ADAM TOOZE

Heart sinks at this. China is largely immune to criticism or suggestion. Foreign policy and environmental policy ne… https://t.co/m4hP7odt92

“Many [borrowers] would have been all right if the music hadn’t stopped so suddenly,” India is feeling the hangover… https://t.co/uialgJ1hw0

Just transition: organizing and cushioning the end of coal industry Europe is a problem restricted, on a generous i… https://t.co/aVmJostK4x

In 2016 China slowed coal-fired power expansion. Now it appears to have its foot back on gas, adding equivalent of… https://t.co/PGxX93zHQS

Must remember to always search "name of city" + "brutalism" whenever I have free hours. Lest places like this go un… https://t.co/Y3DBRF6fz6

Nov 20, 1919 – Chicago Tribune: President Wilson compromised to get a peace treaty in Paris, but failed to make the… https://t.co/lL4i4KV80g

Just transition: Across Europe only c. 237k people work in coal ind & coal fired power gen. But they are concentrat… https://t.co/RS319SxBd8

This is a really informative thread by @davidfickling on fossil fuel finance. https://t.co/qkRhm2RsU0

"the more norms of equality are acknowledged globally, the more insoluble the climate problem becomes and the more… https://t.co/aEH99m5w5r

One hundred years ago today, the U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I. R… https://t.co/oEDBRrhTpt

As an historian of this subject, in my view one of the most important actions in US foreign policy history: the Sen… https://t.co/VJasdjr0Ks

This summer German economics minister Altmaier made key appointments that shifted balance of ministry towards Mitte… https://t.co/KKQllMFd0U

Wirtschaftsflügel-CDU: if you want to get a sense of how business interests are articulated in Germany’s strongest… https://t.co/fQEhhHyCKX

A huge amount of political blood & treasure is being invested in Germany’s slow exit from coal, whilst wind industr… https://t.co/Hm2WBiKK0E

Germany’s coal exit is hitting some serious opposition. If you have access, stick this piece from @DerSPIEGEL throu… https://t.co/WQ2SjqYAEl

Figures for US gov spending on R&D in non fossil fuel, non-nuclear are at historic highs if you count “other cross-… https://t.co/16wIDhMOjc

Carbon bomb: shale oil reserves worldwide. We frack that and barring some CCS miracle it is game over for the clima… https://t.co/hbAQ5kJRvV

@adam_tooze @davidottewell Great & shocking statistical picture from Abel & Deitz. I doubt, though, that standard s… https://t.co/NR42mPapw8

Btw 1997 and 2017 world oil reserves increased by 535bn barrels, of that increase almost half was in Venezuela = ba… https://t.co/kyATUX7CCM

@adam_tooze Stiroh of NY Fed had a recent speech. SF Fed just had a conference. Not quite all-in like Brits but moving directionally.

Two countries: in Youngstown Ohio virtually noone has seen any significant wage growth since 1980. By contrast SF i… https://t.co/AbFd81U1s9

A patchy market dream: Zones of carbon pricing worldwide. Data by @UChiEnergy from interesting paper by Barnett on… https://t.co/qflrmQpH5d

Brainard of the Fed Board engages with climate change = 1st major public statement. It is as minimal as one might e… https://t.co/Q2enMYEoEH

German cabinet has meeting to discuss inadequate cell phone coverage but TV coverage cut off by … yup you guessed i… https://t.co/DK4fFXeQaB

Time for an @ecb Twitter list @michaelsteen? Executive Board @Lagarde (President) @Isabel_Schnabel (tbc) Governin… https://t.co/AlR1a7FByZ

The return of Cordell Hull: "Cordell Hull, a former counsel on Capitol Hill, was named deputy under secretary at th… https://t.co/7j2eGfiDUf

In last 35 years econ history of American communities has starkly diverged. Places like Fairfield, CT & NYC are rat… https://t.co/1GSHZL2WfT

How wage inequality rose across the US: In San Francisco 1980-2015 wage increases rise linearly with percentile v.… https://t.co/STcDyZHcE3

Ann Arbor Michigan one of metro areas in the US with highest wage inequality in the US! Abel & Deitz… https://t.co/LsRr8FomMK

Some in Eurozone want to LOWER ECB inflation target to match lowflation reality. As @EuroBriefing says Lagarde shou… https://t.co/QA00dgFKrW

Since 2000 China’s fleet of coal-fired power stations has surged five-fold to reach 973GW, nearly half the global t… https://t.co/YYbf085FQR