ADAM TOOZE

#OTD 1881 #Berlin's 1st regular telephone directory was published after a test copy had been launched in January. C… https://t.co/j6WnfNvHto

For German high end car manufacturer BMW a new Cold War with China would scramble its corporate strategy. It hinges… https://t.co/FI4LjK6Dfz

Super carte de @TrainsDirects qui nous rappelle qu’en 1981, on pouvait aller en train de nuit de Paris à: Barcelone… https://t.co/ICYKlTNaNZ

@adam_tooze @berlindiary Yes and as @JohnHelveston’s research has shown china’s market now beginning to affect tech trajectories

In the auto industry, decoupling from China would have drastic implications. Car sales in China in June 2020 runnin… https://t.co/rQ9PbuXrSY

Decoupling by stealth. At Apple’s urging, Taiwan's Foxconn is apparently promising to build up its iPhone productio… https://t.co/zsGLwYgNB5

For first time Toyota will procure some of its high quality electrical steel sheet from China Baowu Steel Group put… https://t.co/l0eyGtstQ2

Italy and Japan’s debt to GDP ratios mean that post COVID the average for AE G20 members is likely to exceed 120% m… https://t.co/ykPii6fLfa

US dominates the world govt debt float (ex central bank purchases). UK in 3rd slot was a surprise. Barclaysresearch… https://t.co/AYxu7Wcde5

Despite COVID-cut to CO2 emissions, betting on EU’s Green Deal has driven price of EU Carbon Allowance above $34 a… https://t.co/FsTVnI1KiK

The polluted legacy of oil production in Ogoni district, birthplace of the legendary Ken Saro-Wiwa, will take billi… https://t.co/4tEGc296fA

The collapse in Chinese wage inflation in 2020 points to the severity of the COVID labour market shock. Far worse t… https://t.co/tXxKwNdH9y

Oil Delta: Half a century of oil spills has left a 27,000 square-mile region of swamps, creeks and mangrove forests… https://t.co/qfp7y9YgMI

Many of us know at least outline of Haitian history. But I was shamefully ignorant of history of Dominican Republic… https://t.co/uP5W3FwK7C

“They’re really the one asset out there that’s both defensive & offering you some yield. If things go wrong—if glob… https://t.co/jfEaj5OSuZ

German government makes money borrowing money at negative rates. So far this year investors have handed over 11.6bn… https://t.co/KU1epEPv2L

Hey, Small Spender: Consumer spending as share of GDPt: China v. USA. Does anyone know a country with lower consum… https://t.co/ZWw0u4NND7

US Federal government receipts and expenditures. Deficit has EXPLODED in 2020. Mercifully. How the scissors close o… https://t.co/nCqNbHznZy

Robert C. O’Brien Trump’s 4th Nat Sec Advisor has quite the career! Buzz Aldrin, Barbie v. Bratz, Kuwait 1990, war… https://t.co/D1EpXgZW1V

World’s top EV battery maker piles up $125bn in orders. South Korea’s LG Chem overtakes China’s CATL to become indu… https://t.co/snaEQVrzwf

Trump admin picks this moment to harden its position on Nine-Dashed Line in South China Sea, citing 2016 ruling by… https://t.co/iKKUgK7B0R

Pandemic relief starting to roll off, as stimulus checks have virtually stopped & #PPP loans expected to dry up soo… https://t.co/yf2CsMf7s9

As demand for US Treasuries surged last week the shizophrenia that characterized US financial markets since early t… https://t.co/708OPyVzDZ

Uncoupling: Lord Browne, who ran BP between 1995 and 2007 – Blairite, "Beyond Petroleum”, green capitalism insider… https://t.co/5KylOA62Rm

The US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien and his deputy Matt Pottinger are in Europe this week to rally alli… https://t.co/pqG7cz6Bxw

The Polish electoral map looks a lot like the US electoral map! Conservative voting in small towns and countryside… https://t.co/qZFaSkREqm

I make the tactical case for putting political muscle behind eu ets … when it works. https://t.co/GjkHplrrQj

"We should be using everything, from targeted investment strategy to conditional government aid & green ‘quantitati… https://t.co/qIs47y5mlI

A graduate student in cultural anthropology at the University of Minnesota, Wei Ye, has been exploring this trade (… https://t.co/HaNAAac1hX

Traditional Chinese medicine called ejiao — a gelatinous substance sometimes called ass-hide glue — is used to trea… https://t.co/NQOrDd1qTY

Air pollution has caused an estimated 49,000 deaths and US$23 billion in economic losses in the cities of Beijing a… https://t.co/e477KREZD6

The costs of massive air pollution in booming EM cities are dramatic. 5% of Delhi GDP in health effects. CREA… https://t.co/eYYET2alln

The tragic irony of UK blue passports being produced by a Franco-Dutch company and printed in Poland that cannot be… https://t.co/4em4udZTP6