**File‑level documents (metadata)**  
@file_pinax:document {title:"Inflation_and_Economic_Policy", creator:@adam_tooze:person, created:@date_2022_01_01, subjects:["Inflation","Economic Policy","Energy Prices","Price Controls","Evergrande","China","United States","Europe","Russia","Ukraine","Gas Crisis","LNG","Fiscal Policy","Mushroom Economy","Capitalism","James Bond","Real Exchange Rate","Baltics"], description:"Collection of newsletters and articles by Adam Tooze on inflation, energy, price controls and related topics."}  

@file_46360239_2021_the_energy_inflation_evergrande:document {title:"Energy Inflation & Evergrande (2021)", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"only_paid"}  

@file_46531783_top_links_65_inflation_and_price:document {title:"Chartbook #65 – Inflation & Price Controls", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"everyone"}  

@file_46613593_lng:document {title:"Is the world sleepwalking into another gas crisis?", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"only_paid"}  

@file_46663220_chartbook_66_more_on_inflation_and:document {title:"Chartbook #66 – More on inflation and price controls", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"everyone"}  

@file_46844940_chartbook_67_in_the_middle_of_things:document {title:"Chartbook #67 – In the middle of things (Mushroom at the End of the World)", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"everyone"}  

@file_47094020_chartbook_72_team_transitory_roars:document {title:"Chartbook #72 – Team Transitory Roars Back", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"everyone"}  

@file_47125404_chartbook_69_war_in_sight_russia:document {title:"Chartbook #69 – War in Sight? Russia‑Ukraine scenarios", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"everyone"}  

@file_47146096_chartbook_70_draghi_for_president:document {title:"Chartbook #70 – Draghi for President?", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"everyone"}  

@file_47176098_top_links_50_drought_in_america_africas:document {title:"Top Links #50 – Drought in America, Africa’s undersea cables & Foucault on Hegel", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"only_paid"}  

@file_47176676_drought_in_america_africas_internet:document {title:"Drought in America, Africa’s internet cables & Foucault on Hegel", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"only_free"}  

@file_47217999_us_fiscal_state:document {title:"US Fiscal State (draft)", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"only_paid"}  

@file_47226924_global_gas:document {title:"Global Gas (draft)", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"only_paid"}  

@file_47282744_chartbook_71_the_inflation_debate:document {title:"Chartbook #71 – The INFLATION‑debate in Germany", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"everyone"}  

@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics:document {title:"Top Links #51 – Inflation in the Baltics, 007 License to Dine, Demonised Species & Killer drugs", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"only_paid"}  

@file_47363541_inflation_in_the_baltics_007_license:document {title:"Inflation in the Baltics, 007 License to Dine, Demonised Species & Killer drugs", creator:@adam_tooze:person, type:"newsletter", audience:"only_free"}  



**Key persons & organisations**  

@adam_tooze:person {role:"author & historian"}  

@isabel_schnabel:person {role:"ECB executive board member"}  
@isabel_schnabel -> works_at -> @ecb:organization {since:@date_2021_09_26}  

@ecb:organization {type:"central bank"}  

@evergrande:organization {type:"Chinese property developer"}  

@china:place  

@united_states:place  

@europe:place  

@ukraine:place  

@russia:place  

@gazprom:organization {type:"Russian state‑owned gas exporter"}  

@l_ng:concept {type:"liquefied natural gas"}  

@energy_prices:concept  

@inflation:concept  

@price_controls:concept  

@greenflation:concept  

@evergrande_crisis:event {description:"China’s heavy‑industrial growth bust triggered by Evergrande’s default", when:@date_2021_09_26}  

@energy_crisis_2021:event {description:"Global surge in energy prices, driven by China’s industrial demand and Evergrande fallout", when:@date_2021_09_26}  

@gastech:event {description:"Annual gas‑industry conference in Houston", when:@date_2024_09_26}  

@team_transitory:concept {description:"View that inflation is a temporary, ‘transitory’ phenomenon"}  

@team_sectoral:concept {description:"View that inflation is driven by sector‑specific shocks"}  

@policy_tensor:organisation {type:"research newsletter"}  

@policy_tensor_article:document {title:"The Term‑Structure of Inflation Expectations", author:@policy_tensor, created:@date_2022_01_09}  

@alan_blinder:person  

@dario_perkins:person  

@nber:organisation  

@nber_paper_w0279:document {title:"The 1971‑1974 Controls Program and The Price Level", author:@alan_blinder, created:@date_1971_01_01}  

@eric_levitz:person  

@max_krahé:person  

@michael_kofman:person  

@michael_mcfaul:person  

@isabel_weber:person  

@guardian:organisation  

@isabel_weber_oped:document {title:"Strategic price controls to fight inflation", author:@isabel_weber, published_in:@guardian, created:@date_2021_12_29}  

@isabel_weber_oped -> proposes -> @price_controls:concept  

@isabel_weber_oped -> sparks -> @price_controls_debate:event {description:"Debate over strategic price controls in the US", when:@date_2022_01_02}  

@eric_levitz -> comments_on -> @price_controls_debate:event  

@dario_perkins -> cites -> @nber_paper_w0279  

@volker_wieland:person  

@volker_wieland -> calls_for -> @ecb:organization {action:"rate hike", when:@date_2022_01_17}  

@bild:organisation  

@bild -> attacks -> @isabel_schnabel:person  

@marco_frazzini:person (not in text, omitted)  

@mario_draghi:person  

@italy:place  

@italian_president:position  

@mario_draghi -> considered_for -> @italian_president:position  

@marco_frazzini (omitted)  

@anna_lowenhaupt_tsing:person  

@the_mushroom_at_the_end_of_the_world:document {title:"The Mushroom at the End of the World", author:@anna_lowenhaupt_tsing, published:@date_2021_09_01}  

@the_mushroom_at_the_end_of_the_world -> studies -> @matsutake:concept {type:"mushroom"}  

@matsutake:concept {description:"Highly prized mushroom growing in abandoned industrial forests"}  

@germany:place  

@bundesbank:organisation  

@volker_wieland -> member_of -> @bundesbank  

@jorg_krämer:person  

@jorg_krämer -> member_of -> @commerzbank:organisation  

@commerzbank:organisation  

@isabel_schnabel -> criticised_by -> @bild  

@isabel_schnabel -> defended_by -> @ecb  

@isabel_schnabel -> gave_speech_on -> @energy_prices:concept {when:@date_2021_09_26}  

@isabel_schnabel -> discussed -> @greenflation:concept  

@isabel_schnabel -> discussed -> @evergrande:organization  

@isabel_schnabel -> discussed -> @inflation:concept  

@isabel_schnabel -> discussed -> @decarbonisation:concept  

@decarbonisation:concept  

@germany_inflation_debate:event {description:"Intense debate over inflation and ECB policy in Germany", when:@date_2022_01_17}  

@germany_inflation_debate -> features -> @volker_wieland:person  

@germany_inflation_debate -> features -> @isabel_schnabel:person  

@germany_inflation_debate -> features -> @bild:organisation  

@germany_inflation_debate -> features -> @commerzbank:organisation  

@germany_inflation_debate -> features -> @bundesbank:organisation  

@ukraine_russia_conflict:event {description:"Escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine, risk of war", when:@date_2022_01_14}  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> includes -> @russian_military_logistics:event {description:"Movement of Russian mortars, tanks and BMP‑3 through Krasnoyarsk", when:@date_2022_01_14}  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> discussed_by -> @michael_kofman:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> discussed_by -> @michael_mcfaul:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> covered_by -> @nato:organisation  

@nato:organisation  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @policy_tensor:organisation  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @max_krahé:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @michael_kofman:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @michael_mcfaul:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @policy_tensor_article  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @eric_levitz:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @max_krahé:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @michael_kofman:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @michael_mcfaul:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @policy_tensor_article  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @eric_levitz:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @max_krahé:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @michael_kofman:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @michael_mcfaul:person  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @policy_tensor_article  

@ukraine_russia_conflict -> analysed_by -> @eric_levitz:person  



**Energy‑related dynamics**  

@energy_prices -> drives -> @inflation:concept {description:"Energy price spikes were the largest single driver of inflation in the US and Europe (2021‑2022)"}  

@energy_prices -> fuels -> @greenflation:concept  

@greenflation -> defined_as -> "inflation driven by climate‑policy‑related energy price increases"  

@evergrande_crisis -> reduced -> @china:place {attribute:"industrial demand for iron ore"}  

@china -> heavy_industrial_growth -> @energy_prices  

@russia -> supplies_gas_to -> @europe:place  

@gazprom -> reduced_exports_to -> @europe {when:@date_2021_09_26}  

@l_ng -> used_by -> @europe:place {description:"Seaborne LNG imports covering 60 % of EU gas demand (2021)"}  

@l_ng -> used_by -> @asia:place  

@l_ng -> projected_demand -> @asia:place {increase:@date_2024_01_01}  

@rystad_energy:organisation -> forecasts_extra_demand -> @l_ng:concept {extra_demand:21 bcm Europe + 15 bcm Asia, @date_2022_01_01}  

@ukraine -> gas_swap_scenario -> @azerbaijan:place {description:"Swap Russian gas via Ukraine for Azerbaijani gas"}  

@azerbaijan -> potential_supplier_of -> @europe:place  

@goldman_sachs:organisation -> describes -> @l_ng_market:concept {description:"Shift from bearish to bullish outlook in 2022"}  

@goldman_sachs -> reports -> @l_ng_market:concept {when:@date_2022_01_01}  

**US‑focused inflation & price‑control debate**  

@team_transitory -> argues -> @inflation:concept {character:"temporary"}  

@team_sectoral -> argues -> @inflation:concept {character:"sector‑specific"}  

@price_controls_debate:event -> includes -> @team_transitory:concept  

@price_controls_debate:event -> includes -> @team_sectoral:concept  

@price_controls_debate:event -> sparked_by -> @isabel_weber_oped:document  

@price_controls_debate:event -> discussed_in -> @guardian:organisation  

@price_controls_debate:event -> covered_by -> @policy_tensor_article  

@policy_tensor_article -> analyses -> @price_controls_debate:event  

@policy_tensor_article -> notes -> "inflation now broad‑based, not just sectoral"  

@policy_tensor_article -> recommends -> "Fed action (rate hikes, end of asset purchases)"  

@volker_wieland -> calls_for -> @ecb:organisation {action:"rate hike", when:@date_2022_01_17}  

**German inflation‑policy debate**  

@volker_wieland -> member_of -> @bundesbank:organisation  

@volker_wieland -> urges -> @ecb:organisation {action:"raise rates in 2022"}  

@isabel_schnabel -> criticised_by -> @bild:organisation  

@bild -> publishes -> @bild_headline:document {title:"Your savings are in danger when SHE is minding our money"}  

@isabel_schnabel -> defends -> @inflation:concept {statement:"Need to explain price rises factually"}  

@isabel_schnabel -> appears_in -> @fäz (FAZ) article {date:@date_2021_09_13}  

**Italian political‑economic context**  

@mario_draghi -> former_ECB_president -> @ecb:organisation  

@mario_draghi -> prime_minister_of -> @italy:place {term:"2021‑2023"}  

@mario_draghi -> possible_candidate_for -> @italian_president:position  

@italian_president -> powers -> {veto_legislation, dismiss_prime_minister, appoint_government}  

**Mushroom economics**  

@the_mushroom_at_the_end_of_the_world -> authored_by -> @anna_lowenhaupt_tsing:person  

@the_mushroom_at_the_end_of_the_world -> studies -> @matsutake:concept  

@the_mushroom_at_the_end_of_the_world -> explores -> @capitalism:concept {aspect:"patchy, assemblage‑based economies"}  

**Other notable links & data**  

@adam_tooze_tweet_productivity -> states -> "France’s output per hour slightly ahead of Germany, close to US" {source:@oecd_ilibrary, date:@date_2022_01_04}  

@adam_tooze_tweet_productivity -> retweeted_by -> @erik_fossing:person  

@erik_fossing -> comments -> "France can afford more free time due to less skewed income distribution"  

@cameron_abadi -> podcast_episode -> "Ones and Tooze" {date:@date_2022_01_14}  

@cameron_abadi -> discusses -> @russian_economy:concept, @egg_freezing:concept  

@nikos_tsafos -> proposes -> @us_lng_eu_climate_deal:document {description:"US LNG to replace Russian gas in Europe, later shipped to Asia to displace coal"}  

@nikos_tsafos -> published_in -> @csis:organisation {date:@date_2022_03_04}  

**Chronology (selected dates)**  

@date_2021_09_26 – Isabel Schnabel’s speech on energy & inflation (ECB)  
@date_2021_12_29 – Isabella Weber op‑ed on strategic price controls (Guardian)  
@date_2022_01_02 – Price‑control debate ignites in US media  
@date_2022_01_06 – US cattle drought tweet (Farm Policy)  
@date_2022_01_09 – Policy Tensor article on inflation expectations  
@date_2022_01_14 – Russia‑Ukraine tension escalates (military train sightings)  
@date_2022_01_17 – Volker Wieland calls for ECB rate hike; Bild attacks Schnabel  
@date_2022_01_18 – German inflation‑policy debate intensifies (FAZ, Bild)  
@date_2022_01_20 – Chartbook #72 “Team Transitory Roars Back” (US CPI surge)  
@date_2022_03_04 – Nikos Tsafos proposes US‑EU LNG‑climate deal  

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**Sample relationship triples (CHEIMARROS syntax)**  

@isabel_schnabel -> works_at -> @ecb  
@isabel_schnabel -> gave_speech_on -> @energy_prices {when:@date_2021_09_26}  
@isabel_schnabel -> discussed -> @greenflation  
@isabel_schnabel -> discussed -> @evergrande  
@isabel_schnabel -> discussed -> @inflation  
@isabel_schnabel -> discussed -> @decarbonisation  
@evergrande -> triggered -> @evergrande_crisis:event {when:@date_2021_09_26}  
@energy_prices -> drives -> @inflation  
@energy_prices -> fuels -> @greenflation  
@greenflation -> defined_as -> "inflation driven by climate‑policy‑related energy price increases"  
@isabel_weber_oped -> proposes -> @price_controls  
@isabel_weber_oped -> sparked -> @price_controls_debate:event {when:@date_2022_01_02}  
@team_transitory -> argues -> @inflation {character:"transitory"}  
@team_sectoral -> argues -> @inflation {character:"sectoral"}  
@price_controls_debate:event -> includes -> @team_transitory  
@price_controls_debate:event -> includes -> @team_sectoral  
@volker_wieland -> calls_for -> @ecb {action:"rate hike", when:@date_2022_01_17}  
@bild -> attacks -> @isabel_schnabel  
@bild -> publishes -> @bild_headline  
@ukraine_russia_conflict:event -> includes -> @russian_military_logistics  
@ukraine_russia_conflict:event -> discussed_by -> @michael_kofman  
@ukraine_russia_conflict:event -> discussed_by -> @michael_mcfaul  
@ukraine_russia_conflict:event -> analysed_by -> @policy_tensor_article  
@mario_draghi -> considered_for -> @italian_president:position  
@the_mushroom_at_the_end_of_the_world -> studies -> @matsutake  
@the_mushroom_at_the_end_of_the_world -> explores -> @capitalism {aspect:"patchy, assemblage‑based"}  
@adam_tooze_tweet_productivity -> states -> "France output per hour slightly ahead of Germany, close to US" {source:@oecd_ilibrary, when:@date_2022_01_04}  
@nikos_tsafos -> proposes -> @us_lng_eu_climate_deal:document {when:@date_2022_03_04}  

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*All entities prefixed with “@” are defined on first appearance (type indicated after the colon). Subsequent mentions use only the code.*