ADAM TOOZE

To address deteriorating labour force dynamics China is raising retirement age to 65 by 2040. But there may be nega… https://t.co/OBNoH2SRjk

Between 2007 and 2010, 548 miles of wall were constructed along the 1,954-mile U.S.-Mexico border, bringing the tot… https://t.co/5LypXaUSn4

An economic strategy for India authored by Rajan and Prasad amongst others. Prhttps://uchicago.app.box.com/s/f47rz9… https://t.co/cZeUvAdP2g

@marcmakingsense @RobinBrooksIIF But if the going gets rough isn’t it precisely the bond buying that is decisive?

Remarkable report on the implosion of the once invincible GE the firm that engineered America. By @tgryta and… https://t.co/iq1A8mdxO6

@RobinBrooksIIF Nice points @RobinBrooksIIF but might they not offset? ECB withdrawing stimulus materially increase… https://t.co/F42aQmTVag

How the US won the Cold War and then lost the peace @TarikCyrilAmar https://t.co/lOq3bd9m7P

@howelljohn @DEHEdgerton fantastic idea!

Two rather different summaries of outcome of Friday’s EZ meeting Compare a surprisingly bland summary by… https://t.co/2Ob0GQbfTo

Have we all decided that the failure to take any bold steps at all on EZ consolidation is too depressing to comment… https://t.co/bIU11e8Wtc

Btw 1930s and 1950s developments in outboard motor design pushed above all by Johnson and Evinrude transformed low… https://t.co/zUt26Pn62p

This is a wonderfully reported and important story by @waltbogdanich⁩ and ⁦@PekingMike⁩ on McKinsey, one of those i… https://t.co/J8L28SRR8k

Development of fiberglass in 1930s and 40s slashed cost of small boats. Combined with outboard engines it transform… https://t.co/SBePmwbZN0

EXTRAORDINARY story about @McKinsey involvement in China and its latest junket in Kashgar. Can a supposedly intelli… https://t.co/n7N1EXc5b6

Bahamas, Jamaica, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Maldives and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are amongst sovereign borr… https://t.co/lA6A3eAjJS

Katowice COP24 talks had technical focus -> key question of stepping up targets on cutting emissions shelved. On cu… https://t.co/XeyEdnH3VS

The situation in Yemen has been desperate for years. But we should be under no illusions it is deteriorating fast a… https://t.co/CnQkKOa2kM

“Golden age” economic growth in the West went hand in hand with spectacular growth in energy consumption. In the 19… https://t.co/3GM7oB7iOb

The EZ is particularly vulnerable to demand shocks from foreign trade. Not good in a world of increasing trade host… https://t.co/rUUi7P5rDF

With debt declining in rel to US household income net worth is rising. The real question is distribution and the st… https://t.co/O85j4WzrE1

She works in a textile factory and, in her spare time, she learns Mandarin and party propaganda. The hours are long… https://t.co/vuJhVnjpZ9

Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, includes the space-age graves of numerous cosmonauts which pay tribute to t… https://t.co/BWi0pa19hD

What happens when your mountain villages in south-west China, is declared “uninhabitable” as part of Beijing's fina… https://t.co/9B4XpnGFRm

Latest IPCC report "really constitutes a declaration of planetary emergency”. Does Katowice deal really measure up?… https://t.co/H4h4C01Qe8

Map showing absence of men in Europe in 1950 also reveals how true epicenter of violence in early 20thC was central… https://t.co/OmyMYyKFn8

Peak China? The Soviet economy seemed modern & dynamic once. China’s gdp per cap at PPP is lower than in SU on eve… https://t.co/vN9nzP9t01

In retrospect this is quite jarring. What's with the deployment of the Swastika as part of punk aesthetic? https://t.co/EF5t36PCxH

"GM’s layoffs are not incremental but existential: They are about accelerating staffing changes mandated by company… https://t.co/xmknTej3NB

"GM’s announcement of layoffs last week is much more than a routine course-adjustment … Rather, it’s a wake-up c… https://t.co/psk0CjJQC3

The yield difference btw US Treasuries and Bunds is at record highs. But once you pay to hedge your currency risk t… https://t.co/IDupLkZlI7

Top 10 of S&P500 are dominated by tech and amongst American corporations tech is by far most seriously exposed to C… https://t.co/vohyQr2MOn