ADAM TOOZE

@irl_neil @TheEconomist The debt’s real. The question is what we do about it!

Search of contents of @NewLeftReview appears to show no mention of work of Stephen Broadberry which is foundational… https://t.co/svwXgHFWrj

The engagement of @NewLeftReview with both @DEHEdgerton work and mine treats the issue of relative position of UK,… https://t.co/m9XAu6JM35

The review by @JohnPMerrick1 of @DEHEdgerton essential new history of Britain is fittingly appreciative but remains… https://t.co/7mIknFopid

Mobile-phone data show that poorer workers in US are likelier than richer ones to keep commuting @TheEconomist… https://t.co/DVOnnUUIQY

This excellent @greg_ip piece has a kicker at the end. @ojblanchard1 of all people sketching a scenario in which a… https://t.co/oI8AQFmnko

There are some pretty great oil graphics out there right now. This one comes with a cracking account of the oil mar… https://t.co/1sPmebS5OQ

“Crude Oil Treasure” – an investment vehicle linked to oil futures sold by Bank of China has inflicted $1bn in loss… https://t.co/loHLfpVuHu

CME Group Inc informed clients already on April 8, a Wednesday, that the oil-futures exchange was “ready to handle… https://t.co/cc9ytYGwIe

The fossil fuel that helped to build the modern world, so prized it became known as “black gold,” was now not an as… https://t.co/jPuf5Fs7D8

The 20 Minutes That Broke the U.S. Oil Market Frantic sell orders had been pouring in overnight. by 7 a.m. in NY th… https://t.co/dDFrU4qtqG

A world of: more debt less globalisation greater digitalisation financial repression higher taxation “mammoth” defl… https://t.co/66hKvKwGXs

"In the end, incoming data will speak louder than the theory. Inflation is already headed sharply downwards and gov… https://t.co/Q8VJaX5MTu

Where are small businesses, mainstreet & small town America? Politics is catching up as Fed comes under pressure to… https://t.co/DBJQT7UKmT

China’s economy can only grow at rate Beijing demands with more state control not less. This is because China does… https://t.co/YMyxkVADde

"Much of the complacency in and around Europe rests on the assumption that the ECB will in the end fix everything."… https://t.co/exoal3oP8G

I wrote a thing for @japantimes about how neighborhood associations can help suppress coronavirus in Japan. It’s m… https://t.co/wBop75lX9J

@adam_tooze @FabioDeMasi This could in principle be a sensible element of a package imo. But then there has to be c… https://t.co/eon1b7IuXf

"I am really struggling to see what a fund, so designed, would accomplish other than to serve as a cry for attentio… https://t.co/IbawDWfITl

"Between 1939 and 1962, a period which covers much of Sartre’s work, France was only at peace for brief periods. Sm… https://t.co/ylNrsAr4u3

In an article written in 1948, Sartre proclaimed his ambition to “write for his own time.” Great essay by Ian Birch… https://t.co/HxDlYmPa0p

There has been a debate going on in Germany about prominence of economists during COVID-19 crisis. Its a silly deba… https://t.co/PCJkYBcSzj

An interesting thing about postwar Japanese economic policy is that it was informed by an eclectic range of economi… https://t.co/CU5l9DLYaw

Next ugly fight in the eurozone may be German demands for tougher taxation in Italy justified in terms of the famou… https://t.co/HX7brkB0nd

Under Putin Russia has, indeed, established a “fortress” balance sheet. Doesn’t mean you dont face pressures. Major… https://t.co/Pa5cpA913y

"If Germany borrows money on capital markets, including from wealthy Italians, and then channels that money to Ital… https://t.co/BUIQc4LFlE

Roughly 60% of the world's working population is employed in informal enterprises. A 21 day lockdown, as in India,… https://t.co/8VCmq8eDjD

Une pensee pour les guides courageux des Parcs Nationaux des Virungas en RDC, au Rwanda et en Ouganda. https://t.co/kJcOr2a7Mm

No, we should not worry about the debt (debt servicing matters more than debt level, and the former will be low for… https://t.co/zby7yh2r4H

I just saw a TikTok that called the stock market “a graph of rich people feelings” and that’s the most accurate thi… https://t.co/KOFN9xbs2l

Looking for some yield? Deutsche Bank CoCo bond offers a whopping 24% yield (to next call). But do not expect Deuts… https://t.co/QjnYIyx3de

An exhausted worker takes a break at the Huoshenshan emergency hospital construction site in Wuhan early Feb 2020.… https://t.co/cAQJzEWRyf

In 2020 a class of 8.7 m students will graduate from Chinese universities 5% larger than 2019’s and more than doubl… https://t.co/kHG8RfG3P7