Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!

The absolutely brilliant pitch perfect troll of getting targeted by your opponent with virulent Islamophobia and then immediately releasing an ad in all Arabic.

After the NYC Ballot: an evening of conversation, reflection, and cross-cultural dialogue with noted podcasters Hua Sirui and Wang Qing and Jack Gross of Phenomenal World. Date & Time: Saturday, November 8, 2025 · 6:30–8:30pm luma.com/aq46awdv

"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"

Grösster Gläubiger der USA: Spannender Substack von Vítor Constâncio (@VMRConstancio) zu den 1,4 Bio. $ Anleihenbeständen des US-Staates, die von Hedgefonds – bisher von der Fed unentdeckt – auf den Cayman-Inseln gehalten werden... vconstancio.substack.com/p/tic-surpri...

so many people tweeting "how are 40 million Americans on food stamps" the supplemental poverty rate is ~12% and there are ~350 million people here, do the math why does nobody google even the most basic facts about reality man

With all due respect, when did the US ever "lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN OCEANIA Records smashed everywhere. 35.8 Surprise Island NEW CALEDONIA HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER Minimum 27.6 Tanjungpinang INDONESIA HOTTEST NIGHT EVER Records are falling from Melanesia to Emirates ALLOVER ASIA. (MIN >27 in Japan !) Unprecedented

On Monday, @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture at the New School in New York, on the subject of ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...

“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”

I was a little fired up at Frankfurt ;)

Sometimes, as a public service, I read a book so you don't have to... ... this is one of those times www.ft.com/content/7ad4...

This is truly an amazing opportunity.

Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on ‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘ There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. 1980, William H. Whyte. HT @adamtooze.bsky.social youtu.be/5QkJkT3M-Us?...

Surplus auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse: Zur Primetime auf der Centre Stage diskutieren wir über die Ökonomie der Zukunft! Mit @adamtooze.bsky.social @lukasscholle.bsky.social und @kristinlangen.bsky.social Alle Informationen: www.surplusmagazin.de/surplus-auf-...

“After all, crises have two possible endings. In one, the patient recovers. In the other, the patient is dead.” Polycrisis revisited: Are we beyond Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome? - @adamtooze.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Die Vorfreude auf die Buchmesse in Frankfurt steigt gleich nochmal an! @surplusmagazin.bsky.social @adamtooze.bsky.social

Love this! “Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social

On 27 October @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture in New York on the subject of Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...

Thinking about the "shape" of the world economy in the 21st century, my mind turned to soup (some may say that happened long ago ;). Check out the latest Chartbook newsletter. tinyurl.com/bdvw24d3

"[Argentina] fears that a sharper depreciation will reignite expectations of high inflation, & they also wish to conserve those IMF funds to help cover nearly $20 billion in interest and principal payments on dollar debts coming due in the next 15months" #econsky theconversation.com/why-argentin...

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

“…national average participation in the general strike stood at around 60%, halting all the main services in key sectors including transportation and schools.” When they say national, they mean national. Took this photo hiking through the tiny hillside hamlet of Botteghino di Zocca today.

The US stockmarket is being driven by a divided economy: tech and communications are robust whilst consumer discretionary and staples slump.

America’s data disaster is here!

Almost a quarter of light-duty vehicles sold in the US this spring were “new energy” in one form or another—read the full article by clicking the link in the comment to Chartbook Top Link.

The giant legacy of Fischer-Tropsch: China’s coal-to-chemicals industry is a huge consumer of coal and threat to environmental balance. Visit Chartbook Top Link to learn more. Link in comment.

The crisis of displacement in Haiti has escalated dramatically since the autumn of 2024. For more insight, visit this mornin Chartbook Top Link. Find the link in comment.

Today’s Chartbook Top Link featured how Turkish pistols conquered the US gun market. Click the link in the comment to read the full article.

Find out how private equity titan Apollo became something akin to a bank.

Saudi Arabia’s fiscal breakeven oil price has climbed to $96 per barrel—or $113 when including Public Investment Fund spending—well above current market prices.

The US housing market is stalling.

Economists are progressively downgrading their expectations for the South African economy.

Private equity is increasingly polarizing: Blackstone, the largest private equity group is sticking to a fee-based approach, while Apollo and KKR embrace insurance-powered models.

Hurvin Anderson’s artworks are featured in today’s Chartbook Top Link. Find more on the link in the comment.

Self-driving trucks come to China’s mines. For more insights, click the link in comment to visit Chartbook Top Link!

Politics of energy options in the US is featured in today’s Chartbook Top Link. Click the link in the comment to learn more!

1 of every 8 clothing items bought in America comes from... Amazon? For more insight, visit this morning’s Chartbook Top Link. Click the link in the comment.

The scale of the Venezuela refugee crisis - 7 million people since 2015 - is spectacular.

China is making large FDI plays in the Middle East.

In April 2025, for the first time, solar panels generated more electricity than nuclear reactors worldwide.

Trump’s dream of a U.S. factory boom via tariffs ignores a key issue: labor. His plan assumes China’s “nimble-fingered” workers can be replaced by U.S. robots and engineers—but by 2023, China already had over 50% more robots per manufacturing worker than the U.S. Read more in today’s Chartbook!

The politics of fiscal federalism in Nigeria.

Yes, Trump’s tariffs are bringing in revenue, but at what price?!

As the share of steel production that is traded has collapsed, the idea that vast overcapacity is swamping global markets has far more to do with politics than economics.

Nelson on the Mosquito Coast.

Is South Africa’s oil refinery capacity in terminal decline?

Publicly-funded R&D in the US is massively skewed towards military research.