ADAM TOOZE

There was a recovery in the UK economy in May 2020. But growth was no more than 1.8% v. 5.5% that had been anticipa… https://t.co/2SjCYSZHl7

Serious @FT chart crime this morning: Total CO2 emissions since 1900 plotted v. Emissions per capita suggests popul… https://t.co/WyWOw4uo4j

Job retention schemes have so far contained the impact of COVID on most of the European labour market.… https://t.co/m7cqqZDdze

On or around March 9, weeks before lockdown was imposed, UK household spending plunged. @bankunderground… https://t.co/dBGuWcQ1DU

Dushan county’s billion yuan ghost town. A scandalous video montage of local infrastructure excess.… https://t.co/wLY5w4REEN

"The head of Hong Kong's Correctional Services said a large number of young people are expected to be put into corr… https://t.co/RlnNt25IpK

“village mergers” in Shandong province involve the bulldozing of villages and the more or less forcible displacemen… https://t.co/r31gWZwU6f

The claim by @daltman_IR that there had been only 4 outright attempts to conquer&absorb another state has produced… https://t.co/Ib1WoqgcQf

Dushan county’s billion yuan ghost town. A scandalous video montage of local infrastructure excess.… https://t.co/aC4KDbLyHz

Apropos of your tweet @adam_tooze on remittances a few days ago. Remittances in the DR rebounded in May and June. S… https://t.co/eOraLZmNCE

"The head of Hong Kong's Correctional Services said a large number of young people are expected to be put into corr… https://t.co/YnJEh62LcT

“village mergers” in Shandong province involve the bulldozing of villages and the more or less forcible displacemen… https://t.co/IAUYNxNTNl

Only 4 times since 1945 has a state attempted to conquer & absorb another: N Korea invasion of south 1950. N Vietna… https://t.co/qmcPeEwiMb

#OTD 1881 #Berlin's 1st regular telephone directory was published after a test copy had been launched in January. C… https://t.co/j6WnfNvHto

For German high end car manufacturer BMW a new Cold War with China would scramble its corporate strategy. It hinges… https://t.co/FI4LjK6Dfz

Super carte de @TrainsDirects qui nous rappelle qu’en 1981, on pouvait aller en train de nuit de Paris à: Barcelone… https://t.co/ICYKlTNaNZ

@adam_tooze @berlindiary Yes and as @JohnHelveston’s research has shown china’s market now beginning to affect tech trajectories

In the auto industry, decoupling from China would have drastic implications. Car sales in China in June 2020 runnin… https://t.co/rQ9PbuXrSY

Decoupling by stealth. At Apple’s urging, Taiwan's Foxconn is apparently promising to build up its iPhone productio… https://t.co/zsGLwYgNB5

For first time Toyota will procure some of its high quality electrical steel sheet from China Baowu Steel Group put… https://t.co/l0eyGtstQ2

Italy and Japan’s debt to GDP ratios mean that post COVID the average for AE G20 members is likely to exceed 120% m… https://t.co/ykPii6fLfa

US dominates the world govt debt float (ex central bank purchases). UK in 3rd slot was a surprise. Barclaysresearch… https://t.co/AYxu7Wcde5

Despite COVID-cut to CO2 emissions, betting on EU’s Green Deal has driven price of EU Carbon Allowance above $34 a… https://t.co/FsTVnI1KiK

The polluted legacy of oil production in Ogoni district, birthplace of the legendary Ken Saro-Wiwa, will take billi… https://t.co/4tEGc296fA

The collapse in Chinese wage inflation in 2020 points to the severity of the COVID labour market shock. Far worse t… https://t.co/tXxKwNdH9y

Oil Delta: Half a century of oil spills has left a 27,000 square-mile region of swamps, creeks and mangrove forests… https://t.co/qfp7y9YgMI

Many of us know at least outline of Haitian history. But I was shamefully ignorant of history of Dominican Republic… https://t.co/uP5W3FwK7C

“They’re really the one asset out there that’s both defensive & offering you some yield. If things go wrong—if glob… https://t.co/jfEaj5OSuZ

German government makes money borrowing money at negative rates. So far this year investors have handed over 11.6bn… https://t.co/KU1epEPv2L

Hey, Small Spender: Consumer spending as share of GDPt: China v. USA. Does anyone know a country with lower consum… https://t.co/ZWw0u4NND7

US Federal government receipts and expenditures. Deficit has EXPLODED in 2020. Mercifully. How the scissors close o… https://t.co/nCqNbHznZy

Robert C. O’Brien Trump’s 4th Nat Sec Advisor has quite the career! Buzz Aldrin, Barbie v. Bratz, Kuwait 1990, war… https://t.co/D1EpXgZW1V