November 18, 2020
@Noahpinion You too kind! But it really was a very interesting conversation.
@Noahpinion You too kind! But it really was a very interesting conversation.
@PeterFAnderson @niubi @laurimyllyvirta @HelenHet20 No … of course not. My list is of action points not persistent states of oppression. In Xinjiang the operative word is, as you say, “still”. My focus is on what changed in 2020.
So, when do we get to declare that the EU is back in a slow-burning crisis of governance? twitter.com/MehreenKhn/sta…
@riskoffriskon @niubi @laurimyllyvirta @HelenHet20 You mean as the next agenda item? Or as accomplished fact? Surely not …
@PSodhan @niubi @laurimyllyvirta @HelenHet20 Agreed of course but it isn’t so much an action point as a continuing state of affairs. Im focused on the action points.
2020 so far for Beijing: Virus control – tick Econ recovery – tick Hong Kong repression – tick Climate leadership – tick Dust-up with India – tick Mega trade deal – tick Humbling big tech – tick Am I missing something? @niubi @laurimyllyvirta @HelenHet20
RT @meaganmday: People scratching their head about the composition of classes will benefit from reading Erik Olin Wright. The working class…
RT @DimitarBechev: Interwar VMRO imagery. At odds with the national narratives in both N. Macedonia and Bulgaria. https://t.co/NM2cleaJIL
@gordonschuecker @SoberLook Wow. Those are very cool. Thanks for sharing!
RT @DieterPlehwe: @adam_tooze did you see this thread on corruption involving family and friends of Orban? twitter.com/panyiszabolcs/…
Chartbook # 2 dropped. Still experimenting with the Chartbook format. Selection of graphs, charts and links from the last few days. Folks have asked for a newsletter format. Implies a more focused and selective approach. #3 at weekend. Download #2 here: adamtooze.com/2020/11/17/cha… https://t.co/iT3XAXVe5F
RT @Seamus_Malek: reposting how fucking cool they made robespierre look in Napoleon (1927) https://t.co/T3gaS5reZW
RT @simontorracinta: everyone is laughing at this but here's my intellectual history question: 1979-1981 seems pretty early in the English…
@gordonschuecker @SoberLook # 2 just dropped adamtooze.com/2020/11/17/cha…
Under massive local pressure Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) withdraws financing from the 1050 MW Lamu Coal Plant in Kenya. banktrack.org/article/icbc_w… https://t.co/Evgr1L55Og
Beyondbrics? 12th Meeting of BRICS took place yesterday. Russia is the chair. Just heard about it. Has anyone read anything interesting? youtube.com/watch?v=40GaVO… https://t.co/o1tlolVwQn
Earlier in the week @gideonrachman rightly pointed out the incongruity of Biden’s aspiration for the US to “lead” on climate. The same cognitive disconnect runs through this statement of a key group of Dem climate advisors. climate21.org/documents/C21_… https://t.co/dcSlfZdoVg
Ford in South Africa announces plans for fully renewable energy self-sufficiency. Great news but a dire threat to ESKOM which may find itself facing a full blown death spiral of fixed costs and unmanageable debt. H/t @laurimyllyvirta businesstech.co.za/news/energy/44… https://t.co/yzPAA79VLj
RT @samuelmoyn: Lovely: the brilliant @dimmerwahr breaks into the @NewYorker, referencing @stephenwertheim's new account of the rise of Ame…
In 2018 Hungary received 5 % of GDP in EU funding, Poland 3.4%. EU parliament wants to impose rule of law conditionality in new budget. Warsaw/Budapest resist -> July recovery package hangs in balance -> huge problem for German presidency. ft.com/content/b205be… https://t.co/6ounanJkfZ
Venezuelan oil could become world’s biggest stranded asset. Opposition stakes vision of economic reconstruction on PDVSA. But "If you have the slightest concern about the future of oil demand, you wouldn’t touch [Venezuela] with a barge pole” @CarbonBubble ft.com/content/cafbd3… https://t.co/iBM8SdptHO
Political cost of economic growth From 1990s Ethiopia’s gov pushed a development model inspired by S Korea. But power struggle btw Tigray, Amhara, Oromo groups remained unresolved. Now E Africa’s greatest success story is on brink of full-scale civil war. ft.com/content/b888c2… https://t.co/oPYC8lnhuk
The Asian RCEP is the world’s largest trade bloc. @StatistaCharts via @SoberLook https://t.co/eLzSL1JhPV
Back in 2017 Samsung’s giant smartphone factory outside Hanoi accounted for a quarter of Vietnam’s total exports! economist.com/asia/2018/04/1… https://t.co/mGVzDzeoUA
RT @olgatuleninova: Edward Okun (Polish painter of Mloda Polska (Polish Art Nouveau) movement) 'Nous et la guerre' oil on canvas, 1923 http…
NEWSFLASH: Dropped chartbook # 2 this morning. Pandemic dynamics. Vaccine rotation. Energy investment & garment sector carbon load. All part of the mix adamtooze.com/2020/11/17/cha… https://t.co/btsfdN7axg
The impact of corona crisis on student performance varies sharply by income class in the US. ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date… https://t.co/9FIb4UXtRh
Nowhere in the world has been worse affected by the corona crisis than Peru and its capital Lima. Unemployment surging. @SoberLook https://t.co/TqBtTtL5ql
The third wave of the corona epidemic in the US reverses the pattern of the 1st wave in the spring. wsj.com/articles/new-c… https://t.co/4FVd4ba5f4
A group of rich countries has already agreed to buy roughly 600m doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech drug = 1/2 total the drugmakers can produce by end of 2021. Canada has most vaccine purchases per capita. economist.com/graphic-detail… https://t.co/BGwh9bLSlX
Markets are expecting close to 5% in interest rate increase in turkey. If they are disappointed, it could get ugly fast! @Barclays via @SoberLook https://t.co/9MlyCkkCOC
The mood in the Eurozone has turned gloomy, with a vengeance! No recovery now expected in Q4 2020. @SoberLook https://t.co/5PiYZ45XQy
East Asia Decouples from the United States: Trade War, COVID-19, and East Asia’s New Trade Blocs Peter A. Petri and Michael G. Plummer June 2020 for @PIIE is excellent on the RCEP. piie.com/system/files/d… https://t.co/IJrR119Dtq
EM sovereign wealth funds dwarf Western pension funds as investors in private equity. Data via @SoberLook https://t.co/akVeroVI4u
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