ADAM TOOZE

RT @LinkotRacing: La construction de la Ford RS200 https://t.co/y245XRC6VM

RT @georgeeaton: This is terrifying: “Deforestation in south-east Asia is expected to force 99% of the region’s bats to migrate by 2050 (th…

Ship tracks of all ships of all ship types in September 2019 PAME – Arctic Shipping Status Report#1 From excellent myth busting @FriendsofEurope report on Arctic “After the Ice”. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/592bfe… https://t.co/Idf92yR2vd

RT @TheNewNedLudd: @adam_tooze @jdcmedlock @JWMason1 @SoberLook I know David M. Kennedy (author of 'Freedom from Fear') argues that while B…

"As we say at home when the capitalist world catches cold we catch pneumonia …” Maurice Bishop, leader of the Grenadian revolution, executed following a coup in Oct 1983 was a truly formidable and charismatic orator. twitter.com/clancynewyork/…

One the of the truly remarkable facts about WWII US war economy is that consumption may have actually risen. Puts a new spin on the phrase “war effort”. Data @jdcmedlock @JWMason1 via @SoberLook https://t.co/bUAtuEIXyX

Care Jobs National health Affordable housing The @WorkingFamilies People’s Charter is succinct and the priorities are spot on. Not saying it is the final word, but this is what a social democratic vision for the US has to start from. peoplescharter.us/read-the-chart… https://t.co/7WKLtah7IF

Post-GFC, China vacated about $140 billion in exports in unskilled-labor intensive sectors, including apparel, clothing, leather and footwear. Who benefited? @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/5Rnew1sgoS

RT @PIIE: Daniel Tarullo, Jon Cunliffe, and @nicolas_veron are discussing leverage ratios and Fed actions going into 2021. Watch #PIIEFinan…

RT @olgatuleninova: Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish Born: April 26, 1865, Pori Died: March 7, 1931, Stockholm, Sweden “View of Lake Jamajar…

No trust in the system: 80 % of Republicans and 60% of independents think that there would be fraud if all Americans voted by post. @DeutscheBank via @SoberLook https://t.co/6oorsNvpov

Mulltifamily housing unit loans are part of material that feeds into CMBS. GSEs backstop a chunk of this market. The bit they do not backstop has seen an ominous surge in late payments in September. @MoodysAnalytics via @SoberLook apropos @tedfertik https://t.co/t1SrsLTyku

You might expect country’s share of global exports of low-skilled exports and its share of global unskilled labor force to be broadly aligned. But China defies that logic to upside and India to downside! Interesting paper by: @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/t0uRpbtDFo

Bond market anticipates a Democratic sweep by steepening the yield curve. @nationalbank via @SoberLook https://t.co/wEIUvGJVMg

Looking for an urgent but level-headed social democratic agenda for a progressive future in America? The People’s Charter of the @WorkingFamilies is very well thought out. Worth reading. peoplescharter.us/signatories https://t.co/218GEekQt5

There is a hump of delinquent CMBS loans working its way through the system. But is $25bn enough to cause the kind of ructions that folks have been talking about? Or should we expect a second surge? Data via @SoberLook https://t.co/cutizPHYB1

The grotesquely off-putting quality of America’s (deliberately) broken voting system is engendering new forms of solidarity! twitter.com/BarryHundley/s…

From 2013 appreciation of Indian rupee helped to squeeze exports. But nevertheless export as a share of GDP are twice what they were in the early 1990s. Interesting paper by: @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/aJagVXHXTQ

A delight to be on this panel supporting the brilliant Catherine Schenk an exemplary scholar ever since our grad student days at LSE. twitter.com/BIS_org/status…

Fun conversation with @STS_News twitter.com/LinoCamprubi/s…

The collapse in fracking has cut demand for frack-sand, the material that is blasted into the rock -> spreading economic fallout across US rural economy as far as Wisconsin. @aosipovich @RyanDezember wsj.com/articles/wisco… https://t.co/sPUq5GTo53

RT @rgpoulussen: 14-15 October 1944, operation Hurricane. A Lancaster B Mark I, releasing bundles of "window" (thin pieces of aluminium) -…

The outlook for business insolvencies in the US in 2021 is horrifying. And Brazil, UK and China are all looking rough too. The China number is surprising but presumably driven by low base in 2019. @Quillintel via @SoberLook https://t.co/XQm23vrXWp

Most rapid rise in export of manufactured goods 1995-2018? Vietnam … by a mile! Then China obs. THEN INDIA #3! @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/YWrTbiXaqC

The Lotus Seven. Launched in 1957, the car was designed by Colin Chapman as “an affordable sports-racer” weighing just 329kg. Ron Hickman hoped to give it a more driver friendly canopy making it a 2nd rather than a "3rd car"! nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/ron-hickman-ca… https://t.co/c2uogHr79K

The geoeconomic imagination is drawn to visions of new Arctic shipping routes. But, as @alanbeattie points out, the trend in world trade is towards more complex routes with many lucrative stops & Russian naval bases in Arctic are no Singapore! ft.com/content/012793… https://t.co/88ZmPYM6xG

"Since the early 1990s India has been an exemplar of export-led growth, not only in services but also in manufacturing. Its export growth has been positively East Asian Tigeresque” – is India about to make an orphan of success? @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/h8IbHCiCkJ

The abandonment of conservative parties by young people both in UK and US is remarkable. Data from @DeutscheBank https://t.co/mbTJ4AIcy0

To build an internationally competitive textile sector China and Vietnam both drew on huge volumes of imported materials. Due to tariffs on synthetic fibre imports India has a far lower share of imports in textile value added. @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/8TIi94kl95

RT @shoumitro_c: Based on new research with @arvindsubraman, we write about India’s Inward (Re)Turn and consequences for growth. First oped…

Talk of new global middle class far too easily elides HUGE differences btw China & India. Applying a $15 per day standard -> market in India is $500bn v. $3.5-4.5 trn in China. Essential corrective to "inward turn" talk by @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/rsUyWSIFLB

In face of a 10% contraction of GDP India launches a $10bn stimulus. To call that “Underwhelming” is exceedingly polite. @AmyKazmin ft.com/content/c0d234… https://t.co/ZLmKCXBlEE

RT @BrutalHouse: Targeting Computer — Star Wars https://t.co/43SPt5vHwu

RT @70sBachchan: Barrett is a product of decades of Carbon firms (Shell, US Steel,Kochs etc) steering judiciary to support extractive proje…

RT @Frank_vanlerven: 🗣️Thread Alert🗣️ The @ecb preseident madame @Lagarde drops yet another 💣BOMBSHELL💣on the market neutrality principle.…

The PWC report on global billionaires makes for dizzying reading. But the illustrations are something else. I think they are suggesting that these are vehicles that billionaires will travel around in … or something … pwc.ch/en/publication… https://t.co/eHYHXqckEs