As we watch final Brexit battle unfold, cant help thinking back to that huge surge in London house prices btw 2013 and 2016, affluence at time of austerity and wondering how important that may have been in stoking the “anti-London”/EU vote. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/Y3WDO1PiB2
If not “ever closer union”, then EU advocates the principle of "No further divergence” in Brexit talks. But, on the assumption that EU will progressively tighten regs, this is more than UK will accept -> impasse. ft.com/content/af0a4b… See newsletter #5 adamtooze.substack.com https://t.co/KurihQAUdh
Great thing about writing these newsletters are the reactions you get from folks who REALLY know .. this by @RobinWigg is an absolute MUST read thread. twitter.com/RobinWigg/stat…
Is the Fed underestimating the role of hedge funds in the Treasury market turmoil of March 2020? Chartbook Newsletter #7 Sign up here: adamtooze.substack.com https://t.co/aRKVHRRRpX
Revisiting the role of hedge funds in the Treasury market turmoil of March 2020. Chartbook Newsletter #7 just posted. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/Pij65h0bVg
Revisiting the role of hedge funds in the Treasury market turmoil of March 2020. Chartbook Newsletter #7 just posted. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… https://t.co/ozGg32ua0P
And for a moment I thought it was a Brexit-related farm protests, as opposed to a London protest of the Indian farm legislation! twitter.com/Punjab2000musi…
North Atlantic container traffic is 1/3 the volume flowing on Europe-Asia and US-Asia routes. unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/PhyGL7VXlq
Since 1976, prices for paintings such as Le Chateau d’Antibes (1888) by Claude Monet have appreciated at rate of 8.4% pa. (focusing on the 10-90% excluding the smaller pieces and the superstars) @HeatherJamesArt heatherjames.com/claude-monet-l… https://t.co/xP2EhE6Opm
Iron ore, coal and grain are the three “major bulk” items in global trade. unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/HzPk3NUnxM
Driven by China’s explosive growth, the surge in global container traffic since mid 1990s has been spectacular. @UNCTAD Shipping Report. unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/IrGEY9stzB
In 1970 tanker traffic ruled the waves, vastly exceeding both bulk and container traffic. Bulk traffic has caught up with tankers. Whilst, driven by globalization container and other dry goods have surged far ahead. unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/iAqkZRDhWM
How long can the coal-energy complex in China maintain its momentum when faced with dominant, low-cost renewable sources? economist.com/briefing/2020/… https://t.co/O36qZyTvuH
"Aptly for a strong believer in Franco-German axis, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was born in 1926 in Koblenz, during the French occupation of the Rhineland, where his father, Edmond, was an inspecteur des finances, a member of the civil service elite" ft.com/content/b44c1c… https://t.co/qhw6pIUU7m
In 1980 oil tankers accounted for 1/2 of global trade volume. In 2019 their share was c. 3/11 v. Huge surge in dry cargoes, bulk and container. Containers dominate in value not bulk terms. @UNCTAD Shipping Report unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/OMfpRnexOE
This memorial to Zara Steiner by David Reynolds really is worth reading from end to end. A wonderful piece of scholarly biography. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/2741… https://t.co/UicCePheiB
Where highly educated migrants with vocational or college degrees (I assume that is what is meant by academic training) come from. weforum.org/agenda/2020/12… https://t.co/Wx24ynymYn
Talk about “end of globalization” underestimates potential for truly global development still to come, beyond EU/US & Asia. Since 1970s globalization has really been about emergence of a massive new Asian hub. unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/1KQyYT0bOO
The French Golf 1970 saw introduction of innovative Citroen GS. Hydropneumatic suspension Front-wheel drive 58 hp/960 kg Roomy. Futuristic cockpit 2.4 m units by 1986. faz.net/aktuell/techni… https://t.co/dPMr333gXe
RT @CKemfert: 2020 will go down in history, the year of tipping points: the beginning of irreversible climate protection and the beginning…
The contrast in the fiscal response to the corona crisis by Lat Ams two giants – Brazil and Mexico – both nominally under left/right populist govs is remarkable! wsj.com/articles/mexic… https://t.co/3EjArOQfqZ
Growth in China’s coal-fired generating capacity 2000-12 drove a 200% increase in Chinese GDP per cap. Reshaped global economy and nearly tripled Cn’s CO2 emissions, making it largest emitter in world. Its effects on air quality hastened millions of deaths economist.com/briefing/2020/… https://t.co/UoJga32Bej
Stunning thread on the dramatic use of color in architecture old and modern. twitter.com/Furmadamadam/s…
More than 79,000 people have disappeared in Mexico, mostly since 2006 = worst crisis of disappeared in Lat Amsince Cold War, when military-backed Govs kidnapped & secretly killed leftist opponents — 45k in Guatemala, 30k in Argentina, 3,400 in Chile washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/… https://t.co/pSGFBqQPBq
RT @prospect_clark: Shock therapy: how the virus is jolting Brexitland towards a continental economic philosophy An arresting but forensi…
RT @Furmadamadam: @SXWArchitecture Hoechst AG Technical Administrative Building, Peter Behrens, 1924 Images via Reddit & Pinterest https://…
RT @northumbriana: The golden age of British tailoring. https://t.co/UqtlpD0eWr
RT @gabriel_zucman: The 18 wealthiest Americans now own 1.25% of all US wealth — a share 10 times as large as in 1982 (Source: https://t.c…
RT @DanielaGabor: it's fashionable to bash Putin, but he's a historical consequence of Harvard boys, with Sachs in charge, wrecking Russian…
RT @TomHV: @NVJRobins1 @antonioguterres @UNEP @WHO @CFigueres @GRI_LSE @rkyte365 @AndrewSimms_uk @the_ecologist @tomcarnac @andersen_inger…
"Carbon capture and storage has a long history as what @mclaren_erc of Lancaster University calls a “technology of prevarication”.” From excellent @TheEconomist report on ending coal. economist.com/briefing/2020/… https://t.co/2nPdZkYUHl
Over last 20 years, China has seen most consistent and significant increase in wealth-share of top 1%. ft.com/content/f7e81f… https://t.co/MgPgeaKAwi
Crushing coal: in 2020 for the first time, the capacity to burn coal for electricity generation will shrink worldwide. Will this be a historic turning point? economist.com/briefing/2020/… https://t.co/BR4Rffz7NU
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