ADAM TOOZE

"In 1949, 'Who lost China?' was the question that tortured the American political establishment. Seventy years late… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286689681334325250

As of May Fed purchases have no longer been absorbing the entire new issue of Treasuries. So that’s c. $ 1.25trn th… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286688943648497664

@tanmayj41128048 NOPE … I checked. That is the one!

Can this be real? Apparently this is the official Olympic account with 6 million followers celebrating the 1st torc… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286687505476202496

In 1990 47% of equity wealth in the US was held by people under the age of 55. 13% by those under age of 40.

@GrkStav You are right. That is not the right way to phrase that.

Investors dilemma in 21st-century capitalism: How do you gauge the basic balance btw stocks & bonds when there is r… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286683567590903808

One of the implications of America’s low productivity growth since 2010 is that it creates a zero-sum trade-off bet… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286674498004148226

Production of plastic began in earnest in WWII. It has been on exponential growth path -> last couple of decades d… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286667451627954178

In der ganz aktuellen LRB formuliert @adam_tooze das, was Mishra quasi Ideologie-historisch macht, in geo-ökonomisc… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286649381442260993

“From the first moment people began to wear gloves and masks, we’ve also began to see them at sea.” First there wa… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286662424045600780

90% of COVID clinical trials are in AE. @davidpilling makes a convincing case for broader involvement of low income… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286657385281413121

31.8 m Americans on continued unemployment benefits i.e. recognized as unemp by a FAR from generous system. That i… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286652352154411008

All around us the businesses that made America’s urban revival are dying. Great piece by @andrewvandam… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286647326254088193

If a business is still closed at this point in the crisis, it’s probably permanent @andrewvandam With COVID shock… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286642285640392704

Remember that first unemployment claims number on 26 March when we all lost our minds … 18 weeks later … e I g h t…

@natsecHeather Thanks for yr excellent critique. Totally agree. I was torn btw doing justice to economic arguments… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286635534752907266

"In 2011, Pfizer, a US pharmaceutical company, set aside $35m to settle with families of Nigerian children who had… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286632221105721346

Vaccine deal-making is, perhaps predictably, a shambolic mess. @FT is trying to keep track.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286627186154311680

‘The mistake in thinking that we are in a ‘new Cold War’ is in thinking of it as new. In putting a full stop after…

Whose century? Very fine piece on the dilemma of the West and China. Hint: it's not really about trade anymore. by… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286620062774890496

Unlike other major challenges like climate change, inequality etc COVID-19 appears to have a simple fix. Vaccine. R… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286616528209809409

Privacy/quasi-sovereignty on the cheap. "You don't need to be a billionaire to buy an island. If you’re able to bu… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286610114959609856

Very perceptive review of The Deficit Myth. *The* debate in macroeconomics should be the cause of price stability.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286597274727002112

"Stories shared by Xi Jinping” (Yup that’s a category): "The Jiawu War (1894-5 v. Japan) is a story President Xi Ji… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286536589225558016

Though most of the concerns have surrounded the Three Gorges Dam, the biggest immediate danger may be to the 94,000… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286531556115271680

Xi addresses a meeting of top business leaders in China. Stresses need to develop domestic demand and for businesse… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286526525500616704

"Stories shared by Xi Jinping” (Yup that’s a category): "The Jiawu War (1894-5 v. Japan) is a story President Xi Ji… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286463076292800513

Though most of the concerns have surrounded the Three Gorges Dam, the biggest immediate danger may be to the 94,000… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286458678481227777

Xi addresses a meeting of top business leaders in China. Stresses need to develop domestic demand and for businesse… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286457756547977218

In his great review of the quest for hegemony and US-China relations, @adam_tooze highlights the changing role of e… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286338708141154306

JUST IN: The CDC says the U.S. should anticipate between 160,000 and 175,000 total reported COVID-19 deaths by Aug.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1286361235546660864

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