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Future past: Africa’s deindustrialization has hit far earlier than anywhere else in world economy and has gone furt… https://t.co/40uTvTe3aW

On current trends it is likely that the net worth of the wealthiest 0.1% of Americans has recently overtaken that o… https://t.co/MDyhhWfhCa

The currency chapter in the trade deal with China was a dud. The January foreign exchange report was a snooze. But… https://t.co/8GjCoxdkLr

"Sub-Saharan Africa is just as dependent on agriculture as it was 40 years ago. At same time, the manufacturing sec… https://t.co/o5nHY26slZ

Just 31 counties = top 1% by share, made up 32.3% of U.S. GDP in 2018, according to @BEA_News Those counties accoun… https://t.co/cR89VwtpbV

If you follow Minskyian business-cycle analysis: "it may be more important to look at flows of money through bankin… https://t.co/9nKnIuaJGW

"The Opioid Hydra: Understanding Overdose Mortality Epidemics and Syndemics Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum” What… https://t.co/G5QCnHpdGQ

If IMF data are to be believed Iran’s economy contracted last year at almost 12% pa. That is a disastrous shock.… https://t.co/r6wKuE7s6n

The UK experienced a freak trade surplus at the end of 2019 as British business ran down stocks and curbed imports.… https://t.co/R3sXBZTGnx

The Eurozone slowdown in 2019 was serious. But it is not looking like the 3rd phase in a triple-dip recession that… https://t.co/rkTdPtXLJU

A 20-year-old in Japan today has experienced average inflation of 0.1% over his or her lifetime. The question for t… https://t.co/dsgp6MldIc

Secular stagnation in UK retail sales. @jillianfward on the worst xmas for retail in the annals of British economi… https://t.co/L1B1T1T7F5

Banking Union remains the best hope for progress in Eurozone governance. @MESandbu presses the case for the "safe p… https://t.co/42RXUnLjnB

China’s banking balance sheet is 5 times larger today than in 2008. Does this betoken a crash to come? Or will Beij… https://t.co/DuUUdozyTi

"The stock market is increasingly discounting the possibility of a near-term recession. Stocks that would benefit f… https://t.co/7Nte4GvjKf

Germany exported versions of their M1935 helmet to various countries, including the Republic of China. #WW2 #HISTORY https://t.co/esIBBlsQfg

Storms like this are not what we have to look forward to. Storms much worse are what’s coming under all scenarios s… https://t.co/0gkXF0M9LQ

Australia’s fire storms or pyro-cumulonimbus events were unprecedented: hottest > 90,000kw per metre. Totally erase… https://t.co/QT4PSst9lp

This report by @SteveJohnson000 on the dramatic structural regression of the sub-Saharan African economies is remar… https://t.co/LsD4fdK0IJ

The UK experienced a freak trade surplus at the end of 2019 as British business ran down stocks and curbed imports.… https://t.co/XYcxaVvEOl

@laura_nelson @latimes “I thought it was a phishing attempt” is a great excuse to skip any mandatory training.

@_gabriel_U Thank you! Lovely writing too …

Globalization: According to teh extraordinary expertise of @CalibreObscura the red band, warhead colour, fuze on th… https://t.co/ZUzhByOiGV

"Aircraft-carriers, like the warplanes on them, belong to a class of large, vastly expensive weapons that military… https://t.co/6FI6BYXYtW

"By one estimate, an American naval force within 2,000km of China might have to parry 640 incoming weapons in a sin… https://t.co/QtLbowujGO

Loyal followers. We bring sad news. As part of our research into the Top 5 Most Borrowed Books 2019 we found that… https://t.co/hjugNiSsMT

What a delightful visual! https://t.co/LhqGxeeju1

“No piece of hardware better exemplifies America’s military might than an aircraft-carrier,” says Ashton Carter.… https://t.co/SmiH52FdbR

To date $ 270bn jewelry biz was run by mining cartels, e.g. De Beers, which governed pricing & supply of world’s di… https://t.co/5TvOiW6hoA

Deep branding: Luis Vuitton, Tiffany and Montblanc have all patented exclusive diamond cuts that cut their distinct… https://t.co/pvhVvQu8YW

@70sBachchan In the Caribbean too. Post Dorian you have to actually sign up to be reconnected to mains electricity.… https://t.co/CluhBboBnG