ADAM TOOZE

“The number of officially "unemployed" is not a great measure of the number of people in USA actually willing to wo… https://t.co/ldguewuVVb

The wealthiest Americans have a lot riding on stock market wealth which since 1990s has been persistently above lon… https://t.co/CSWJrmapnb

How Europe’s printing revolution of the 1500s drove down the cost of 200 pages of text from many months of work to… https://t.co/lKWAWyrxMM

"more than half of the carbon emissions that have been produced from the burning of fossil fuels in the history of… https://t.co/3d6vkTC45F

US public purse funds high school age kids at rate of c. $15k per year. A low to middle income student might receiv… https://t.co/9ZFrzeprUM

US Federal and State government spend $154bn subsidizing postsecondary education: $153bn goes to College-based mode… https://t.co/NgHyr1kkAh

This is from last year but everything about this graph of incarceration rates in the US by parental income and race… https://t.co/QytuTUmNHx

Cant say this often or loudly enough: ONLY 16% of young Americans graduate high school, get a degree and then enter… https://t.co/0X5RQmlleA

Waiting for America’s antiquated check-based clearing system costs its poorest citizens billions in bank fees and e… https://t.co/x9m3HLnddd

The top 5 Universities working in wireless communications are all in Asia and S. Korea is the clear leader.… https://t.co/G9eMJMv0Q5

"The stereotypical well-paying, noncollege job is in manuf or a trade such as plumbing or HVAC, and with good reaso… https://t.co/1ZbPMq6frI

US IP owners were once the undisputed kings of global economy. Chinese firms are now beginning to converge.… https://t.co/Vc0ocfZ34l

Why expensive BA degrees are a big gamble for kids from lower income American families: “The weekly wage range for… https://t.co/A6yeeOsnvO

Comparisons should be taken with a grain of salt but there can be little doubt that Chinese R&D spending is beginni… https://t.co/DVLhRadA5R

REALITY check on education debate in the US: of 4.2 m kids who reach high school graduation age each year only 16%… https://t.co/511KCTViqt

From 2005 US federal funding of University based R&D has been largely static with growth being funded by Univ thems… https://t.co/UuVYXvLU1o

Majority of US Treasury is less than 5 yrs old -> sensitive to interest rate increases. Torsten Slok of… https://t.co/FKxnfYUPvg

How Europe’s printing revolution of the 1500s drove down the cost of 200 pages of text from many months of work to… https://t.co/CfVZ6oHr8g

Austerity Britain now has one of the lowest levels of public spending in Europe (close to the US’s 36% of GDP). https://t.co/3TnueY9ans

This looks like a fantastic tour of the Vienna Military History Museum. Wish I could go. https://t.co/HPEYadPj9S

Sartre criticized Camus's declaration ("declaration" because, unlike Schäuble, Camus gave no reason why) that Sisyp… https://t.co/QDxFdYGHkd

“You have to see Sisyphus as a happy man, because nothing we do in politics is forever,” he said. “You move things… https://t.co/qravCE70L5

“On the morning the decision was made, [Merkel] said to me: ‘You’ll carry on?’ . . . But that was one of the instan… https://t.co/oGJjsbe1WZ

"North America is 18% of global carbon emissions, Europe is 12%, and the Asia-Pacific region is 48%." The West can… https://t.co/UfmsYsSXeb

Shell craters left by an Allied barrage laid down to clean German infantry out of the woods and fields during the B… https://t.co/8i73WPOWvq

"North America is 18% of global carbon emissions, Europe is 12%, and the Asia-Pacific region is 48%." The West can… https://t.co/3TtusyVvgc

Until the early 2000s Hubbert’s 1950s prediction of oil output was doing well … then fracking disrupted the industr… https://t.co/ml9unebCpL

From wood and muscle energy (of both animals and humans) to fossil fuels. Energy transitions in Portugal since 1856… https://t.co/KaE4vdplKY

If you aren't too familiar with Africa you might find it interesting to study this map showing the population size… https://t.co/5f6sPjmph8

Looking for a graphical representation of the crude theory of global hegemonic succession? Found it in Kindleberger… https://t.co/uprHleZ9id

Our world: Inter American Development Bank cancels AGM to be held in Chengdu China after the US and China clash ove… https://t.co/5Hu4HQHSkF

Mini-storage facilities for surplus personal possessions are a growth industry in the US attracting billions of $ i… https://t.co/GBalCJG2l2

Our world: May cedes control of Brexit to MP’s, Italy endorses China’s One Belt One Road and Japan panicked by immi… https://t.co/8TmIpUng0A