September 20, 2020
@UrbanTheoryLab @oikeios @triofrancos TOTALLY d’accord with all of above. To put it very crudely: What happens when you have ONE “cheap”?
@UrbanTheoryLab @oikeios @triofrancos TOTALLY d’accord with all of above. To put it very crudely: What happens when you have ONE “cheap”?
“Vast but weak” – Braudel’s characterization of capitalism in the “long 16th-century” still has a certain resonance! https://t.co/0DYXlm0Joo
Reading Capitalism and the Web of Life by @oikeios Im haunted by by a (surely naive) question: what if, in solar & other renewables, 21st-c capitalism is about to unlock a HUGE new source of truly CHEAP power. What if the fossil fuel tip was really just a 250-year makeshift? https://t.co/JQYmVPWCEk
The Flute King: Music from the Court of Frederick the Great Not sure Emmanuel Pahud is entirely convincing as Frederick, but, my word, what a flautist. I also like the striking backdrop of this LP cover. Reminiscent of a stubblefield in campaigning season … https://t.co/4XwNbYuUp7
US- and Japan-based banks have huge claims on nonbank financial institutions (hedge funds, fund managers etc) based in offshore financial centers. Lovely data in this paper by @i_aldasoro @hwenqian & Kemp bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_… https://t.co/KggQVOZnrS
RT @tedgioia: From Beethoven's manuscript of violin sonata op.96. (at the Morgan Library). themorgan.org/sites/default/… Genius is sometimes a we…
RT @mtracey: Depending how you count it, the average age of the US political elite is arguably higher than the Soviet "gerontocracy" of the…
RT @JohnFabianWitt: Fierce cover design for my new book on the legal history of epidemics in the U.S. E-book in August from @yalepress, pap…
This mapping of the relationship between banks and non-bank financial institutions by @i_aldasoro @hwenqian & Kemp Is HUGELY illuminating. bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_… https://t.co/DSPs7D4A1e
Cédric le Corf Écorché, 2017 Love this wood and porcelain object looandlougallery.com/intro/ https://t.co/BQvGV9L8Rs
RT @FrankPasquale: @adam_tooze I like this quote from "Shipwreck with Spectator:" "Demythicization is in large measure nothing more than re…
RT @DanielCJonas: @adam_tooze To the surprise of no one, Will Durant finds a way to mention it in his Story of Civilization too. "so Franc…
RT @IlonaKickbusch: Yes: „The idea of depoliticizing the response to the challenge of #COVID19 is a seductive but dangerous mirage.“ @adam…
RT @RajaKorman: @adam_tooze Also makes perfect sense that East Asian political economy excels at Ketchup Growth. https://t.co/uoouE67ntW
RT @AntBreach: @adam_tooze @RajaKorman A Soviet economic history of mayonnaise: "Behind the glass, the mayo had a grayish tint that would t…
Does “capital” have the capacity for collective action on a vaccine? What is the role for politics & nation states? Conversations with @EricLevitz & @tedfertik were in the back of my mind in writing this new piece for @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/19/the… https://t.co/LVNlw4rSu2
Blumenberg once said the task of philosophy was “the dismantling of the obvious” [Abbau von Selbstverständlichkeiten]. Blumenberg’s Zettelkasten at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach jhiblog.org/2020/09/18/han… https://t.co/IPRNocurc2
In 1950s UK univ conferred c. 1300 PhD per year. In 1975 4815 2011 24090 100 Years of the PhD in the UK David Bogle https://t.co/EhllSyRbhv
“Almost every time we have opened our mouths or put pen to paper, we have celebrated progress in fighting poverty & disease. But we have to confront the current reality with candor: This progress has now stopped.” Gates Foundation Annual Report 2020. nymag.com/intelligencer/… https://t.co/x9l0IW7H1N
German philosopher and intellectual historian Hans Blumenberg (1920–1996) has fallen into spotlight as of late. Loved teaching Blumenberg with Paul North at Yale. This looks like a great resource History, Metaphors, Fables, Cornell University Press, 2020 jhiblog.org/2020/09/18/han… https://t.co/5TtmGO5Py2
UK was laggard in PhD game: Modern research-based PhD emerged in Prussia and France under impact of Napoleonic shock in 1810. Yale conferred first US PhD in 1861. Didn’t arrive in UK until 1919 (Oxford). Source: 100 Years of the PhD in the UK, David Bogle https://t.co/AlteqOVBvC
Gemma La Guardia Gluck (1881 – 1962). Sister of legendary NYC New Deal Mayor, Fiorello La Guardia, lived transatlantic life: settling in Budapest -> arrested on orders of Heinrich Himmler in June 1944. Held as hostage in Mauthausen KZ. Survived. Moved to Queens. Wrote My Story. https://t.co/eHokwZYScm
RT @Uptheleft: @adam_tooze A local fave for accompying 🦞, which local fishermen had to eat in abundance (so I was told).
RT @DEHEdgerton: The political economy of covid vaccine as a trial run for the future. Can global capitalism do it? Seriously though-provok…
New stuff out this week: The Vaccine Race for @ForeignPolicy World Order, Then And Now With The ChinaTalk Podcast @jordanschnyc Review of Daniel Yergin’s New Map for @nytimes The Politics of Currencies for @socialeurope For links, go here: adamtooze.com https://t.co/pyUhoiNSd7
Yesterday we discovered the utterly extraordinary Nicholas Roerich house museum on the UWS! Russian artist, Diaghilev-collaborator, globe-trotting explorer, syncretic spiritualist and peace activist. If in area GO SEE. roerich.org https://t.co/ZEcadXPsNj
RT @AntonJaegermm: Wow twitter.com/MartinKulldorf… https://t.co/osI20Q5UNZ
RT @MartinKulldorff: In the United States, there is a now second front against lockdowns, from the left. Together with fellow Harvard infec…
Military history of mayonnaise: after French invasion of Menorca in 1756, Duke Richelieu acquired taste for local dressing made of eggs and olive oil. He liked it so much that he took the recipe back to France where it was duly called mahonnaise sauce in honour of Port Mahón. https://t.co/BE1mtjV8NH
Space race (benchmarked by GDP) cost $700bn F35 prog initial cost = c. $700bn COVID Vaccine Operation Warp speed = $10bn. I wrote on the political economy of the vaccine race for @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/19/the… https://t.co/FfYopLiwCJ
RT @AntonJaegermm: Weber on Chicago: "The whole gigantic city . . . is like a man whose skin has been peeled off and whose entrails one see…
Thank you @sebastianveghk A really choice endorsement this. Check out Sebastian's work for brilliantly insightful writing about China’s intellectual and political history. twitter.com/sebastianveghk…
Dürrenmatt, Friedrich Collage From the personal estate of Bernhard Wicki invaluable.com/auction-lot/du… https://t.co/Btz2cWMNaO
When a billionaire starts selling off his Richter's and his Gulfstream it creates waves! bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/nVQSuD4PaG
Following diplomatic tie up, Dubai and Tel Aviv, two of the world’s biggest diamond-trading hubs, agree to share expertise, open reciprocal offices and promote regional trade in the precious stones which runs to tens of billions of dollars per annum. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/txguvCQhKD
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