ADAM TOOZE

RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Maybe the biggest puzzle in EM is this: Brazil's Real & Turkey's Lira are down the same amount (-30%) in 2020 vs US Dol…

Which Americans donated to Biden v. Trump campaign. An extraordinary breakdown by occupations: compare business owners, truckers, police officers with nurses, teachers, lawyers. Remarkable data from @jqlngu bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-… https://t.co/Tkm4zpT2VD

41 percent of Poles expect a Trump victory tonight! And Brits are split 31/30! @StatistaCharts via @SoberLook https://t.co/L1ev6Ygwzn

"Of the employers included in this analysis, those whose employees tilted the most to Trump were NYPD and the U.S. Marines, with almost 70% of employees who made contributions to one of the two presidential campaigns favoring the incumbent.” @jqlngu bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-… https://t.co/UHX6yEt0ZX

For any hope of a robust fiscal response to the crisis we need a “Blue Wave” to sweep the Senate. A piece I did for @elpaisinenglish english.elpais.com/opinion/2020-1… Here are some odds. thedailyshot.com/2020/11/03/mig… https://t.co/a3zlE8pRe4

In 2020 as corona hit, average rents in 30 US core cities have dropped more than 5%, while average rents in the suburbs of those cities have inched up half a percentage point. @CityLab bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/VRpf5CaFzH

US hospitalizations with COVID are rapidly rising back towards previous peaks. Covidtracking.com via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/11/03/mig… https://t.co/ihkx25s1MD

The divergence of inflation exceptions in Euro Area and the US should surely be a major concern for the ECB. Chart by @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/11/03/mig… https://t.co/pdWrx9AOxl

RT @LJMUOutreach: “Down with DORA! Emergency Laws and the Transition from War to Peace in Britain, 1918-1920”. If you teach history please…

RT @latifnasser: The Black Belt story is painful but profound.  The death of plankton led to the life of cotton, which led to the bondage…

RT @bjoern_bremer: We’re excited to launch #MAXCPE: A monthly online workshop in Comparative Political Economy (broadly defined!) hosted by…

15.7% of US tenants face likelihood of eviction by end of 2020. In six states the at risk share is 1/4-1/3! @MoodysAnalytics via @SoberLook https://t.co/lYyoSKiZMW

German word of the day? Weltpolitikfähigkeit – world policy capacity twitter.com/bueti/status/1…

RT @LoganMohtashami: @adam_tooze @bcaresearch @SoberLook Real home prices look nothing like what we saw during the bubble. Not only that sp…

Full 60s modernism. Check out the Mirage IV with what looks like a nuclear reactor in the background. @CcibChris twitter.com/CcibChris/stat…

US house prices have decoupled from rents. The last time this did not turn out well. @bcaresearch via @SoberLook https://t.co/SuieuJfnfl

RT @poltheoryother: In the latest episode of PTO @BarnabyRaine points out that many of the worst instances of antisemitism not being dealt…

RT @auralflaneur: This is very good: sharp, reflective, and clear-headed analysis with an equally clear commitment to anti-racism https://t…

Since this is 2020, it took me several seconds to realize that this alarming report from Georgia is not about the USA. twitter.com/Tom_deWaal/sta…

American’s with good credit scores are refinancing their mortgages en masse. @SoberLook https://t.co/l5mLpEado9

"For 1st time, in 60% of global economy — including 97 % of advanced economies — central banks have pushed policy interest rates below 1 %. In 1/5th of world, they are negative.” @GitaGopinath calls a global liquidity trap -> fiscal policy is main tool. ft.com/content/2e1c05… https://t.co/FRdnxB7VPG

RT @jfgonzalema: elpais_america: Tribuna | "Estados Unidos puede protegerse contra las turbulencias, pero hacerlo contra una gran recesión…

“la economia politica de trump” A piece in @el_pais this morning on political economic scenarios for tomorrow. elpais.com/opinion/2020-1…

RT @carlosurriza: Muy interesante análisis de ⁦@adam_tooze⁩ sobre las elecciones norteamericanas elpais.com/opinion/2020-1…

"Leaders Who Lust, by Barbara Kellerman and Todd Pittinsky” ft.com/content/387bdf… https://t.co/FI3N1q790Y

$412bn California Public Employees’ Retirement System is only US pension plan to sign UN-backed Net-0 Asset Owner Alliance, a coalition of 30 world’s largest asset owners committed to cutting carbon emissions of their assets by to 29 % within next 4 years. ft.com/content/171609… https://t.co/oA3miEitAn

Just 17 % of North American pensions funds aim to reach net zero by 2050 while a further 8 per cent expect to reach that target at a later date, according to the Aviva Investors analysis. What world do they expect us to retire into? US lags EU & Asia. ft.com/content/171609… https://t.co/rAgnTHhEoj

"Total control over growing environment is one of vertical farming’s big selling points, ensuring reliable, high-quality crops. A reduction in “food miles” gives consumers access to fresher produce.” Enough to attract $1.8bn in funding since 2014! ft.com/content/0e3aaf… https://t.co/jLuLGnBy6G

Designate seafarers as key workers now! “On high seas, a hidden humanitarian crisis is gripping freight ships. Lockdown measures have left as many as 400k seafarers stranded on their vessels = almost 1/2 of 1m seafarers at sea at any time." ft.com/content/bb6dca… https://t.co/EZg2zQZlmS

Agritech hype: Vertical farming occupies the equivalent of 30 hectares of land worldwide, compared with outdoor cultivation of about 50m ha and 500,000 ha for greenhouses. But this tiny sector has attracted $1.8bn in funding since 2014. @EmikoTerazono ft.com/content/0e3aaf… https://t.co/WZw907zwvq

In their day Obama, JFK, Woodrow Wilson all triggered widespread liberal enthusiasm around the world. Who post-Trump could stir a similar enthusiasm … ? AOC? In @guardian I try to historically locate the current moment of disilllusionment. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… https://t.co/cwKBTxGPbS

"according to calculations by Citigroup, ECB purchases will more than cover EU area gov borrowing in 2021 — even if the central bank does not scale up its €1.35tn emergency bond-buying programme by another €500bn in December as is widely expected." ft.com/content/29da96… https://t.co/VZFmWjafNb

The Her.Tietz Initiative calls on the @thehertieschool and the Hertie Foundation to begin an active and open engagement with the Nazi Aryanization that defined their past. @her_tietz deserve our support. https://t.co/2ZPYNfW5sw H/t @ErikaSolomon https://t.co/r0alZXN1pV https://t.co/AlGhcKE1Ye

“I have a hard time thinking a communist will win in Chile” – after the left win in Ecuador and Argentina, there is talk of a new “pink tide” in Latin America, the “Great Homeland”. But 2020 is not the 2000s. Interesting this from @mj_stott ft.com/content/1f462b… https://t.co/2yCIFZh60z

Macroeconomics trumps geopolitics: China’s share of Australia’s exports surged above 41 % in 6 months to August. Australia is 5th-largest exporter to China and one of the advanced economies to be most reliant on China. China recovery is paramount. ft.com/content/093d8c… https://t.co/aYBCWcQXLl

“What you’ll get with a Biden presidency is matrixed, integrated, shades-of-grey foreign policy” which may cause “whiplash” in Latin America – notably Colombia and Brazil. Nor is Mexico aligned on climate. @mj_stott @jude_webber ft.com/content/495ebf… https://t.co/VYZJRvhMP3