ADAM TOOZE

London’s population growth is driven by international immigration and natural fertility, whilst c 100k also leave e… https://t.co/evPMVW2gKB

Germany’s rate of public investment is comparable to that of a Eurozone crisis country! Data from @Schuldensuehner… https://t.co/1hJDIGayAz

"for businesses, the Fed and global central bankers, the US is no longer in trade negotiations. It is in a period o… https://t.co/2GacekHTKI

EM have a painfully large amount of $-debt to refinance, which makes movements in $ exchange rate a driver of globa… https://t.co/RFMd6fbfOt

More than 11 per cent of Ukraine’s gross domestic product comes from remittances and its 5m-strong workforce abroad… https://t.co/GWeh0Hp8RT

Rereading "British Dimensions: 'Four Nations History’ by Raphael Samuel History Workshop Journal, No. 40 (Autumn, 1… https://t.co/I2T5zBBYeN

The 2008 crisis shook the entire pyramid of credit – including all forms of consumer and household credit.… https://t.co/uDsV0oAfDt

"rich people don’t get richer only because of tax windfalls. Rich people get richer because they hang out together.… https://t.co/KhKU5tEhWq

Powell’s Fed faces profound dilemma: Monetary easing gives Trump further room to pursue trade war. On other hand, F… https://t.co/2lWOOAtElQ

Forensic scultpure of Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), Robert I of Scotland, victor at Bannockburn in 1314.… https://t.co/T3zwIh4zLo

Unpopular hydro remains by FAR the largest low-carbon non-nuclear energy option accounting for 2/3rd of renewable e… https://t.co/3njncGirQj

Since World War II the number of nation states has surged from 70 to 200+. Has made UN-based politics such as clima… https://t.co/9jpj3vtdrT

"The president can threaten the Fed all he likes — and even stretch the law to imply he can fire Mr Powell. That ma… https://t.co/728m0BFuoV

Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland at the @NtlMuseumsScot is an excellent piece of curation. Great vid… https://t.co/gKSaYTjaoB

"Origin of Germany’s obsession with balanced budgets can be traced to the early 2000s, when it was considered the s… https://t.co/iLkG3oNjcM

Germany’s auto crisis 0.5. Stick this important and deeply informed corrective by @KeineWunder on the German auto i… https://t.co/CnRyDhdhmE

Currently, Germany’s fiscal position is highly peculiar. But whatever theory we come up with the explain this, has… https://t.co/k1yhGZEAub

Weidmann comes out against either monetary or fiscal stimulus for the Eurozone economy. @MAmdorsky reporting. Just… https://t.co/uFjA1lzito

Its almost as though none of Angela Merkel’s have pointed out to her that turbines, even if they are made by Siemen… https://t.co/mQLFZ6ylxx

On August 21, 1957 the Soviet intercontinental ballistic rocket R-7 was successfully launched. R-7 was launched fro… https://t.co/dY1aTrxYRM

Acts of Union: The creation of the United Kingdom. This is excellent on the history and politics of Anglo-Scottish-… https://t.co/mDwFrCfPR9

“while the world economy is being reordered, the US dollar remains as important as when Bretton Woods collapsed” in… https://t.co/xpf2F2XoGU

Singapore or Canada? Judgements on Scotland’s economic performance depend on whether it is compared to large advanc… https://t.co/W0PccuB7fC

If after Brexit Scotland were to vote for independence the economics of disentangling from the rump of the UK would… https://t.co/6g2CgUDCcL

Fantastic thread by @BJMbraun on the significance of the paper by “Blackrock’s central bankers”. https://t.co/tnZizZP6s3

Apropos …. I found myself looking up Greenland’s population and stumbled on this rather interesting projection.… https://t.co/AE23oBi3P3

Tomorrow is China and Japan. I was very keen not to just do Europe. https://t.co/UmiGIgfoPs

BoJ is in a bind: it can allow the flow into bonds to drive yields even lower -> putting pressure on Japan’s alread… https://t.co/Bb68NF8NE7

First they came for the regs on small banks … now Trump’s admin announces the gutting of the Volcker rule on prop… https://t.co/a35B0fdUGA

The @ZEW surveys show sentiment toward Germany’s current economy is worse than at any time since the tail end of th… https://t.co/pW802h0Sux