ADAM TOOZE

Tracking the escalating tension.  We are counting military trains!  For a blow by blow tracking of events, @RALee85 is a great follow. This #545 in

As NATO meets to discuss the tension on the Russian border to Ukraine, and the papers fill with denunciations of Putin’s aggression, I still find

Amongst the books that affected me most in 2021 was Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing’s The Mushroom at the End of the World, a study of communities of

Great links and reading on the price control debate “The price per liter of LPG jumped to 120 tenge (28 U.S. cents) at gas stations

“We have a powerful weapon to fight inflation: price controls. It’s time we consider it.” Last week, Isabella Weber’s op-ed in the Guardian, which –

Like it or not, we live under the shadow of China. First there was the “China shock” to labour markets which has – whatever its

Earlier this week, Mohamed El-Erian was lost for words. As he wrote in the FT: It is hard to put into words how disorderly the

This morning Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner confirmed that he and Chancellor Scholz would be jointly nominating Joachim Nagel to succeed Jens Weidmann as President

It seems that history was burying the climate revolution in fiscal policy just as I was diagnosing it. Literally as I was doing the final

Making sense of Build Back Better NB: As you will see from the below, this newsletter was being edited literally as Joe Manchin was killing

A fall 2021 retrospective Over the last few months I’ve had the pleasure of teaching the introductory course on “Approaches to International and Global History”

A bunch more reading from the great inflation debate Because its central bank week and everyone is talking about inflation (again), I’ve pulled together some

some great suggestions Yesterday’s post about World War I has triggered a remarkable crop of suggestions from readers. They are so good I thought I

On liberalism and the age of imperialism. WWI is clearly the “Urkatastrophe” – the original catastrophe – of the 20th century. Not just of the

A sketch map. In the recovery from the COVID shock of 2020 there is a stark gap between the rapid rebound of rich countries and

Viewing the 21st century from 2001. This week is the 20th anniversary of the coining of the concept of BRICs by then-chief economist of Goldman

A guide to the agenda of Germany’s new government. Subscribe now Mehr Fortschritt Wagen Olaf Scholz has completed his remarkable comeback. After relatively concerted and

Ones and Tooze this week is about JOLTS, the great resignation and about pets and pet food. Its a huge industry. $100 billion per annum

The first 52 posts. This weekend Chartbook celebrates its first birthday. It has been a great year. When, six years ago, I was first getting

… an answer to Cédric Durand. In 2021 energy prices around the world surged triggering talk of an “energy crisis”. Why did the supply of

further to the LRB piece. In recent weeks I’ve taken a deep dive into the writing of historian and activist Andreas Malm. A long review

The start of a new regime? In 2020 COVID unleashed a gigantic financial and economic shock. Shutdown chronicled the desperate struggle to manage the implosion

As the G20 and COP26 convene in Europe, there is crisis talk everywhere. The climate crisis is front and center, of course. But, in the

…. and a data puzzle The economic news right now is filled with talk of inflation, energy price hikes and shortages. There is even a