ADAM TOOZE

“September has been a time of cash-shortness since farmers brought crops to market in agrarian economies. Sep is when LTCM ran out of cash. Sep is when Lehman failed. Sep is when repo market ran out of liquidity 2019.” Magnificent gloom from Dizard. ft.com/content/df3c3b… https://t.co/MbFAwQKfOo

The Franco-German relationship as mapped by google ngram by @AshokaMody on @voxeu a while back. voxeu.org/article/myth-f… https://t.co/hBszpqgLl5

RT @ZSchneeweiss: Dutch nominate Elderson to kick off race for key ECB job bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bjennen1 @weberalexander https://t.…

RT @neilthomas123: The number of African students in China increased 258% from 2011-2017, with +30% in US, -24% in UK, -2% in France. China…

RT @rgpoulussen: Exquisite picture of the forming of contrails. #WW2 #HISTORY https://t.co/sidldPmFvd

RT @guyverhofstadt: New #OLAF report is out… How long will the European Council and Commission continue to tolerate this? https://t.co/cH…

RT @sarahoconnor_: This is quite a chart (hat tip @adam_tooze) https://t.co/fh5YEoOFu4

RT @M_C_Klein: I'm just an outside observer, but the idea that the UK needed to leave the EU and violate subsequent treaty agreements just…

This truly is one of the most graphic pieces of reporting from the frontlines of America’s social crisis that I have read. Recommended, but, fair warning, it is disturbing and heartbreaking stuff! twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…

Raytheon Technologies FAB-T military satellite communication terminal test chamber, 2014. artforum.com/print/202007/c… https://t.co/IfKwQYO4zu

Raytheon Technologies Tomahawk cruise missile, 2017. @Artforum artforum.com/print/202007/c… https://t.co/yQz4CiQKZf

The USS Oregon (SSN-793), a Virginia-class attack submarine, at the General Dynamics Electric Boat facility, Groton, Connecticut, April 10, 2020. Photo: General Dynamics/Twitter. @Artforum artforum.com/print/202007/c… https://t.co/zZt8Dmv4Dc

California’s 2020 fires are by far the worst on record. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/0… https://t.co/I11lMUlKBu

USA is bracing for what may be an unprecedented shock to finances of state and local government. Pavilion via @SoberLook https://t.co/D5GrM1UVmS

Surging demand for gold means business is booming for gold stores. But record prices also mean that gold is much trickier to insure. By combining all the underwriters available on Lloyd’s platform, you can get at most $2.5 bn coverage for one vault. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/6ySqf6HiLL

RT @FaerieRebecca: An extraordinary piece of journalism. These are our fellow citizens. We have a duty to care. twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…

Lane of @ecb comments last week about euro & inflation caused a lot of pushback including from @sobel_mark @omfif But as @RobinBrooksIIF points out, the ECB isnt alone. Fed folks talked a LOT about the dollar during its appreciation 2014-> https://t.co/x5y75twDQS

Global investors have split the EM since March: During the panic of March 2020 foreign ownership of local currency EM debt fell by 10%. Meanwhile, foreign ownership of Chinese son debt rose 15%. @SergiLanauIIF https://t.co/ATUH6ZiVrs

Foreign ownership share of Mexico’s peso-denominated debt peaked in 2015 at 40%. It has since declined to 25%. @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook https://t.co/yebBmpW6OT

The UK’s furlough scheme has supported over 9.4 million workers. ANZ Research via @SoberLook https://t.co/uez5v3NyRz

Both Refinancing and Delinquencies Soar in Divided Mortgage Era bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/0d0OLE1uSF

Of the 12 cities with the most surveillance cameras per capita in the world, 11 are Chinese, #3 in London. statista.com/chart/19256/th… https://t.co/HjXH7AkTal

The Indian central bank’s balance sheet has expanded only modestly in 2020. @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook https://t.co/J9nQsuHY8f

South Africa’s GDP decreased by 51% (annualized) in the second quarter. It was the fourth consecutive decline. @SoberLook https://t.co/NYrbU5D6gm

RT @writersdoing: Donna Haraway, telling jokes to her companion. https://t.co/uDEGQ6kQJm

South Korea is experiencing nuclear reactor outages after being hit with typhoons. @SoberLook https://t.co/0xfpoj6TLn

Your weekly update from @hshierholz on the disaster in the US labour market. Another week of increasing and hugely elevated unemployment insurance claims. twitter.com/hshierholz/sta…

"On the day the power went out, her priority was making sure no one died.” @GregJaffe on the motels outside Disney World where one can glimpse what a complete social and economic collapse might look like in America. Extraordinary reporting. washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/… https://t.co/BHyzQAs8aJ

Idiosyncratic shocks: under shadow of Brexit, the @bankofengland inflation targeting problem is not like that of other central banks! @PantheonMacro via @SoberLook https://t.co/QZ08OlpNHG

"drawing on a half-century of experience in triangulation, Biden has regaled audiences at the Democratic National Convention and on the campaign trail with a masterful impersonation of a Rorschach blot”. @EricLevitz in blistering form at @intelligencer nymag.com/intelligencer/… https://t.co/nqVYdqOXm3

Googling "currency wars" turns up some great graphics! https://t.co/kevCn5zw5q

RT @EricHolthaus: This is what happens when wildfire smoke is so thick it literally blocks out the sun. Temperatures in the Bay Area yeste…

RT @JedKolko: Core unemployment has risen much more for likely Democrats than likely Republicans. Core unemployment removes temporary layof…

RT @SteveMatthews12: Important fiscal update: The $600 extra weekly unemployment benefits ran out in July. Now, the $300 extra jobless bene…

RT @TheStalwart: Wow! daily cases of COVID in Europe are now surpassing the US bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/JPpDevaGCw

Copper: In 2009 China’s demand surged. In 2020 it has surged again. New level? Spike? @DavidInglesTV via @SoberLook https://t.co/XZ2e1Q70kA