ADAM TOOZE

The Great Divergence: "While S&P 500 profit margins keep climbing, that's not the case for the rest of corporate Am… https://t.co/BHIVgffLDD

It is not anti-democratic for central banks to do more on climate change "simply because there is a wide social con… https://t.co/h65vDs8KRA

Iraq has emerged as the #2 producer in OPEC after a prolonged period of reconstruction & foreign investment has fin… https://t.co/W4Me0pgX2S

@mark4harrison @pseudoerasmus @MSchularick @LdelaEscosura Hi Mark Rough parity btw UK and Soviet gdp per capita in ppp terms in 1980?

When yuan “cracked seven” in 2019 there were worries of an avalanche. It recovered with trade deal but at c. Rmb6.8… https://t.co/5VTkDczGqt

Investment-grade wine has historically moved in tandem with gold, but the trade war has sent gold soaring whilst th… https://t.co/q3XYjBYnsm

Trump admin is grounding the Dept of Interior’s 1000 drones that monitor wildfires, wildlife, map terrain and natur… https://t.co/5nq5k7wOw7

One of the joys of visiting Milan was meeting with two economists I admire immensley – Professors Luca Fantacci and… https://t.co/FGHjaMHAu7

@gamespotting @Noahpinion The 1943 figures for UK-Germany in WID make NO sense … once you take account of the heav… https://t.co/nol6hZHGbA

"Venezuela's inflation exploded at the end of last year. Here is Bloomberg's index tracking the price (in new bolív… https://t.co/LCnIxGr0xL

"To achieve technological autonomy, China is pursuing strategies that tread an uneasy balance btw increasing engage… https://t.co/UAjsBBmllJ

@JobbingLeftieH @DEHEdgerton @Birdyword @tonycurzonprice Taking back that earlier tweet about things in WID looking… https://t.co/dH5wqDkz2V

Have the heavy-weights on comparative national income accounting for UK-Germany-Soviet Union, folks like Steve Broa… https://t.co/Ko91YkB5jD

@jlpobrien Thank you for the source. The anomalies go deep. The UK Germany comparison suggests an implausible rel… https://t.co/M7jeUgUHYJ

More anomalies in the WID per capita GDP figures. Soviet Union v. The UK and v. Ireland. https://t.co/P8BrcWzQ08

@JobbingLeftieH @DEHEdgerton @Birdyword @tonycurzonprice It is sectoral fundamentals that make it COMPLETELY implau… https://t.co/xSZZXKGCap

Beijing has spent last several years stamping on shadow banking sector that funded small-scale lending by intermedi… https://t.co/iEZMJ2uAY5

@DEHEdgerton @Birdyword @tonycurzonprice For my money the problem is in the chaining. Up to 1914 the picture is con… https://t.co/gWesvqn7UY

US-China decoupling is piling pressure on TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chipmaker. Pentagon has asked Taiwanes… https://t.co/FiUIVsSrF9

US & China are the main export markets for the German auto industry. Both are stagnating. Data from @Brad_Setser vi… https://t.co/17DaDqhykt

Yesterday Germany’s finance ministry rejected idea of contributing more funding to EU budget for the Green Deal. Cu… https://t.co/HLonABGtq1

Only 38% of Americans with a College degree can find Iran on a map. 39% of those with incomes over $100k and 38% of… https://t.co/GYqtgW0QJ4

@Birdyword @DEHEdgerton Nice idea. But the population age ratios are too similar and dont move fast enough.

@CJFDillow @donnellymin @Birdyword @DEHEdgerton Problem is with the levels as much as growth rates. There is someth… https://t.co/LczLRR0czL

Retail apocalypse: First it was on, then it was off. Now it is back. The vacancy rates in US malls surges to a new… https://t.co/bgxwBGao5H

Reminder: 1/20 College-age Americans cannot find America on a map. Hence the difficulty locating Iran. https://t.co/w5hyocZY4e

@MalvagioMarco @MorningConsult Oh no … fair % of US population cannot find the US on a world map.

Rather horrifying cheese infographic. To see what I mean check the tiny difference in the chemical/physical profile… https://t.co/qTp7FRuT9y

Novokmet-Piketty-Zucman 2017 have German GDP per cap PPP back at 1943 levels by 1955. Makes sense. But not that tha… https://t.co/Nxv9dv85hz

The anomaly in the Novokmet-Piketty-Zucman 2017 data shows up already in WWII. They have German GDP per capita PPP… https://t.co/EiSBKUH8Xa

Where is Iran? Only c. 28% of registered American voters can find Iran on a map. Falling to 23% if they have to fin… https://t.co/3R9Leoln4Y

@Birdyword Just checked. In the standard Maddison dataset Germany & France converge with UK only in late 1960s & th… https://t.co/BCazOgkJi1

@Birdyword Something wrong with these data. I dont think it is plausible that “Germany” overtook the UK in the earl… https://t.co/AoiYehOhlN

The “excess homes” built before the financial crisis in the US have finally been metabolized by the housing market.… https://t.co/TlzSRmu7cD

Really enjoyed this on Europe, neoliberalism, & Jean Claude Juncker-"in seeing Juncker as a mere administrator, the… https://t.co/OXfdVyZTih

"The death of reason” 1980 For some it was postmodernism. For @WSJ it was the windfall profit tax on the US oil ind… https://t.co/XZUxkpoGWm