ADAM TOOZE

Coal, oil, gas … all previous major energy transitions have taken half a century. At global level we have barely st… https://t.co/ll3dr06nLj

Great Depression? Not for all. The deflation of the 1930s was a huge gift to the bond-holding class. A fact that sc… https://t.co/wP8yxSXjCe

Side point: the interesting thing that 1980s/90s cyberpunk really missed: wi-fi. All about “jacking in” and wires.

To celebrate the imminent arrival of Britain’s War II, 1942-1947 (pre-order https://t.co/iNVGNaUH0J ) I have 4 copi… https://t.co/AliuD5cq5C

Was lucky enough to read an advance copy of volume 2 over Xmas. Like volume 1, it’s just superb. All encompassing… https://t.co/Mg01sIHLVo

“Until now we haven’t dared to say it – it’s obvious NKr10,000bn is politics,” – Norwegians are struggling over the… https://t.co/xmDcy2IZmX

Cisco not interested in following nudge from Trump administration to buy Nokia and Ericsson. Their low margin netwo… https://t.co/hE81VP3HGw

Africa’s largest economies: Nigeria, S. Africa, Egypt have all had a bad five years. And for the future it is the s… https://t.co/mGOboGLqPN

Almost 20% of S. Korea’s value added is embodied in Chinese final demand, for Australia it is 13% -> they are front… https://t.co/64wUE8T5ap

African consumer spending will be about 40% of U.S. expenditure in five years’, compared with 20% two decades ago,… https://t.co/kBDQngEYbA

Ramaphosa’s urgency in addressing the Eskom crisis in S. Africa stems from a disastrous decade of economic underper… https://t.co/3GzozLJGJZ

To fully electrify transport, heat and industry UK would need 3x more electricity. Renewables can cover 60% of that… https://t.co/QmQikal1mG

Coal, oil, gas … all previous major energy transitions have taken half a century. At global level we have barely st… https://t.co/57pDpJSy78

“Until now we haven’t dared to say it – it’s obvious NKr10,000bn is politics,” – Norwegians are struggling over the… https://t.co/hHKUK4YugW

Absolute Zero – delivering on ambitious climate goals without assuming radical changes in technology makes for brac… https://t.co/J7O7OfsPnl

Cisco not interested in following nudge from Trump administration to buy Nokia and Ericsson. Their low margin netwo… https://t.co/ltCRyFjQ2k

Great Depression? Not for all. The deflation of the 1930s was a huge gift to the bond-holding class. A fact that sc… https://t.co/2Xg8VOH8WK

Almost 20% of S. Korea’s value added is embodied in Chinese final demand, for Australia it is 13% -> they are front… https://t.co/bSmVilVBte

African consumer spending will be about 40% of U.S. expenditure in five years’, compared with 20% two decades ago,… https://t.co/uxCKB7GPNt

Africa’s largest economies: Nigeria, S. Africa, Egypt have all had a bad five years. And for the future it is the s… https://t.co/VBlkH2jBF8

“Until now we haven’t dared to say it – it’s obvious NKr10,000bn is politics,” – Norwegians are struggling over the… https://t.co/ywZEPX9QeR

Absolute Zero – delivering on ambitious climate goals without assuming radical changes in technology makes for brac… https://t.co/IrKI2bpSmc

Great Depression? Not for all. The deflation of the 1930s was a huge gift to the bond-holding class. A fact that sc… https://t.co/DhmsPFQRhp

Cisco not interested in following nudge from Trump administration to buy Nokia and Ericsson. Their low margin netwo… https://t.co/cXTSVMDQch

Jakarta is ranked as one of most polluted, most congested, fastest sinking capital cities in world -> Indonesia is… https://t.co/fUtY7jbpR9

Delinquency rate on first-lien mortgages in US declined in December and is now near lows last seen in the mid-2000s… https://t.co/bInCNfLjXJ

Tanzanian Affairs by @BritTanzSoc – 1st editor Terence Ranger – remains an excellent source on current events in on… https://t.co/m5rKyNDB5q

Tanzania’s population increase is remarkable: 1952 9 million 1967 12 million 1988 23 million 2012 45 million 2020 (… https://t.co/2j0Bx1ZAt5

Indonesia is at heart of climate crisis: Largest coal exporter, hub of deforestation & of > 17,000 islands that ma… https://t.co/BGd8T4oK4L

To envision the energy transition we have to imagine how same (or similar) services can be produced in radically di… https://t.co/Gdup7xHtp0

In 1990, forest covered two-thirds of Indonesia, according to UN data. By 2016, that had fallen to less than half.… https://t.co/gTIlMooOJM

Notwithstanding Tobin & Wray distinction between outside & inside money, central bank today is not just gov’s bank,… https://t.co/i5rJgWHrNu

Last year, Indonesia dug up a record 557 m tons of coal, worth some $50 bn. The buyers = power stations in China, I… https://t.co/NsqDbQ4gtj