ADAM TOOZE

Emergency surplus recycling Sovereign Wealth Funds That Made Major Acquisitions January 2007-December 2009. Anyone… https://t.co/z5kzLICdRk

Another take on helicopter money: @TheEconomist Jan 2008 on "choppers bearing the insignia of oil-rich Gulf states… https://t.co/8qqFNTO2q7

Africa is world’s largest and most rapidly growing gold producer and West Africa is catching up with South Africa.… https://t.co/kKhjJ9Qz31

How humans use the 130 m km2 of ice-free land surface available on our planet. From @IPCC_CH one for @SoberLook… https://t.co/8zbYDIVqDw

c. 15 m people depend on informal mining in West Africa. They make easy pickings for well-organized buyers. Fascina… https://t.co/apYp9y2nis

“Sahm rule” named for @Claudia_Sahm "would have accurately called every recession since 1970 within 2-4 months of w… https://t.co/R5pEq1QKfl

@FraserJopp @Claudia_Sahm The answer should come from @Claudia_Sahm but as far as I understand it, her claim is con… https://t.co/2s1aKgobVx

Lagos-based Kian Smith Trade & Co is opening Nigeria’s first gold refinery in bid to lead formalization of Nigeria’… https://t.co/snyAZyNcBH

It takes 6-21 months to call a recession using conventional indicators -> How to do countercylical policy in real t… https://t.co/m4bIdlRcqN

Muscle and mud: Nigeria has an estimated 500,000 artisanal gold miners. This is a fascinating report by… https://t.co/nOild2w61Q

Since the Baoshang state rescue in the summer, markets in China have been jumpy about lower-rated bank debt. Is thi… https://t.co/IjJz3gruXg

Nigerian demography is one of the “megatrends” of the 21st century. Total fertility rate is twice the global averag… https://t.co/4CFXMeWcdG

One of reasons that smaller banks in China are so vulnerable is that they rely more heavily on wholesale market fun… https://t.co/b8wYWXDzQX

When will Nigeria get its demographic dividend? To benefit from a surge in share of working-age population you need… https://t.co/7n3c0HSOqx

@AndrewCStuart Well .. @davidpilling is actually the man to ask!

Beijing is fighting to control a wave of bank failures amongst smaller lenders. The sector has seen vast growth in… https://t.co/PtZWN2bkm7

Nigeria’s economy has a GDP of nearly $400bn, but Nigeria’s trade with the rest of Africa accounts for only $7bn i… https://t.co/YucYGkwHht

“The Lagos State government is overwhelmed and daunted by the infrastructure crisis”. In 1960 Lagos had 200k inhabi… https://t.co/ycKltaNJ0E

"benchmark price for iron ore is not set on exchange but through price assessments. Groups such as S&P Global Platt… https://t.co/g73i9A4zhv

Uncoupling: As volume of fund raising rises, New York is no longer a preferred location for listings by Chinese tec… https://t.co/akgCWls7IR

With huge decommissioning costs ahead, UK gov revenue from North Sea oil does not suggest an optimistic outlook.… https://t.co/QFBqn0s8hp

Livestock’s Long Shadow study by @FAO 2006 of global impact of meat industry. What a title. What a cover.… https://t.co/s8ZXuLC114

Its not just the image but the text of this 1964 FIAT ad that is remarkable: “at the service of an expansive (growi… https://t.co/iJ75mM6puo

Reinhard Heydrich and Albert Speer on a cabriolet staff car.1941. More photos here: https://t.co/Y2j65MuwhR https://t.co/jYvO359bpR

Different scales!!!!!! https://t.co/SuLATU0y8D

Translatio imperii – the idea of history as a succession of quasi divinely authorized imperial regimes had a variet… https://t.co/0VRSRilJvR

#Thread This thread is about the life of a German soldier that I did research on. Meet Heinrich, born in January 1… https://t.co/Xw2UTV3B4a

@70sBachchan I’ve you been to Norway and seen the way they commemorate the German occupation it’s particularly impressive.

Angola received $8bn of orders for $3bn of 10- and 30-year debt. Buyers were drawn in by the chunky yields on offe… https://t.co/PYmD9X8Nk2

"Homo sapiens putters no more under his own vine and fig tree; he has poured into his gas tank the stored motivity… https://t.co/h536E6lICk

This is interesting. Sites of ecological struggle around france for the last half century. @mdiplo https://t.co/sc8M2fwK4T

Zombie hordes: 28% of US companies with market cap < $1bn earn less (EBIT) than their interest payments, way up fro… https://t.co/5xpnjm4TYk

Poland’s Murcki coal mine: The first reference to coal mining in the "Hill Murckowskim" dates back to 1657. At this… https://t.co/eMTJzVgNCy

Safe assets: For forseeable future, the US is the only issuer of large volumes of government debt suitable for abso… https://t.co/OTTeH4vMrP