The UK&Ireland plus Northern Europe were key to driving global migration economy in mid 19th century. Caveats: 1. I wonder whether map is understating slave trade in E Africa. 2. Are intra-Asian flows properly scaled? But very interesting. Thank you @alexandreafonso twitter.com/alexandreafons…
Two quite distinct positions in recent historiography of Third Reich up for debate here. To put it VERY Crudely: Self-mobilizing Volksgemeinschaft (Fritzsche/Wildt) v. Repression in class society (Evans/Kershaw) @AndrewWattEU @BachmannRudi twitter.com/AndrewWattEU/s…
RT @SergiLanauIIF: India's economy shrank ~25% in a major lockdown. A recovery started in June and some industries may now be at 90% of pre…
RT @atalaveraEcon: The obliteration of Spain's tourism sector in 2020 in two charts. https://t.co/cBlrkatr7I
As UK economy has become more concentrated on few big cities -> cost of living has gone up -> workers face choice of longer commute or cramped accommodation close to work -> commuting times have risen especially for those with families. @sarahoconnor_ ft.com/content/d8eb62… https://t.co/Vi9Ah5RWRf
RT @fwred: Core goods inflation collapsed to -0.1% due to the postponed start of summer sales (FR, IT) but services inflation declined too,…
They are calling it “Locust-19”: A 2nd wave of locusts is about to make a devastating appearance in @ Africa, 2 months after swarms — some billions strong and one the size of Moscow — ravaged crops & just as COVD has begun to disrupt livelihoods. ft.com/content/b93293… https://t.co/X57kq8WloG
Germany’s widely-hailed short-time working measures are now getting caught up in still-hugely-contentious legacy of Hartz IV changes of early 2000s. twitter.com/KeineWunder/st…
RT @RobinWigg: Effective US corporate tax rates have been declining for three decades, but have fallen further for tech companies. https://…
A (returning) issue for EU-watchers going forward: EUR strength v. USD. Not good for export prospects or chances of hitting inflation target. Likely compounded as problem by recent Fed decisions as highlighted by @RobinBrooksIIF. twitter.com/fwred/status/1…
Great map on Eni (Italy’s) oil and gas infrastructure in Libya. twitter.com/michaeltanchum…
RT @Brad_Setser: Across oil importing Asia, most economies' reserves (counting forwards — we now have end month disclosure for most countr…
RT @Brad_Setser: There isn't one emerging world but rather two — A subset of countries lost reserves in the COVID-19 shock and hasn't rea…
RT @Birdyword: It's just crazy how shallow the fall in the Taiwanese manufacturing PMI has been this year. It looks more like the 2011 head…
RT @Brad_Setser: Given the scale of Taiwan's reserves, intervention and the foreign asset position of its lifers, there actually should be…
RT @stlouisfed: From a new analysis of economic gaps: Racial health insurance gaps were present in all states that had data available. Nati…
RT @stlouisfed: During the classical gold standard era, changes in a nation’s gold reserves were closely linked to changes in its trade bal…
RT @R_Perli: 2/4 If inequality increases and those with higher incomes have a higher propensity to save (very likely), then inequality lead…
RT @R_Perli: 1/4 Another good #Fed staff paper supporting the new framework. This one addresses the problem of inequality and how inequali…
RT @topdowncharts: This chart helps give a sense for where credit spreads might have ended up had the $FED not stepped in and started buyin…
"More than 5 months after WHO declared COVID outbreak a pandemic, the state of cross-border contact tracing across EU remains deeply fragmented as travel has resumed.” Reading this report from 6 hours ago feels like a timewarp! ft.com/content/86a818… https://t.co/C95DH8cE7E
RT @LizAnnSonders: 5 1/2 months after @WHO officially declared #COVID19 a pandemic, total number of cases has hit another grim milestone ..…
"In 2017, Pret a Manger's director of human resources told parliament that just one in 50 of its job applicants to work in the firms ubiquitous sandwich outlets was British.” It is now cutting 1/3 of its workforce in wake of COVID shock. @sarahoconnor_ ft.com/content/d8eb62… https://t.co/xQy4WAlaM4
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Since the BoJ adopted YCC in Sep 2016, Japan's real interest rate has risen (red). A cautionary tale for those in the U…
RT @mcopelov: Nothing the Fed does is apolitical. The politics are just different from those in other political institutions. https://t.co/…
RT @jessefelder: 'As many as 132m more people than previously projected could go hungry in 2020, and this year’s gain may be more than trip…
RT @pseudoerasmus: New EHR article. Structural transformation (from agricultural to industrial to service) in 🇯🇵 over the century 1885-1985…
RT @davies_will: This just arrived – out 29th September. Pre-order directly from @VersoBooks and get 40% off! versobooks.com/books/3628-thi… https…
RT @JaarezaReza: @B4Btv @adam_tooze @LHaffert Perhaps it would not be useless to remind your readers that German Catholics had their own pa…
Meganumaphobia—the fear of large numbers—might not be a medically recognized anxiety disorder, but plenty of politicians seem to think it’s real enough. Kelton, Stephanie. The Deficit Myth Was once a crippling problem in Eurozone. https://t.co/ZGJbRWcjyQ
@bhbradlow @TheEconomist @D_Urbo_Design No …. wow. How do I sign up for that. What a great topic! Thanks for the pointer. Will find it.
RT @adam_tooze: One more shout out for the truly great illustration on @TheEconomist Work of @D_Urbo_Design Steam punk Combined harvester…
RT @adam_tooze: Nehru delivering impromptu speech following Gandhi’s assassination. Extraordinary photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Great thr…
@Frances_Coppola @NathanTankus @jonsindreu @StephanieKelton Well, I’ll say for my part that over the course of this afternoon the tone of our exchanges has become much more productive! 🙂
Meganumaphobia—the fear of large numbers—might not be a medically recognized anxiety disorder, but plenty of politicians seem to think it’s real enough. Kelton, Stephanie. The Deficit Myth (p. 79). PublicAffairs. Kindle Edition. Was once a crippling problem in Eurozone. https://t.co/H7AAhEe0LU
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