ADAM TOOZE

“People are dying and I realize that, but they can't get their nails done.” Its tempting to mock. It IS surreal. B… https://t.co/a6g8HmAKSr

@wendelin_b @Brad_Setser Great questions … let me ponder that. Apologies @Brad_Setser that you are being “thought about” here.

Once again, the EU fails to be good at propaganda, loses out in propaganda war to countries that are better at prop… https://t.co/Xymtm4k5Im

Oder wollen unsere unrealistischen Ordo-Freunde nicht nur Europa für ein Virus bestrafen, sondern auch noch die Bes… https://t.co/fRDszw1SlR

should COVID-19 mobility restrictions be removed to help economy? new research by @EmilVerner on 1918 suggests answ… https://t.co/2eJWZk3gRz

On current trends NYC appears to be only days away from reaching its citywide ICU ceiling. https://t.co/mKdCs4C0Tg

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the surge in Americans filing for unemployment benefits is “not relevant.” N… https://t.co/x0cPH6uQe2

Eavesdrop as Wayne Koestenbaum & I explore a sentence by R. Barthes: ‘Language is a skin: I rub my language against… https://t.co/85UsJNat9u

🖤 ROLAND BARTHES 🖤 Died on this day, in 1980 I recall the thrill of speaking with Wayne Koestenbaum about Roland B… https://t.co/YjXkvu5XAV

My husband, an academic administrator at QUB, has been working from home since last week. He is working his ass off… https://t.co/MJymqZB6ad

@COdendahl @MFratzscher @MSchularick @jsuedekum @FuestClemens @michael_huether @SDullien @GFelbermayr @AdamPosen… https://t.co/o4AfzgMSRf

Folks sometimes wonder what I mean when I talk about “technocratic imagination” as a historic force and something w… https://t.co/IweaFrdHk6

I am doing a Webinar open to the public about the economic policies to face the coronavirus crisis. Trying to reach… https://t.co/aiHLE8Ua7c

@kevin_ovenden Fair point … just somewhat distractedly snipping beautiful illustration from @njtmulder excellent es… https://t.co/rN2uRq8gtK

@primalpoly @adam_tooze @jaylyall_red5 @washingtonpost Trying logging in with donald@wh.gov, password:PASSWORD

@primalpoly @jaylyall_red5 @washingtonpost It certainly isnt the writers who paywall!

"U.S. health care providers make excess profits of $65 bn pa according to @TheEconomist Enough for 1.3 million ICU… https://t.co/NeQfLCXdli

A propaganda poster from World War II shows Americans of different national origins assembling a Sherman tank with… https://t.co/AvaDnXglwT

“I don’t want to see a single war millionaire created in the USA as a result of this world disaster.” FDR In an ex… https://t.co/d7it23mM42

@KevinMKruse Thanks Kevin!

This looks like a very useful resource, and shows how much Chinese official lending to Latin America has dropped. M… https://t.co/GO51OOMXNW

ECB HAS NO PLANS TO DEPLOY OMT EMERGENCY BOND PURCHASE SCHEME TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS CRISIS – SOURCES – RTRS ECB SE… https://t.co/thNkfh3Tne

COVID-19 shock means export volumes will collapse as global trade comes to a standstill. Some EMs are more vulnerab… https://t.co/zsr5zWpEmZ

As I look at this data it is clear that the US will likely shed roughly 7 million jobs in the April 2020 headcount.… https://t.co/Yb8SjXl26L

The @ecb published the Decision on the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) today: https://t.co/qbd79nhzTt.… https://t.co/iveYfV7elI

“Sometimes a useful thing for historians to do is to point out when something seems radically new. That is our situ… https://t.co/M0gqFmFqZY

A particularly useful article this morning on the wild variation in unemployment insurance across US states by… https://t.co/2BQa3Orran

For referece the next-highest historical figure for weekly initial jobless claims was 695,000 in 1982.

Recipiency rates: US unemp insurance is not comprehensive entitlement name might suggest. Overall <30% of jobless w… https://t.co/aIbMXpknlk

So far 5,211 medical workers in Italy have had the virus, equivalent to 8 per cent of all diagnosed cases in Italy… https://t.co/Wuu4F1GX9v

US unemp insurance is federally mandated but run by states. 2019, on average unemp received $368 per week =45% los… https://t.co/gaSrjUaFuW

"The US unemployment insurance system was designed to encourage people to look for work during a recession. It was… https://t.co/a5igcGMevt

Senator Schumer called this part of the package a “Marshall plan” for the American medical system. I had never envi… https://t.co/2MHJA6bnm6

Searching for strained historical analogies to our current situation smacks of escapism. "This isn’t 1914. It isn’… https://t.co/4LLGUPr0RT

“Challenge for the stimulus package is keeping pace with pandemic.” “Bureaucratic and distribution obstacles could… https://t.co/JfMowKuWBa

_ Please see my new @VoxEU column on the urgent need to ramp up #COVID19 testing capabilities to 1. Help maintain… https://t.co/FctZusOIhW