August 7, 2020
RT @zeithistoriker: need someone to write a long read about sociobiology, the nouvelle droite, 80s eco-primitivism, and clan of the cave be…
RT @zeithistoriker: need someone to write a long read about sociobiology, the nouvelle droite, 80s eco-primitivism, and clan of the cave be…
@JeremyCliffe Hi @JeremyCliffe thought you might enjoy this effort to round up the EU’s COVID crisis so far. foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/07/mer…
The terms are kinda bizarre but this is quite a gig if you can get it! twitter.com/zeithistoriker…
What does the EU’s July compromise amount to? I attempt to place the “great leap forward”. One for my EU friends: @lugaricano @Shahinvallee @COdendahl @FabioDeMasi @W_Schmidt_ @EuroBriefing @MESandbu @nicolas_veron @PeterVerovsek @schieritz @elerianm foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/07/mer… https://t.co/rFN7hk5Biv
RT @stefeich: @adam_tooze @SoberLook I wonder what became of HayekCoin which coupled an electronic token with a gram of gold! https://t.co/…
The Beirut devastation remarkable also because it was done by a single devastating explosion in a split second. These don’t look like ordinary bomb damage or urban fighting. Amidst the chaos and tangled mess there is a horrifying uniformity. twitter.com/p_zalewski/sta…
RT @hautepop: "My impulse isn’t to tell you that we’ve seen all this before; it’s to say we ain’t seen nothing yet." Q&A between @EricLevi…
RT @70sBachchan: @MacaesBruno @adam_tooze you might change your mind after this evidence twitter.com/70sBachchan/st…
RT @70sBachchan: @MacaesBruno @adam_tooze How many planes did the neolithic have? Pandemic researchers from 2000s (esp after 2003 SARS) poi…
And beware the austerity creeping by way of all manner of weasel words: sustainability will be a favorite. Thanks @ThePlumLineGS for picking up this important issue. twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/…
RT @yayitsrob: Almost exactly a year ago, I talked to @adam_tooze about whether climate change could prompt a sudden, shocking collapse in…
"If historians do have a public responsibility, if hating is part of their method and warning part of their task, it is necessary that they should hate precisely”. One of my favorite lines from the late great Tim Mason (1940-1990). Read David Schoenbaum h-net.org/reviews/showre… https://t.co/RysSF2qXd3
How unemployment surged in NYC btw Feb and June 2020. STAGGERING graphics and data from @qdbui @emilymbadger nytimes.com/interactive/20… https://t.co/EudBtmTWbG
August 1870: first week of Franco-Prussian war dominated by border clashes at Spichern and Wörth. Maps from excellent new book by @dr_arand that tells story of war from perspective of individual participants. amazon.com/1870-71-Geschi… https://t.co/FIGRwjB5BM
Faced with COVID crisis, US concentrated on boosting incomes v. Europeans/Japanese focus on maintaining employment relationship. Priority is to continue/resume. But there are risks. Detaching from employ (USA), slowing necessary change (EU/Jp). @Birdyword wsj.com/articles/cash-… https://t.co/TpcPdPmx62
Anthropological shock: Of hetero US couples that met in 1940 (and still together in 2020?): 80% did so through family, friends or pimary/secondary school. Of those in 2000 and still together 20% did so online! By 2020 online share is 40% and rising. thedailyshot.com/2020/08/06/inf… https://t.co/V16alXPDAe
Standard UI benefits in the US are not so much an “incentive” to return to work as a cosh. Millions of people will find themselves under acute financial stress as supplements end. @MorningConsult via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/06/inf… https://t.co/j3jtNTEYsQ
RT @njtmulder: The Borgias inviting an FT correspondent for lunch https://t.co/kNYxji3tEu
RT @FrankBottema: #OSINT #BMØ #Navy #Russia Northern fleet Arctic group underway in the Barents Sea 05-08-2020 @MatchlessMan410 @BarentsNew…
Remember the iconic movie-theatre ads of your youth? Well that era is OVER! @chartrdaily via @SoberLook https://t.co/QjQH0NxQP7
Brazil is heading towards a bumper crop particularly of Arabica coffee which is in oversupply due to shutdown of cafes/restaurants. Its highly mechanized harvesting little affected c. Costa Rica & Colombia. @willhorner wsj.com/articles/coffe… https://t.co/6E5tcxc9Io
Newly consolidated shipping industry oligopoly was remarkably successful at containing impact of COVID shock on shipping rates. Cut supply -> prices stay high. @JeffWeniger via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/06/inf… https://t.co/S5tQEx13AX
Add to the Q2 2020 US anomalies a record $76bn contraction in credit card balances — the sharpest decline on record. Households battened down hatches. ft.com/content/ec49b3… https://t.co/cwD2HSmc6B
RT @BuzzJohnG: @EricLevitz @adam_tooze "I do think that the American project, the American experiment, is on the rack right now." Yes. htt…
The pace of South Africa’s business contraction is slowing but it is still in contractionary territory. @IHSMarkitPMI @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/06/inf… https://t.co/QjQ52JQ8HX
Bank of England confirms the emerging consensus on rank order of hits to GDP in 2020: China may not contract, EM, US, EU, UK ft.com/content/23f14c… https://t.co/QXTYKsAIJz
August 1870 – Dog tags handed out to Prussian troops in Franco-Prussian war: "it was a strange moment. The coins of death. With these pieces of tin every one of us hung the number around our necks that we would wear as dead men." From the remarkable live feed by @Krieg7071 twitter.com/Krieg7071/stat…
Range of predictions for unemployment by Bank of England are pretty eloquent testimony to the degree of uncertainty out there right now. Not sure what else they tell us right now. ft.com/content/23f14c… https://t.co/aVBIZ4ZlHn
RT @stefanauer_hku: Excellent with @adam_tooze “CCP is de facto more transformative of the circumstances of the global political economy…
@MacaesBruno Clearly no more than an intellectual wager. But 1st line of defense – zoonotic disease/emerging infectious diseases paradigm 2nd line – risk society/2nd modernity. Whatever may be true in this specific case, we live under shadow of this diagnosis.
RT @sam_a_bell: need someone to do the Marriner Eccles biography– banker during depression, class traitor, activist for fiscal policy, co…
RT @nypost: Medieval 'wine windows' are reopening, reviving Italian plague tradition trib.al/TQViROd https://t.co/gL2vJCHaDh
RT @laurenlbauer: If you're worried about additional weeks, please find your way to @WendyEdelberg @JanaMKParsons and my new piece: Unemp…
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