ADAM TOOZE

Faced with a dramatic collapse in GDP and (eventually) also in employment, a quarter of UK employers think hiring w… https://t.co/m28nXfoxic

The global garment industry is facing a catastrophic fall in rich-country demand. Devastating blow to millions of v… https://t.co/xkoKlyZybk

The UK is one of the few countries that publishes monthly GDP figures and the story they tell in April 2020 is outl… https://t.co/AGzxymg8Ia

“April’s fall in GDP of 20.4% month on month (no annualizing funny business) is the biggest the UK has ever seen, m… https://t.co/FYwG1rzwV0

US has lead in key chip manuf technologies but when it comes to actually making dinner plate-sized wafers that are… https://t.co/5LdtlTCT83

As the betting odds shift in favor of Dem control of the senate expect corporate America and those invested in it t… https://t.co/Wx6t12CPOc

To turn a corner at speed, sometimes you have to hit both the brakes and the gas. A petrol-head image for an aggres… https://t.co/Kf7f9Ggq1P

As 20th century networks of gold trading are displaced by new EM players, gold, the globe’s universal currency and… https://t.co/m63MuoxZZ4

Zoom “developing technology over the next several DAYS that will enable us to remove or block at participant level… https://t.co/zKZ653mBbY

Btw 1990 and 2008 total trade in relation to global GDP rose from 20 to 35% = “globalization”. Of that increase 11%… https://t.co/qQb9GQVdaS

UK economy has small-country levels of dependence on imported inputs to production. Just saying … @OECD… https://t.co/AvvUoCLhkg

"Five years or more of income growth could be lost in many countries by the end of 2021” @OECDaufDeutsch… https://t.co/RhUDS5jxbI

From the World of Science to the World of Research? Science is certainty; research is uncertainty. Science is detac… https://t.co/7yYqhfgQV6

Tight financial controls following 2015/6 crisis -> Shanghai’s Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone did only $2bn in offshore… https://t.co/HvWaSrKaO3

Will an African candidate emerge as a tie-breaking option to head the WTO btw EU and US? If so, which one? Ex World… https://t.co/KZIULS70jn

The disparity in COVID-19 trajectories btw Democrat and Republican congressional districts tells you a lot about th… https://t.co/YYPC3080bS

"Jens Weidmann, the Bundesbank president, in coming weeks looks set to play an ambassadorial role providing the Ger… https://t.co/HMrOSbxOVY

US boasts a world-beating science/R&D/tech system, but NB vast majority of grad students I core STEM subjects are n… https://t.co/5RD6FId0h9

With the monsoon about to arrive, Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, risks losing its grip on COVID-19 epidemic.… https://t.co/6aVjdUio6F

After passing VW earlier in the year, Tesla’s market valuation is surging towards that of Toyota. Bonkers!?… https://t.co/BpQbshWD1i

There's a straight line between Liberia and China that stretches 13,500km without crossing any ocean or major body… https://t.co/DtZCDID7op

Linguistic #map of #Germany. Besides the Central Bavarian dialect from my home town I'd have to say that Westphalia… https://t.co/GG72SlhLbD

Far from decoupling, btw 2017 and 2019 the share of US firms in china that are considering a move elsewhere actuall… https://t.co/VZTYeHsLUj

The coal slump in the US continues. More electricity is now being generated by nuclear than from coal. @eia_org via… https://t.co/nMvWozhWdR

There is no necessity to open up new foreign markets; the home markets are capable of indefinite expansion provided… https://t.co/oDEgAKmgJ0

China’s fiscal push in response to COVID-19 shows up clearly in data for bond issuance. @DavidInglesTV via… https://t.co/TThGEZgi7q

I benefit hugely from @SCMPNews coverage BUT the website SUCKS. Open more than one window and your computer will GR… https://t.co/0iGCvXNkro

In 25 years as an electrician I have had to tighten and loosen many screws. I only ever broke one screw I was tight… https://t.co/mr8NoCZfWF

I like the stealth cameo by @alexandrascaggs in this story. (And congratulations!) https://t.co/qKR1OedH4z

Mumbai Delhi Expressway is HUUUGEEE! https://t.co/EHd4L6Sggg

Rising U.S.-China animosity isn't stopping China from ramping up purchases of U.S. soybeans—at least 720,000 tons o… https://t.co/jwLxxxrBxG

COVID-19, floods: Bihar stares at twin challenge with onset of monsoon #COVID19 #Bihar https://t.co/TGNTWwOyCZ https://t.co/pi5FIDoENn

A historic Army unit located just outside Washington was issued bayonets in scabbards as well as live ammunition in… https://t.co/txxJgRJIDL