ADAM TOOZE

"In western and central China, deficits have expanded rapidly, from an average of 5.5% to 15.5% (see chart). Land s… https://t.co/0HMokWVdLG

As China’s economic growth has slowed the impact has been uneven by region, with the North East doing worst = major… https://t.co/6e8Fc3ncTt

Forbes counts 114 German $ billionaires = 2* # in UK. One for every 727,000 Germans, close to America’s 1 for ever… https://t.co/bJgaznFPff

By a horrible twist of fate the war-torn East of the Congo with one of highest death rates from malaria in the worl… https://t.co/1aKKUC1P74

The Raytheon-UTC merger reflects two trends sweeping America: the reshaping of high tech defence because of fears a… https://t.co/clhnDZ9qPD

Jurisdictions across America are wrestling with what to do with their unclaimed dead. A state fund in West Virginia… https://t.co/0sTXE9GUGH

The population of sub-Saharan Africa will reach 2bn in the mid-2040s, up from 1.1bn today. That would lead to a hug… https://t.co/v1Hjz88lIM

The world’s sovereign-wealth funds control $8trn in assets. More than a quarter of that is held by four Gulf countr… https://t.co/ISkQ74gXOQ

The FAO estimates that the global number of ruminant livestock will rise from 4.1bn to 5.8bn between 2015 and 2050.… https://t.co/dtRAMhUjGr

The primitive ways we manage air traffic control cost hours in the air and huge amounts of fuel consumed.… https://t.co/Fo1LYem3jf

At the same time as they have initiated a massive wave of extinction, humans have bred so many animals for food tha… https://t.co/thQgACIDD8

The Progressive Green Finance Strategy offers 11 recommendations to green banks & shadow banks in line with 2030 ne… https://t.co/nuzKCEiQLx

Old school: The ten wealthiest German families make cars (bmw and Volkswagen), brakes (Knorr-Bremse) and car parts… https://t.co/ypLQA918NG

Between 1961 and 2013 the average Chinese person went from eating 4kg of meat a year to 62kg. Half of the world’s p… https://t.co/pKtlDj6Pkg

1974: Alfred Hitchcock’s wife Alma Reville with Alfred’s wax head in their fridge _ Alma was one day younger than A… https://t.co/kTYdJnFFB4

@pseudoerasmus Now you are making me feel bad about the long reply I have written.

Any government of Pakistan faces basic porblems of state-building. Just 1% of the country’s population of 208 milli… https://t.co/zYdUm2s9lA

China’s growth rates may have been faster back in the early 2000s but the economy was much smaller then. The annual… https://t.co/iyX3Trbm6v

As the BoJ launched its QE program in 2013 Japanese bank holding of government bonds plunged. @LongviewEcon via… https://t.co/55V18fLUQA

Looking at employment rates across the OECD since 2005 there are three different worlds: EZ low employment but 2019… https://t.co/X80rmFfug9

No one would argue that QE is an ideal tool of climate policy. But, the ECB is going to do QE over objections of Bu… https://t.co/voPSB4xMxr

75% of total deposits at #Lebanon ‘s banks are denominated in U.S Dollars Central bank continues to resists an of… https://t.co/5k5k8TSHCb

The European Central Bank is about to inject billions of euros into the economy by directly buying assets. Its dec… https://t.co/2Hhc2SEdyw

Net interest margin for America 3 biggest banks have been squeezed by lower rates and flatter yield curve.… https://t.co/BtcYjcDGBe

Since early 19th century the global trading has moved towards multipolarity away from rich-rich to trade that runs… https://t.co/l2DjZ3X6rY

You gotta love @SoberLook This is a graph for oil-rich Angolan currency against the $. Devaluation driven by shorta… https://t.co/rTbzVTBFnI

Since 2014, despite confrontation over Ukraine, sanctions etc European imports of Russian gas have increased by 1/3… https://t.co/d3Trs2patb

@senoj_erialc @pdemetriades @stanjourdan @Skolimowski @MAmdorsky @jvtklooster @clemfon @Frank_vanlerven hi… https://t.co/9LiRK8PUF4

It's here! The Super Terrain edition of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 can only be read by holding a flame close t… https://t.co/A83FhX68kL

Inflation in housing costs in Hong Kong’s has been extraordinary. How does it compare to cost of living in boom tow… https://t.co/8GIAKIpNJh

Markets are currently pricing 4oC world. Not just because short-sighted! They are betting against govs sticking to… https://t.co/80BclJrwsU

As African swine fever has slashed the Chinese pig herd by 41 % it will have a huge impact on the agroindustrial co… https://t.co/y1OZy9NW7i

My line would be: 1. we are doing QE. Do we want it to be brown or green? 2. the markets are fundamentally misalign… https://t.co/jBOVb8OnEU

The share of the population in the EU at risk of severe material deprivation has fallen sharply since 2012.… https://t.co/aa0hh6faTO

Severe drought conditions across Texas are cutting cotton crop which shows up in tightening commodity prices.… https://t.co/Vb6iEcCPKC