ADAM TOOZE

Someday, a historian is going to write a unified history of 20th century technical rationality. But it would be very hard to do.

A measure of the current US disconnect: Public distrust for Fed & economists stand against Trump both from @WSJ… https://t.co/RPEhW757Uc

Retweeted Century Past History (@lienhart85):nn"Hitch your Wagon to a Gas Bag; the Next Step in Transportation"…. https://t.co/ev5AAuhqyo

Image is cute but ironic that it comes from NY's vintage metrocard system. Hardly cutting edge capitalism! https://t.co/I0sGoq4b4N

Retweeted The Economist (@TheEconomist):nnThe "sublime" used to refer only to nature. Modern artists are awed by… https://t.co/WqsG3TEDYw

New forensic exam of decision to let Lehman fail, points to pol pressures & failure to appreciate fall out as key… https://t.co/bA4PHnS5cI

New forensic exam of decision to let Lehman fail, points to pol pressures & failure to appreciate fall out as key nhttps://t.co/vxJqfVuFon

Demography rides to the rescue! We will literally go grey before there is a change of policy. https://t.co/9AeofyZcxn

Retweeted Izabella Kaminska (@izakaminska):nnPriceless from @matt_levine today https://t.co/qQ6L9cO07V… https://t.co/i08GNef75W

Retweeted Real Time Economics (@WSJecon):nnMiddle-class families now devote the largest share of spending to… https://t.co/YdIk6R0NRO

Retweeted Soviet Visuals (@SovietVisuals):nnDance of Agricultural Mechanisation by the Folk Dance Ensemble of the… https://t.co/12D5BkNsi0

Retweeted WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix):nnJapanese infantry and a Type 89 Yi-Go tank crossing a wooden bridge over a… https://t.co/D1tN6zrmSV

One is reminded of the deathless POTUS maxim: DONT DO STUPID ****! https://t.co/6SuYohVaYj

More evidence for remarkable breakdown in US elite control of party political process: https://t.co/yFw1ND6Cfy

Interest in "idle cheese" led to discovery of the National Raisin Reserve @asymmetricinfo https://t.co/Yi6AuUAL0Q via @BV thanks @diane1859

US government is buying 11m Ib of idle cheese. " idle cheese" is great concept, or band name. But seriously https://t.co/kvGP7jaNWG via @qz

Citi's king in response to @delong calling for united front: https://t.co/65xwJQq6dO

In world dominated by algorithms historically logical correlations can persist long after they cease to be logical https://t.co/740kOBgFyl

"The Silent Road to Serfdom: Why Passive Investing is Worse Than Marxism", Discuss. https://t.co/mrKj4KOSbt via @markets

Pension fund deficits dwarfed by dividend payouts. This is distributional conflict more than financial failuren https://t.co/U8Y7aLMCxD

DeLong savages bond market moaners: I Do Not Understand the View from the… https://t.co/WXU1DU8I8P

Is Trump the peak of the "angry white male" super-cycle? https://t.co/mMJrTdG8As via @BV