ADAM TOOZE

"It’s telling that one of the few institutions of American government operating at a scale adequate to the COVID-19… https://t.co/7vdgzMOITD

A "duct-taped tradeoff that accomplishes much now at the expense of creating a long-term solution.” This is excelle… https://t.co/Hl7QeLoBc4

"I don’t think that living through an artificial self, which is what had got me into such an awful mess, is all tha… https://t.co/DbVenJbgKq

Is Adolph Wagner the prophet of our moment? To contextualize COVID-19 response @TheEconomist is wheeling out some s… https://t.co/tjhxwUjEYu

Delighted to be on @VelshiMSNBC show this morning. Talking COVID-19 crisis response and European models. https://t.co/5B3HdsIjVc

For a “quiet night” in New York City, if you live anywhere near a main transport artery, either booze or white nois… https://t.co/IiFfYmhNYN

Even on a conservative accounting the fiscal response to corona is massive. Larger, everywhere, than in 2008. That… https://t.co/Lawarwx9IO

While Africa accounts for 1% of global health expenditure, it carries 23% of the disease burden, including hundreds… https://t.co/BVvC7LQbom

€2bn a week: VW's rate of cash-burn is terrifying! https://t.co/VRD9ltVQwl

This is a great multilingual corona reading list from @evgenymorozov Syllabus on the politics of COVID-19.… https://t.co/3g17QLasTh

"trapped at home while outside there is only the extension of police powers & din of ambulances, we are collectivel… https://t.co/BPJI4mFrvi

“[The swap lines] will do little to address a perhaps more significant underlying issue which is the currency misma… https://t.co/65Ns1VQpKZ

Retailers with a strong online presence have effectively been handed the game by the lockdown -> they are planning… https://t.co/uwaX5pgb0K

100k flights per day globally. I must admit that I am slightly surprised that there are still so many.… https://t.co/TLR0d4OZBg

"Look, we have an appointment with history and everyone must rise to the occasion,” Conte – Italy Sanchez – Spain M… https://t.co/QU4nGcFhZb

COVID-19 made 1st appearance in US in places where international travel is common, & where large % pop are affluent… https://t.co/q851ZWnLN5

This is a great multilingual corona reading list from @evgenymorozov Syllabus on the politics of COVID-19.… https://t.co/sPkV7QQ0lX

"trapped at home while outside there is only the extension of police powers & din of ambulances, we are collectivel… https://t.co/sHavGQvJaM

“[The swap lines] will do little to address a perhaps more significant underlying issue which is the currency misma… https://t.co/i22X8YIEJg

Retailers with a strong online presence have effectively been handed the game by the lockdown -> they are planning… https://t.co/nhnxqoyurV

100k flights per day globally. I must admit that I am slightly surprised that there are still so many.… https://t.co/eJ6GnYRxFv

"Look, we have an appointment with history and everyone must rise to the occasion,” Conte – Italy Sanchez – Spain M… https://t.co/8r3BRiciKe

This is a good overview by @spiegelonline team of the impasse in Europe over the step to corona bonds. https://t.co/a1d9ntT6cY

COVID-19 made 1st appearance in US in places where international travel is common, & where large % pop are affluent… https://t.co/06OLdMJIVm

How pandemics impact cultural history: the 1918 flu killed Max Weber, Gustav Klimt, and Egon Schiele, but spared Fr… https://t.co/Ssxr1v2RBi

As @Brad_Setser points out in his response to my @ForeignPolicy piece on the EM-squeeze there is not one world of d… https://t.co/pYuqERgMQH

Dollar-denominated bonds have risen as a share of funding for all EM. @i_aldasoro @TorstenEhlers… https://t.co/O6LFqGheNs

What set the stage for the current dollar funding squeeze and bond market wobbles were several years of financial g… https://t.co/hzJH3vMiqN

My @ForeignPolicy Piece on the pressure on EM inspired in part by the urgent call by @KevinPGallagher @JoseA_Ocampo… https://t.co/Fz9o2ZueP0

Very nice article by @adam_tooze Last year L Alfaro @HarvardHBS A Chari G Asis & I published paper in JIE highlight… https://t.co/ulFkTULRMD

Wonderful thread from @Brad_Setser in response to my recent piece in @ForeignPolicy As ever Brad combines both tot… https://t.co/KqgYgLgKPw

Collapsing tourism revenue is one of the many shocks hitting EM. Thailand is an extreme case but in Turkey and Sout… https://t.co/HFVIaHI8FT

Even before COVID-19, fiscal policy in Italy was too tight. @adam_tooze, @heimbergecon and I estimated an output ga… https://t.co/Uo8l5xYJas

Is Indonesia getting enough attention from Fed crisis fighters? One of questions I worry about in this overview of… https://t.co/C4a1haeAKR

Those who oppose a national lockdown in the US are in a distinct minority of less than 25% even amongst GOP voters.… https://t.co/h3dVbEpwdY