September 6, 2020
RT @nhannahjones: Please spend some time this wknd with this gut-wrenching, damning portrait of hunger in America. Brenda Ann Kenneally's i…
RT @nhannahjones: Please spend some time this wknd with this gut-wrenching, damning portrait of hunger in America. Brenda Ann Kenneally's i…
RT @Ninja998998: Spanish "Altavoz del frente" propaganda vehicle during the Spanish Civil War in 1938. https://t.co/Ys30Aww80Q
Can Japan Inc navigate rift between China & USA? Geopolitics & politics clouds Cn-Jp relations but $300 bn in trade & $130bn in Jp assets in Cn are at stake. Jp firms make > profits in Cn than in US. Main issue long-term is Cn tech competition. economist.com/business/2020/… https://t.co/2JGh0fpsXn
Number of COVID cases in India is about to overtake that in Brazil = #2 in world behind USA. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/fvaE5qlRGC
UK’s only known historical lithium mine, was last active in WWII. Can production be revived in remote and economically disadvantaged Cornwall? ft.com/content/80cbf0… https://t.co/DYjkDY2Oxt
Growth in major EM was already declining ahead of 2020, then came COVID & the huge lockdowns -> “The real issue is macroeconomic divergence, which is what the IMF and others are supposed to be all about … this should be a call to action.” @RobinBrooksIIF ft.com/content/62358c… https://t.co/WXDZwX4LF0
"Mexico’s deputy health minister said the government had ordered 1.1 million additional death certificates be printed as several parts of the country ran out and Covid-19 cases continue to soar." bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/Ilpddw9tOV
@delong @djmgaffneyw4 @davies_will In future images I will show you the extraordinary expanse of the bookcases which I was able to negotiate, wrap around, floor to ceiling, complete with roll-around wooden ladder!
@davies_will @ACrayji I have a lot of T-34s. I have a bit of a T-34 thing.
RT @GerardAraud: She was protected by her British dentist, Dr. Evans, who helped her to flee.. She would die half a century later, as the g…
@noushontheshore @davies_will God, sorry. Didn’t mean to trigger that. Just the corner I could snap that looked least untidy. 😉 Have my evacuated teenager’s dorm room in there too!
RT @kmlawson: @TheMoviehouse @adam_tooze There is a nice more detailed review of the documentary by @AmuChelengar, a historian of Iran, who…
RT @GrkStav: @adam_tooze For the US, with actual pecentages shown the left axis: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFRGDA…
Sep 1870: Empress Eugenie flees Paris In the direction of the channel. twitter.com/krieg7071/stat…
German Troops advancing into France to Metz cross paths with German ladies in mourning who have made the trip to attend to the graves of their officer husbands. twitter.com/krieg7071/stat…
RT @Krieg7071: Das #FR36 wird aus der Reservestellung nach #Metz gerufen. Auf dem Weg beobachtet #DrDähne schwarzgekleidete deutsche Offizi…
RT @MarkPalko1: @adam_tooze Much better take from MIT Technology Review. technologyreview.com/2020/08/30/100…
RT @TheMoviehouse: "Ralph Fiennes plays an MI6 agent in this unclassifiable yarn. Technically, it’s a documentary, but as the actor growls…
RT @DougHenwood: In all these discussions of Abenomics, and more broadly the three-decade Japanese stagnation, I never see any examination…
Doing Business: "An email seen by @TheEconomist suggests that Azerbaijan’s rise to attain the top score globally for legal rights when obtaining credit in @WorldBank rankings in 2019 was particularly controversial.” Gotta love the understatement! economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/2rrQ2YPUtw
Until 2019 countries could pay @WorldBank for advice on how to rise up Doing Business rankings. China, Saudi Arabia & UAE all paid for such "Reimbursable Advisory Services", which were delivered by “db" staffers. Like credit ratings but country rankings. economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/yNAwLWeI2g
RT @cmclymer: The straight line distance between Washington, D.C. and Dover, Delaware is less than 85 miles. It takes a helicopter about 40…
A Rust Belt Town’s Loyalties Divide as Pennsylvania Turns Purple Ambridge resisted the Trump tide in 2016. How will it vote in 2020? Typically rich analysis and reporting by @sdonnan bloomberg.com/news/features/… https://t.co/ouisjSENyO
Good Reasons for Bad Data: In 2017 @WorldBank "grew concerned that China’s db ranking would fall, which led the bank to double check the results, an ex-insider says. After fixing a coding error and tweaking a judgment call, its ranking did not drop." economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/OD4aa4WAdO
Will Fed’s policy moves start a global trend? "In weak advanced economies with interest rates close to zero, currency appreciation against the dollar places a drag on spending which cannot easily be offset by further easing.” Could this be shove ECB needs? economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/ojc9p9LBOD
@GrkStav @TheEconomist You are right. I have cut reference to “burden”.
One and a half cheers for Abenomics? Stopped deflation, managed huge debt, kept unemployment low … but no real revival in inflationary expectations? Or much productivity gain … Nevertheless, @TheEconomist expects more of same. economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/FbeRVAjRgv
The Promise of European Decline: Race and Historical Pessimism in the Era of the Great War. @profjones1914 project sounds very interesting! H/t @postdiscipline https://t.co/vC999zTLpd
One and a half cheers for Abenomics? Stopped deflation, managed huge debt burden, kept unemployment low … but no real revival in inflationary expectations? Or much productivity gain … Nevertheless, @TheEconomist expects more of same. economist.com/finance-and-ec… https://t.co/yhNwGwMdG7
@GrkStav @Kentikelenis I actually think the point of this story is narrower. These folks were just gaming the system.
RT @ProfPaulPoast: Germany's goal was to push against the British and French forces BEFORE American forces could be fully amassed and organ…
RT @ProfPaulPoast: On the one hand, he actually thought it was important for the US to stay OUT of the fray so that it could rebuild "white…
Why were Americans fighting in Belleau Wood in 1918? OH YES! One of @ProfPaulPoast brilliant threads. You have to read this. Marvelous stuff. twitter.com/ProfPaulPoast/…
RT @MerijnKnibbe: @BrankoMilan Aside – Wesley Mitchell, a student of Veblen, the man behind the NBER and the father of modern econ statisti…
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