ADAM TOOZE

America’s lack of public support for early childhood education leaves enrollment lagging far behind other rich soci… https://t.co/IIm9UHQIGZ

Comparing Canadian and US labour markets gives clear idea impact of 2008 crisis. National Bank of Canada via… https://t.co/zj8puYyHZL

Our world: financialized global coffee market -> growers get c. 4% of price of coffee -> Brazil dominates -> high c… https://t.co/pKWApmoQCT

"“Parenting”, in the sense that it is now understood, is a relatively new term; it first popped up in 1958, accordi… https://t.co/xQvK0yTQrG

Foucault looking “like the child of Kojak and Elton John”, Death Valley 1975.a really lovely essay.… https://t.co/ZSZjfYmoiX

@SDullien Well not for all “German” economic thinking ….:)

In face of the climate emergency, global government R&D spending on energy is c. $27bn that is LESS THAN AMERICANS… https://t.co/X5mnaNYqHL

@70sBachchan @JeffDColgan @IEA Hi @70sBachchan Im really interested in the construction of the @IEA estimates. Any… https://t.co/OnJwNZ9LIT

We are living through a lost decade in the "energy transformation": 2005-2011 there was push in global energy inves… https://t.co/iueLGocUR5

“Irrepressible” – Wonderful obituary for Sydney Brenner the genius molecular biologist who shared Francis Crick’s o… https://t.co/fUvXZ7GNkk

Air conditioning can represent up to 50% + of peak electricity demand on hot days in regions with high air conditio… https://t.co/z5o5NZQarE

"It is dishonest to keep potential distribution conflicts and the issue of sacrifices out of the democratic debate… https://t.co/vD5eApreIP

Current anxieties have generated a surge of writing about the crisis of democracy. I reviewed 4 of the key books fo… https://t.co/KzqWeggh3k

Over 1.1 million electric cars were sold in China in 2018, similar to the total number of all cars sold in Mexico t… https://t.co/0HWcIKXQn7

How a small time $15k heist in Volga river town of Nikolayevka ended up contaminating 5m tons of crude and shutting… https://t.co/3tVHEPFX6y

If we are to have any hope of meeting Paris climate goals we need over $2trn pa investment in low carbon energy, ef… https://t.co/ftLTHj7lpq

EU is taking advantage of efficiency gains in solar power but unlike China and US it is failing to make significant… https://t.co/uBqQqL5jKn

The missing trillion. Global investment in low carbon energy (ex networks) is running at $600bn. To have hope of me… https://t.co/brOZchgki2

Coasting: As investment spending on renewable energy has plateaued, cost savings mean that real spending is estimat… https://t.co/1DkBIg4Ods

In some ways Germany resembles Asian manufacturing hub South Korea. In other ways it does not! Digitalization/fibre… https://t.co/XyUblXsvQ9

To have any hope of meeting sustainability goals, global energy investment needs to be substantially higher and dra… https://t.co/XfJ9bzYkpZ

Apart from the dip in early 2000s German business investment abroad has been running at a steady 3% for more than a… https://t.co/0zorV0E6iA

Compulsory instruction time for primary education is 2,822 hours in Germany, compared to 4,626 hours for the OECD a… https://t.co/BeQSvxNFgO

Disposable income of German households has fallen by 4% since 2010 – surprising result driven by tight fiscal polic… https://t.co/ljJwbxpV57

@Oxenstierna_IRL ? the @IEA data are for worldwide publicly funded energy research which are less than US spending on pets alone.

Corporate hypocrisy on climate "may seem entirely plausible when government action on climate is feeble but the de… https://t.co/uSVckWNkXN

“A little china solution” – Germany’s powerful BDI criticizes economy minister Altmaier for his interventionist ten… https://t.co/sPH5HzxC4g

Germany’s abnormal external surplus is largely driven – given high household saving rate and Schwarze Null – by cor… https://t.co/LVrYUVyprI

Überschussverleugnung, Saldenblindheit, Exportverliebtheit, Marko-analphabetismus – We need new German word for cu… https://t.co/WnNBk1B7eS

"while changes in TARGET2 balances have a gross (OI) flow correspondence in the financial account, the net impact i… https://t.co/KenDZqc5NA

Report by Intl Energy Authority makes dramatic reading on energy transition. Nagging question: do @IEA estimates of… https://t.co/oXKrOZoFTJ

Report by International Energy Authority makes dramatic reading on energy transition. Nagging question: do @IEA est… https://t.co/6CGrDkvej8

When people talk about the “Japanization" of Germany, they dont generally mean jumping five places in the productiv… https://t.co/4CkpTn6nBk

Understanding the recession in German in 2001-2, which included a substantial risk of bank crises, is key to its su… https://t.co/Pi8sTs1V4Z