ADAM TOOZE

The Landesbank saga. A useful reminder not to trust the stereotypes about "German" business efficiency. http://t.co/cSI5bsjwWt

In 2014 out of a global displaced person population of 59.5 m the EU received 600,000 asylum applications i.e. 1 %. https://t.co/YIyCncBf26

Of the 2 m Syrian refugees in Turkey only 260,000 are living in camps. The rest are fending for themselves. https://t.co/YIyCncBf26

Europe’s “crisis” has been triggered by 5 % of the Syrian refugee flow! There is clearly something wrong with Europe https://t.co/YIyCncBf26

And now the unstable emotional and moralistic cycle unfolds: refugees dubbed ungrateful for complaining about food. https://t.co/1QaUAbaaH1

Hannah Arendt on our human existence conditioned by a practical relationship to the world:

On the morning of Feb 13, 1960 the first French nuclear bomb exploded at Reggane in the Sahara. De Gaulle: “Hurrah for France!"

The rhetoric of modern expertise subordinates hermeneutics to logistics – "what does it mean?" to "how does it work?".

euro’s share of global reserves falls from 28 to 20.5 % 2009-2015 https://t.co/l4qW26FMrv

lagarde-ian of the galaxy … love the title https://t.co/RvYp1qsguz

Passing on a fortune isn’t as easy as it seems … how to prepare your heirs. https://t.co/dJnjLfFSVI

$ 59 trillion will be passed down in inheritance by 2061 http://t.co/FZuXRz2fdl via @business

IMF recommending more attention to the “political economy of adjustment” … https://t.co/3vznjKUiDJ

Forbes … the gift that keeps on giving … and seriously … Stanford is somehow not on this list!? https://t.co/mROcDsFG3a

When does the use of refugees to satisfy Germany’s narcissism tip into exploitation? Tell us we are good! Tell us! https://t.co/4khgilGwBM

“Architecture is the sculpting of space, and space is power.” — @CapiocaOfficial https://t.co/cJnvXAJkub

Die Zeit reveling in a multikulti-refugee love-in. https://t.co/uRfbZyXDNx

Greek tycoon thinks reconstruction can be based on 120bnE in savings, 50bn under bed and 100bnE greeks hold abroad.nhttp://t.co/xFSa3CO9Uq

FT stream of consciousness: India more complex than Facebok. Not enough to be liked. It must generate returns.nhttp://t.co/mbzELgFSQ3

Are the machines taking over? Computer-driven strategies and the August 2015 stock market turbulence: http://t.co/Xi6VfbfIOG via @FT