ADAM TOOZE

RT @Reuters: WATCH: A teacher in Romania treks more than 8 miles a day to teach her six students, who live in a village where there is no i…

RT @mcopelov: Even a cursory examination of the question “why hasn’t the extremist right taken over the CDU/government, as it has the GOP?”…

RT @mcopelov: Of course, the @nytimes featured article on #einheit30 had to be an on the far right, b/c that is the only lens through which…

"There are people that have worked in the virtual reality industry now for almost 40 years.” Forever future? In 2019 PWC projected a multi billion dollar future, once more. economist.com/technology-qua… https://t.co/mw6sSoMo8y

RT @Mr_Czaplicki: @adam_tooze @IIF @SoberLook In case of Polish Złoty the reason for its appreciation vs. USD is strong EUR. PLN depreciate…

RT @justinjfj: @adam_tooze Great map. There’s even another relevant geographical split here, between federally owned and private lands. Dev…

RT @BaldingsWorld: Why have other currencies and the USD mirrored the RMB? Because the RMB is literally defined as a currency basket of tho…

RT @DrLeoStrauss: A lot to unpack in this tweet. About tectonic socio-political-economics. Was at Street deal closings when Sumitomo contro…

Thank you @CheriChe for these reading suggestions on India’s major agricultural legislation. A transformation affecting a quarter of a billion rural lives. twitter.com/70sbachchan/st…

Hard not to be struck by three geographies overlaid in Permian Basin: Political: Unnaturally straight border of New Mexico & Texas Natural: The blob of the Delaware shale basin Capitalist: The crazy scatter shot of land holdings by major fracking firms. economist.com/business/2020/… https://t.co/2TFqrgtwfK

Chinese households are building vast pile of cash deposits with banks. Additions so far in 2020 amount to 8% of GDP. @bcaresearch via @SoberLook https://t.co/4rufbQMAJb

Amongst EM, Turkey’s experience of severe devaluation AND dramatic reserve loss in 2020 stands out. Others have used limited intervention to cushion devaluation. Thailand, Ph, Pl have seen appreciation and reserve accumulation! @IIF via @SoberLook https://t.co/kkWy8Cudat

In the early 1990s Japan accounted for 70% of America’s total trade deficit. Today China accounts for 50%. Japan and Germany are 10% each. ft.com/content/0534f1… https://t.co/IY6RaRNPsz

Hong Kong dollar, Renminbi and Taiwanese dollar are all trading at high levels v. the US dollar. @SoberLook https://t.co/oRmLpMyEsn

RT @intelfeedia: China is using a large sonic gun to harass Indian soldiers on the #LAC. The high power sounds can cause nausea & vomits af…

In shadow of COVID, Indian gov has rammed through dramatic changes to agricultural markets that feed nation of 1.3bn and shape agricultural sector with 119 m cultivators and 144 m farmhands. Underreported! Good takes? @70sBachchan @policytensor bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… https://t.co/DNC3AenpU2

The renminbi has become a prime indicator of the dollar’s fortunes in the same way that Japan’s yen was in the 1990s. Reflects shift in management of RMB since 2015 and outsized significance of trade deficit with China. ft.com/content/0534f1… https://t.co/WOQAkt2alT

RT @ericlonners: This is important. twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…

"Japanese retail currency traders have been returning to the US dollar, just as hedge funds built a massive net-short position in the greenback”. One for @Brad_Setser https://t.co/yns7JFNwxi

@_JeanLeon Nicely put.

Since 2008 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have played an increasingly outsized role in America’s Commercial Mortgage Backed Security Market. @JARennison ft.com/content/e4b230… https://t.co/RHOea5gU93

‘If you’re the head of copper-cobalt in the Congo, you know things, you have to’ A colleague of James Bethel ft.com/content/7dc13e… https://t.co/pf858yEoXh

"In the presence of market failures, market neutrality may not be the appropriate benchmark for a central bank” Schnabel Acknowledges KEY argument for central bank activism on climate @PositiveMoneyEU @UliVolz @jvtklooster @stefeich @Frank_vanlerven ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date… https://t.co/qW12lKrouj

RT @marklowen: Still fascinates me how #Italy has left the relics of its fascist past in full view. Just walked past this in Rome. Unimagin…

RT @Nemo_719: Anita Berber – Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) https://t.co/scANswGGe2

RT @gowdav: #30JahreEins Latest essay by the great Juergen Habermas on German AND European unity translated by me for @socialeurope https:/…

“In the presence of market failures, market neutrality may not be the appropriate benchmark for a central bank when the market by itself is not achieving efficient outcomes.” @Isabel_Schnabel Has said it!!!!! @Jmhaas @SchickGerhard ft.com/content/7f73b2…

RT @DinaPomeranz: 36% of respondents got this wrong: Africa has by far the largest land mass – Africa: 30.4 million km² – India + US + Chi…

RT @JamesMelville: Age test: This image has had more screen time (around 70,000 hours) than anything else in British TV history. Please re…

RT @Aliide_N: Slovakian photographer Mária Švarbová's socialist-era swimming pools https://t.co/eoNmXfBzok

RT @sometimesbklyn: BREAKING NEWS: Cat attacks Marine One while enroute to Walter Reed medical center. Full story @nypost https://t.co/DafP…

RT @ProfMarkMaslin: There are now more #Lego mini people than real people on Earth. This event horizon happened sometime between 2016-2018.…

"Can Tata Sons regain its footing? The Indian conglomerate’s structure is straining under internal and external pressure” Nice explainer on the Indian icon that has hit a rough patch. economist.com/business/2020/… https://t.co/Fhmj7xELOR

“a little razzle-dazzle to juke the algos” – JP Morgan’s spoofing in the dock. economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/3aSKLwaFHf

The Fed has managed to reverse the sudden upward spike in the dollar. But, it is FAR from reversing the rise in REER since 2014. @OxfordEconomics via @SoberLook https://t.co/casABGDbrS

Is Evergrande, China’s biggest property developer, truly too big to fail? Despite size, regulators want it to save itself. Land on its books is nominally worth $170bn > $120bn in debts. Credible? Are there others? In China? What about in US? @gilliantett economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/A2nUEkOBKs