshot.com/2020/12/17/slo… https://t.co/uQ4EBmMB8d
Biggest risks to global financial markets in 2021 make for interesting reading! Virus mutations, vaccine issues, tech bubble bursts, too little stimulus, too much stimulus, German political paralysis as of Sep 2021 … @DeutscheBank via @SoberLook https://t.co/nG2cYyR9uK
RT @andynortondev: Interesting open access journal edition on global climate politics with contributions by @BrunoLatourAIME & @adam_tooze…
One of the distinctive things about 2020 recession was the huge shock to consumption. #globalpolecon @CapEconGlobal @SoberLook https://t.co/de5IYcq5MU
One of the distinctive things about 2020 recession was the huge shock to consumption. #globalpolecon @CapEconGlobal @SoberLook https://t.co/Eib0n7yqJL
2020 will be a year of stagflation in Nigeria with surging inflation putting pressure, particularly on burgeoning urban population. In Newsletter Chartbook # 10 I sketch the drama of Nigeria’s 21stcentury. adamtooze.substack.com/publish https://t.co/W2moPacZZQ
2020: a year of crisis like no other. Never before have so many of the world’s economies been contracting simultaneously. @ISABELNET_SA via @SoberLook https://t.co/4XPgvkPNvA
Navigating Capital Flows—An Integrated Approach "no “one-size-fits-all” response to capital flow volatility, nor is it a case of “anything goes”” Dec 2020, the moment when @GitaGopinath T. Adrian @CeylaP_IMF bury whatever was left of Washington consensus! blogs.imf.org/2020/12/09/nav… https://t.co/sWLyXpW3jd
Brazil is running a large fiscal deficit. But look at the private household flow of funds and imagine the macroeconomic situation if the deficit was smaller! Savings have surged. @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook https://t.co/L5eu6UrGfE
Brazil’s economic recovery is stalling. How will that influence the critical debate over continuation of emergency relief payments? @SoberLook https://t.co/LZnnNHDO6O
In 2020 two of most unequal societies in world – Brazil & USA – discovered that timely transfers of cash to the least well off does alleviate poverty and inequality. No structural fix. Perhaps only viable politically in an acute crisis. BUT significant precedent! https://t.co/0bEfXCnFdD
RT @bj_pittman: “If we are to grasp the 21st century, we simply HAVE to integrate sub-Saharan Africa, and Nigeria, in particular, into our…
Survey Foundation laying Scour protection Cable-laying Wind turbin installation Feeder Crew Transfer Service operations To build an offshore wind farm you need at least 8 different types of vessel. This GAO report is great. gao.gov/assets/720/711… https://t.co/HY4ZP4hxiF
Latest generation of offshore wind turbines are GIGANTIC. Almost 300 m total height. gao.gov/assets/720/711… https://t.co/omEJ7mxGNC
Tesla’s 730% surge in 2020 has created a cohort of retail investor Teslanaires. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/vNFf4pKrPa
AMHERST. CHARLES W. COBB AND PAUL H. DOUGLAS, 1926 of the famous and ubiquitous “production function”. irwincollier.com/amherst-charle… https://t.co/oXSRanLfqe
Building offshore wind farms requires specialized $500m vessels which jack up & mount huge cranes. US Jones act requires ships operating point to point in US to be US-made. There is no US-made wind farm construction ship -> scramble to get one built. gcaptain.com/gao-reports-on… https://t.co/G9U29AZHV9
'You're nothing but a cloud’ Xi's message to Jack Ma. Did Alibaba/Ant boss ill-advisedly pick a fight with Liu He and Wang Qishan? This is from a few weeks back but fascinating on the Anti IPO clash. #chinapolecon asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks… https://t.co/BK8yFSHIUt
The next generation of cable laying vessels on which future of internet/tech/comms #infrastructure depends, can carry 8000 tons of cable at a time. gcaptain.com/van-oord-order… https://t.co/JH3B7KLMLZ
Van Gogh's iconic "Sunflowers" series in Tokyo in 1987 after it was purchased by Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co. for a record-breaking $39.9 million opening a short but intense phase of Japanese art purchases. Fascinating from Alexandra Bregman asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts… https://t.co/0EOZ8wL40l
John le Carré on Hampstead Heath, Royal Free hospital looming in background. economist.com/obituary/2020/… https://t.co/poFAWCXxm4
RT @_Eric_Reinhart: I suspect the gap is actually even wider than this makes it appear, as much of the “punitive” spending in Denmark’s reh…
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