ADAM TOOZE

Why has the surge in unemployment in US been so much worse than in Europe? Dark side of labour market flexibility?… https://t.co/LbA7C8WP3z

Whereas swap lines are working for Brazil South Korea and Mexico, they are not for everyone. Turkey, South Africa… https://t.co/UDQOoli70o

America’s inflated health care spending, 60 % of which goes on labour costs, normally ensures that the sector is a… https://t.co/LKCllkf62h

That time in 1968/9 when Adorno took romantic advice from, of all people, Niklas Luhmann! Who, as his temporary rep… https://t.co/Q2fFKxWkOS

Hard to believe that this is not a joke … this is how France practices for nuclear war? Really. https://t.co/kttB83Tgc9

"As of Q4 2019, the total amount of liabilities most vulnerable to runs, including those of nonbanks stood at $15.5… https://t.co/BptjnqcxF2

Sometimes lessons are learned: as COVID-19 struck, big US banks relied on short-term wholesale market funding to co… https://t.co/x40BiuazCt

2020 is not a housing/mortgage-finance crisis but Fed purchases of MBS in recent weeks have outpaced those in 2008.… https://t.co/8ifXOAxLjj

"How much lies and gibberish are we expected to tolerate?” @GeneralTheorist is always brilliant. MUST follow. But… https://t.co/kVZZHLPvD9

"But the great dark birds of history screamed and plunged into our personal weather… I was going to tweet Adrien… https://t.co/MZqFdOeAm9

Turning points We all like to hear about those. Points on a graph. Sudden conversions. Historical swings. Some k… https://t.co/QtInIiGLXf

Tracing my line of thinking about central banks from the recent @ForeignPolicy piece I cant deny that grappling wit… https://t.co/XnSfUa8jYK

America’s large banks may be safe than in 2008 but their lending to nonbank financial firms e.g. REITs, mortgage le… https://t.co/LKdjvzLCaO

"As of Q4 2019, the total amount of liabilities most vulnerable to runs, including those of nonbanks stood at $15.5… https://t.co/BgoSHkBSvS

Sometimes lessons are learned: as COVID-19 struck, big US banks relied on short-term wholesale market funding to co… https://t.co/WgeRBnTVZ7

2020 is not a housing/mortgage-finance crisis but Fed purchases of MBS in recent weeks have outpaced those in 2008.… https://t.co/ecVvZOXSan

@bhbradlow Adrienne Rich was such a profound thinker of history and modernity. If I knew how, I would teach her al… https://t.co/XukPhS3OnQ

"How much lies and gibberish are we expected to tolerate?” @GeneralTheorist is always brilliant. MUST follow. But… https://t.co/kS66v68aF3

@bhbradlow Adrienne Rich was such a profound thinker of history and modernity. If I knew how, I would teach her al… https://t.co/XukPhS3OnQ

"But the great dark birds of history screamed and plunged into our personal weather… I was going to tweet Adrien… https://t.co/JoWEOViIfx

Turning points We all like to hear about those. Points on a graph. Sudden conversions. Historical swings. Some k… https://t.co/SCosa3AyzV

In my sixty-fifth year I know something about language: It can eat or be eaten by experience … poety means refusing… https://t.co/RO58gXymnu

Tracing my line of thinking about central banks from the recent @ForeignPolicy piece I cant deny that grappling wit… https://t.co/sXpPXnH8Vp

@AltSpinelli I think it is a great question about an unlikely contingency.

America’s large banks may be safe than in 2008 but their lending to nonbank financial firms e.g. REITs, mortgage le… https://t.co/BcOeSXuAwO

Every surge of unemployment levels — whether the 1930s or 1970s or 2020 — brings with it struggles over the contr… https://t.co/T5n9bfiYAe

In 1978 Hirsch & Goldthorpe published their seminar collection on political economy of inflation. In 1976 Robert L… https://t.co/78W65oV4mj

For a politics of monetary policy. I did a piece this week in @ForeignPolicy on BVerfG and central banks. This blog… https://t.co/9RzUprKIph

Measures of financial stress: expect credit card and auto loan delinquency to spike as COVID-19 shock hits.… https://t.co/E4UPB5cCZU

For a population of 328 m (2019) the US has >500m credit card loans outstanding AND c. 120m auto loans… https://t.co/dcM2xU96HR

Plausible estimates put India’s unemployment rate in the 25-30% range. That's c. 170 m people! These data from… https://t.co/38Cp9JF41p

Oil & gas: direction of support provided by Canadian government during COVID-19 crisis seems pretty unambiguous.… https://t.co/D3q7jt5qZE