ADAM TOOZE

Shaktikanta Das is new RBI boss: has degree in history but more strikingly he was Fertilizer Secretary 2013-4. Expe… https://t.co/0CKTogzONc

With Macron offering concessions to calm the Gilet Jaunes the EZ equation on Italy just got even more complicated!… https://t.co/OWbZxc09pM

"Expectations for sterling volatility over the next quarter of a year have shot higher — exceeding that of many EM… https://t.co/biKlQV6cdO

“In addition to price stability, ECB has a mandate to impose structural reform. To this extent, cyclical pain is pa… https://t.co/X0ZqgMGCmQ

Vivek Dehejia econ prof Carleton Univ: Patel’s departure from RBI marks decisive shift away from liberal economic e… https://t.co/pnDDLKkqH9

To satisfy anti tax Republicans in Congress IRS spends 36% of its audit time on earned income tax credit investigat… https://t.co/w7SdXY8a6f

cc @adam_tooze @KuperSimon @GoodwinMJ @robfordmancs

Of the Gilets Jaunes c. 35% were Le Pen voters in 2017 1st round, 27% abstainers, 20% Melenchon Instantly reworked… https://t.co/OkXGlSSImG

Congressional cuts to America’s IRS funding have slashed audits by 40% since 2010 and investigations into those not… https://t.co/l3XKMmxL0f

Modi’s Hindu nationalists oust central bank governor after criticizing him for being “subservient to global though… https://t.co/z7dkxtS30k

"As of last year, the IRS had 9,510 auditors. That’s down a third from 2010. The last time the IRS had fewer than 1… https://t.co/imDoHPkRmZ

This graph in @FT by @jimbrunsden is likely to cause confusion. It is not true that 42% of GJ are Le Pen voters. Wh… https://t.co/N7ngE8aeZ4

Who are the Gilet Jaunes? I put out a chart earlier based on a mislabeled FT chart that conveyed false impression o… https://t.co/s1Irc4zpZS

@SalomonTardman The FTs labeling HORRIBLY misleading … sorry

Horrifying flashback to interwar period: Mosely interviewed in 1975 by Thames TV. One of the things that separates… https://t.co/QeBh6qjwLC

So when you impose a tariff and allow applications for relief you create a bureaucratic nightmare that looks like t… https://t.co/jCb6ucyAEh

Dystopian shots of Britain’s rural edgelands by Robin Friend, via the brilliant @mjohnharrison… https://t.co/RfsLP3Xbxl

December 1618 amidst war between reformation and counterreformation forces Switzerland lurches perilously close to… https://t.co/iodFuRmQB7

“Deutsche’s €1.4tn balance sheet could spiral out of control. … once a national champion banks has already become m… https://t.co/2ySLdCFqJ0

After reading the sobering write up of Europe’s banking woes by @patrickjenkins_ one can’t help wondering whether t… https://t.co/ET8nMhomVC

@JuanIgnacioCre1 @gideonrachman It is only if you factor in the rise of China followed by the rest of Asia that you… https://t.co/rzoEOfz3hI

"I think as a community, [central bankers] should be challenged and democracy has a right to ask what are you doing… https://t.co/StisQ71U1c

"Doha’s decision to leave Opec is not just a vote of no confidence in the organisation. It is a recognition that th… https://t.co/6TbkDoGHB3

Impressive. Even US Republicans might learn something from Macron's precision targeting of tax cuts on the 1% and t… https://t.co/ecqKewVSk7

@dlcarragher Thank you

"food stamp access during childhood is linked to a 5 percentage point reduction in heart disease and an 18 percenta… https://t.co/JHUgPBJwWc

A collection of reading on the Italy’s political economy https://t.co/yTAS7mt91q context for the NYT op-ed… https://t.co/d9yv691Ju3

How the modern Japanese economy emerged 1880-1910: 70% of trade growth was due to growth in familiar products and f… https://t.co/oHl8xZ1qgG

It may not remain obscure forever! Great primer on TLTRO-II by @TomHale_ at @FTAlphaville If/when withdrawn it will… https://t.co/YPAhubH13n

Fascinating chart on carbon pricing: We have a LONG way to go before carbon pricing is at the kind of levels necess… https://t.co/Md1hzDSCFp

Trump’s trade “policy” towards China positions the US as a commodity producer. But the tech-Cold war shows the othe… https://t.co/aHmxHPtBEB

Dec 6, 1918 – British cavalry patrolling the riverside docks at Cologne (Koln), Germany, along with armed civilians… https://t.co/5Yb3UBbMgK