ADAM TOOZE

…economies are usually quite sloppy. Second, that no matter how you cut it, the US has a truly vile distribution of income and wealth.

As a share of GDP In the US police and prison spending tripled btw the early 1960s and 2010. Does anyone have inte… https://t.co/7YEcqhlZGC

Back to normal? "Drawing a straight line through the rebound in air travel suggests that activity will fully recove… https://t.co/CpHV8JbddR

@adam_tooze @Jderbyshire he was pretty good- https://t.co/m814FEenk0

@adam_tooze @Jderbyshire Not just a jazz pianist, but apparently (according to QI) someone who toured with Chet Baker and Dizzy Gillespie.

Employment data has increasingly uncertain foundations: The CPS household Survey Response Rate has been declining s… https://t.co/JgwxzQnbOg

Soviet soldiers in battle in a destroyed village in the Kiev region. Photo by S. Fridlyand Colorized by “Olga”… https://t.co/2TpcWlHKF3

“Minus our Hong Kong operations, StanChart is non-existent. Our usual approach is to aggressively sit on the fence… https://t.co/dM9MWkdTMT

One of Mussolini’s sons was a Jazz pianist. One for @Jderbyshire https://t.co/Wn4IJi6miF

“From time you join HSBC, it is repeated over and over again, ‘We are a multipolar business, we do not take sides,… https://t.co/tZOXjcMno9

Benito Mussolini playing a violin. The color is so disorientating I double-checked and this really is Mussolini.… https://t.co/bNvCZctWDu

On 3 June water level on Rhine river at Kaub near Frankfurt dropped to as low as 1 meter threatening navigation on… https://t.co/QvpQb3KAy9

The collapse of HSBC’s profits in Europe since 2011 has left it painfully dependent on its business in Hong Kong an… https://t.co/BStQ142FRe

@ByrneHobart Yeah. It had a typo

Hotter in the Arctic Circle than in Spain today 📈 Today saw immense heat at very high latitudes while cold continu… https://t.co/J3thUJ3FaD

Are urban Chinese wealthier than Americans? Data for urban China suggest median wealth is c. $200k in 2019 v. $104k… https://t.co/SYeF9Jengq

Watch the Tibetan plateau: “India has been active in many of US plans that target China,” “If India hastily joins a… https://t.co/5GuPtLrujQ

Cathay carries half of passenger traffic and nearly two-fifths of cargo traffic into HK -> government is mounting… https://t.co/frHxLW9vKg

Ratings agencies have India one notch above junk. But crucial weakness is not in sovereign but in private financial… https://t.co/OWARz5xItW

We are in the Pan-Am Phase of the Corona Crisis: The pandemic of the Americas. In week 2-8 June, 66% of COVID-19 de… https://t.co/ElMiMPIljM

Chinese cement shipments, a key indicator of construction/infrastructure activity, are making up for lost time.… https://t.co/IKCacjnNSI

For Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh, remittance income especially from MENA/GCC is a vital contribution t… https://t.co/RY68VQjUsb

US threats to change Hong Kong’s trade status are less significant than one might think. These days Hong Kong matte… https://t.co/gIGe8nmdJp

The lack of any substantial COVID-19 stimulus sets Mexico apart amongst G20 members and LCA neighbors. @WorldBank… https://t.co/VHYsky4gFX

US threats to change Hong Kong’s trade status are less significant than one might think. These days Hong Kong matte… https://t.co/CKUZ2OBIRx

Chinese cement shipments, a key indicator of construction/infrastructure activity, are making up for lost time.… https://t.co/44fdNCEzFl

For Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh, remittance income especially from MENA/GCC is a vital contribution t… https://t.co/L3Bc6WjsvE

The lack of any substantial COVID-19 stimulus sets Mexico apart amongst G20 members and LCA neighbors. @WorldBank… https://t.co/VhL4DCJ0XE

I did not know that Sweden conducted "10 small underground plutonium explosions in a defense research laboratory in… https://t.co/nxkHiJnNWG

not that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is anticipating a run but interesting to see that they've had a $10B USD… https://t.co/z1h3GubXZF

This Congolese man is staring at the severed hand and foot of his 5 year old daughter – punishment for not collecti… https://t.co/7oZA15FP1t

The Empty Chair, by Luke Fildes. 1870. The library of Charles Dickens at his home, Gad’s Hill Place, Higham, Kent,… https://t.co/hLKBrOPO2V