ADAM TOOZE

in·a·ni·tion /ˌinəˈniSHən/ "exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment." "the members of the rear party died of inanition” “The inanition of Europe’s banks”. …ftreview-org.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/issues/II125/a… https://t.co/G5EAIfJSXC

"Turkish authorities have burnt through $134bn over the past 18 months in failed attempt to prop up lira @GoldmanSachs The intervention continued this week, according to London-based analyst who asked not to be named.” @laurapitel ft.com/content/cc2e0f… https://t.co/LodZ3H9Gt0

Political Economies of Capitalism, 1600-1850 A new series from @RoutledgeHist Series Editors: John Shovlin (New York University), Philip Stern (Duke University) and Carl Wennerlind (Barnard College, Columbia University) routledge.com/Political-Econ… https://t.co/987ej64xFG

Effects of Covid on conservation tourism in Africa have been seismic. In 2019, tourism contributed 14.7 % Namibia’s GDP, 10.7% to Tanzania’s, and 8.2% to Kenya’s. Wildlife-based tourism generated more than US$29bn pa for Africa. Employed 3.6m people. ft.com/content/6a4f6c… https://t.co/1SAQd8VNOm

Davide Iacovoni is the man whose team manages Italy’s 2.4trn euro debt pile: ‘The market for our bonds is improving because of this clear sign that the market can provide resources at a cheaper cost for member states’ ft.com/content/042591… https://t.co/1oMFOfamMn

With oil prices at $40 Oman faces a fiscal deficit > 18% GDP in 2020 -> reliance on neighbors like Qatar and UAE for financial support puts in jeopardy its diplomatic neutrality, playing btw Gulf states, Iran and Yemen. @simeonkerr ft.com/content/8ba9e5… https://t.co/gUO974LT0e

Following EU, China & Japan, S Korea vows to go carbon neutral by 2050. S Korea relies on coal for c 40% of electricity generation, with renewables making up less than 6% theguardian.com/world/2020/oct… Another piece in global puzzle discussed here. foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/17/gre… https://t.co/TLyK1DuEbE

"I also modified my early enthusiasm for expositions based on the (Kehrite) “primacy of domestic politics” since the state system seemed to impose its own game-theoretic logic on national actors.” Charlie Maier on his IR turn! issforum.org/essays/PDF/E28… https://t.co/EMqm0BRwLL

"good old fashioned risk management”: ANZ, last of Australia’s Big 4 banks has said it will stop financing thermal coal projects as the country’s big trading partners China, Japan and South Korea seek to cut emissions. @JamieSmythF ft.com/content/ec29da… https://t.co/xcyPy12HoL

American big business and lobbies line up to emphasize need to respect electoral process and avoid chaos post 3 Nov. ft.com/content/513d9a… Underlining distance to Trump I flagged in @guardian a few days back. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… https://t.co/KUQb9qt46W

Following EU and Xi, Japan PM uses his first major policy speech to Diet to announce: Japan carbon neutral by 2050 = VERY Big win! Puts pressure on S Korea and US. ft.com/content/633504… Big chunks of the global picture sketched here: foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/17/gre… https://t.co/JvY3Uw1kgB

"true scholarly disciplines each retain a hard core of their own. History remains a particular straddle of the humanities and the social sciences by its insistence on sequences in time and path dependency as major explanatory factors” Charlie Maier issforum.org/essays/PDF/E28… https://t.co/7WwtVN174H

"According to an NYT/Siena national poll released this month, more than two-thirds of Americans back $2tn in stimulus for the economy, and similar spending on green energy investments, while opinion is roughly split on corporate tax rises." ft.com/content/7fa97f…? https://t.co/ptJ4g7crQJ

Why might US business/markets favor Biden over Trump and hope for Dem’s to take Senate? theguardian.com/commentisfree/… A Blue Sweep and Bidenomics much more likely to yield rapid recovery from COVID shock. @JamesPoliti ft.com/content/7fa97f…? https://t.co/e4s0o0f2JM

"My own research was being provoked by a series of riddles often prompted by current developments. As the 1960s yielded to the 1970s it seemed important to discern how an earlier period of radical turmoil had yielded to political stability.” Charlie Maier issforum.org/essays/PDF/E28… https://t.co/7FFRmjNPCq

Global Virome Project headed by Dennis Carroll estimates it would take c. $1.6bn & 10 years to find 75 % of 1.6 m viruses — or, if they can raise the funds, about $3bn to capture 90% of viruses. What are we waiting for? Another Dr Evil moment! @lesliehook ft.com/content/2a80e4… https://t.co/8xZhVvF8g9

“not many expense reports get filed during a civil war.”  Why Expensify’s CEO implored the 10m users of its expenses software to vote for Joe Biden! ft.com/content/342521… @Edgecliffe on US business & Trump reelection campaign, which I wrote about here: theguardian.com/commentisfree/… https://t.co/ETGszLfd0e

"I’d argue that the main reason for the demise of Tory economic thinking is cultural and institutional. To be precise, it comes from the culture of one institution, the Home Office.” @stianwestlake developing an idea that @davies_will first proposed. medium.com/@stianstian/th… https://t.co/lOfuKgJqjp

new figures for euro area inflation due on Friday "are expected to show the eurozone sank into its third consecutive month of deflation — something it has done only twice before.” @MAmdorsky on the grim outlook for Europe in Q4. ft.com/content/f3b0c5… https://t.co/ISC7r1hoIY

Forests cover c. 1/3 of land on Earth, but they are being cut down to make way for cash crops or cattle farming. Every minute, forests the size of 35 football pitches are cleared. @lesliehook on new @FAO State of Forests report fao.org/3/ca8642en/CA8… ft.com/content/2a80e4… https://t.co/srECVt77yc

US business "got the tax cuts they wanted and see little to lose in breaking with Trump now.” ft.com/content/342521… Delighted to find myself in agreement with @Edgecliffe on Trump-business relations. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… https://t.co/9LHx5Ai1ac

Political independence v. Operational independence of central banks: An important distinction emphasized by Balls, Howat and @annastansbury in this 2016 paper. hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/… https://t.co/XTACnNZUKA

Btw 2009 and 2019 Euro Area monthly exports to the UK and the US surged by the same amount, c. $10bn, as they did to China. @Brad_Setser via @SoberLook https://t.co/dern12Sb59

RT @JohnConstableRA: Good Day! A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset by Joseph Wright of Derby 1781 Oil on Canvas (Yale Center for Briti…

An increasing share of sovereign debt restructurings involve litigation. imf.org/external/pubs/… https://t.co/jnQlAJJEDh

For anyone interested in critical political economy of sovereign debt it is quite a moment: Last week, EU attracted €233bn in bids for €17bn of new COVID relief bonds offered at MINUS 0.26%, because better than -0.62 on 10-year German bond! ft.com/content/e3553b… https://t.co/bsIF3TpcTC

The 2017 report on @ecb governance for @anticorruption written by @BJMbraun poses a series of challenges on governance, conflicts of interest, involvement of European Parliament that have new relevance if Euro area goes back into crisis in 2021. pure.mpg.de/rest/items/ite… https://t.co/Ltk3S283yZ

VW as well as Daimler is rebounding to profit on back of Chinese recovery. ft.com/content/1e30ee… https://t.co/BUv7GmrATg

"Like most other novel human viruses, Sars-Cov-2 is zoonotic: it crossed from animals into humans. As deforestation and climate change increase disease spread, virus-hunters race to identify which of 700k virus might be the next pandemic” @lesliehook ft.com/content/2d15e2… https://t.co/wY3AcmC931

The US has rejected the front-running candidate to head the World Trade Organization, defying the body’s other 160 member nations and leaving the outcome of the race uncertain. US prefers Yoo Myung-hee of S Korea to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. ft.com/content/94794d… https://t.co/tEqx4mQg2C

RT @HelenHet20: Talking the problem of talking about Trump. twitter.com/TPpodcast_/sta…

RT @FiveThirtyEight: Fear of voter intimidation is its own voter intimidation. 53eig.ht/35Pq5dg

RT @jdportes: The massive positive shift in the British public's view of the economic *and* cultural impacts of immigration has been sustai…

Italian inflation is at a record low and firmly in deflation territory. Via @SoberLook https://t.co/PKLVpsWa0d

As Cold War generation of IFV reach limit of upgrades and great power relations deteriorate -> total of $32.3 billion is forecast to be invested in new procurement of tracked IFVs: climbing from $929 million in 2020 to $4.2 billion by 2030. editions.shephardmedia.com/2020/10/27/lw-… https://t.co/JmREf5dNWl

The surge in negative evaluations of President Xi Jinping of China has been remarkable. Particularly striking are Australia and South Korea. @pewresearch pewresearch.org/global/2020/10… https://t.co/JuiTJnFuz9