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"What this looks like is return of idea that was exiled from centrist policy debate for decades: class conflict & its econ consequences” -> "relative power of classes alters macroecon outcomes; & macroecon policy tilts that relative power.” Bravo @MESandbu ft.com/content/a91aa7… https://t.co/3BwGxoapTF

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“If people think, it’s bad but it’s over, I think they’re underestimating the impact . . . we’ve finished the military phase and now we’re going to start the economic phase of the impact,” former central bank governor @aahmady on Afghanistan’s prospects. ft.com/content/65f61f… https://t.co/00TmB2MoUZ

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RT @Posted_to_BAOR: Sir Wolfgang of Truppenübungsplätze, feeder of pissed off cold squaddies, you bow to no one. Those that know, know. h…

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"A day after Kabul fell into the hands of the Taliban, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that China’s embassy in Afghanistan was “operating normally”. Is this still true? Reading @caixin is like another world. caixinglobal.com/2021-08-16/chi… https://t.co/vmtT9lXF96

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A fully kitted combine fetches low seven figures these days and commercial farming operations seldom hang onto them for more than five seasons, lest they risk a breakdown in the 20 or so days a year that they are running almost nonstop. bloomberg.com/features/2021-…

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Almost 25% of US workers earn less than 2/3 of median wage = by far the highest share of any large advanced economy. Only Canada comes close. ft.com/content/c98042… https://t.co/B89IIT1X9i

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Will the first clear indication of a Taliban-Beijing alignment be financial? Afghanistan runs huge trade deficit. Reserves under lock and key. IMF shut Kabul off. -> Will Beijing extend an RMB loan? ft.com/content/65f61f… https://t.co/XcDxpe7vHV

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Rick Lowe, Black Wall Street Journey Manifesto #1, 2021, Acrylic and paper collage on paper, 141 x 115 inches, Rick Lowe Studio. PHOTO: THOMAS DUBROCK. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GAGOSIAN. https://t.co/Vgdjk39fJf

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Two questions: (1) Since when has “capitalism” been an @FT topic you can follow? How did I miss this? Is this a benign effect of AI? (2) Why can I tick “global economy” over and over and over again but never get signed up to it? ft.com/content/a91aa7… https://t.co/NN0imyvI8Q

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RT @ianbremmer: Bullshit. Fly in the capability. And work with allies. America alone doesn’t cut it. twitter.com/dailycaller/st…

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RT @dmtrubman: The West Edmonton Mall, along with it's approximately 20 thousand parking spaces, vs the Italian walled city of Lucca, at th…

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RT @dmwoodruff: Someone's dyspeptic comment on Åslund begins a massive thread (w/ many branches) chez @adam_tooze on Russian transition to…

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RT @jtemple: Is there a point where startups have to worry about the reputational risks of accepting VC funds from a person willing to say…

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RT @CraigCaplan: 16 House Republicans voted No against the US Visas for Afghans bill: clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021218?… Biggs-AZ Boebert-CO Brooks-AL…

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RT @_DanielSinclair: “It was terrible, women were throwing their babies over the razor wire, asking the soldiers to take them, some got cau…

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RT @IanPannell: At Kabul airport, civilian side, more chaos than before. Evacuees unable to get through. #Taliban wild and dangerously firi…

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RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Brazil has more bond market blow-ups than most EMs, but what's happening now is ridiculous. 10-year gov't bond yield is…

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RT @OlafStorbeck: I don’t fully trust the polls as they indicate a tectonic shift in voter preferences. But here’s another one suggesting t…

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RT @RespectIsVital: US Rank & File Soldiers at Kabul Airport, #Afghanistan are incandescent at the position taken by US Central Command reg…

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RT @RespectIsVital: Pictures of the Temporary UK Embassy at Kabul Airport, #Afghanistan. Staff requested to remain so they could help as m…

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RT @RespectIsVital: Meanwhile, 2 Para are running constant patrols into Kabul to collect British, Irish and Afghan Nationals due for evacua…

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RT @RespectIsVital: Things are so bad between US and UK forces at Kabul Airport, #Afghanistan, 2 Para have been tasked to observe US forces…

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RT @RespectIsVital: EXCLUSIVE #kabulairport #Afghanistan Friction at airport between US & UK forces Commanders. US forces won't leave air…

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RT @ConStelz: Hearing this from German civilian orgs as well who are trying to get endangered Afghans out—they are on German evac lists, bu…

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RT @MacondoEterno: Interesante ejercicio de política comparada entre Haití y Afganistán por @adam_tooze; en especial por analizar el rol qu…

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@FridaGhitis If you look it up, the gini commonly quoted for Afghanistan is so low that it seems barely plausible. I chalk that up to very bad data, which, of course, exposes the fragility of the entire exercise.

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RT @timothynunan: 🧵on historical analogies between Afghanistan and Vietnam (especially from the point of view of Afghan Islamists and socia…

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Struggling to connect the two crises of this moment in Afghanistan and Haiti? Or, to interpret the disconnect? Checkout Chartbook #33 for an attempt to bridge the gap. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-33… https://t.co/axAOgd2SxY

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RT @pseudoerasmus: @adam_tooze I know this is something you might take a little delight in 😉 twitter.com/pseudoerasmus/…

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RT @ELuttwak: "During Pakistan’s 2019-2020 fiscal year, the U S was once again the top donor country to Pakistan" (US Embassy). Given all-o…

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@MonaAli_NY_US Thank you Mona. As you can see I am really struggling. How do we grasp this …. ?

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RT @JoMicheII: Here @MESandbu bringing the Kalecki in the FT. ft.com/content/a91aa7… https://t.co/vhLkSLtgGI

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From Afghanistan to Haiti … how do we connect the crises of this moment? Chartbook #33 just dropped. Check it out here: adamtooze.substack.com https://t.co/NKQt8yt4DK

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RT @fritaankaren: @adam_tooze 1988/89 may be a bad starting point – it was the height of prohibition policy, which affected more the workin…

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