Cultural and Historical Links

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Cultural and Historical Links

Overview

Cultural and Historical Links is a digital collection assembled by Adam Tooze and deposited in the test‑tooze repository on 1 January 2022. The collection aggregates hyperlinks and brief annotations drawn from the Chartbook Newsletter, a series of short essays that explore contemporary economic, geopolitical, and cultural phenomena. The material is presented in English and is available online via a placeholder access URL.

Background

Adam Tooze, a noted economic historian, curates the collection as a companion to his weekly newsletter. The repository entry records the creation date, creator, and institutional affiliation (test‑tooze). The collection is licensed under “All rights reserved.” The metadata lists 20 subjects ranging from global trade and Brazil’s economy to Foucault on Hegel and woke capitalism, and 12 geographic references including Brazil, the United Kingdom, Russia, and the Baltic states.

Contents

The collection comprises a series of linked documents and event records:

* Top Links newsletters (e.g., “Global trade winds, Brazil’s lost decade” – 1 Jan 2022; “The Industrial Revolution” – 5 Jan 2022; “East African growth” – 8 Jan 2022; “Drought in America, Africa’s undersea cables” – 15 Jan 2022; “Inflation in the Baltics” – 19 Jan 2022). * Supplementary files such as a podcast episode “Ones and Tooze” (7 Jan 2022) and a scrap file on Russian foreign investment (2020‑2021). * External references to news articles (Financial Times, The Guardian, Bloomberg), academic papers (NBER), and commentary from public figures (e.g., tweets by Duncan Weldon, Robin Brooks). * Conceptual links to economic and cultural topics (e.g., Russian gas access, digital technology patenting, logics of discipline, egg freezing).

Each newsletter entry is annotated with its date, author, and a short description of the linked topics.

Scope

The collection covers material published in the first quarter of 2022, with a focus on economic history, global trade flows, and contemporary cultural issues. Geographic coverage is global, with specific emphasis on Brazil, the United Kingdom, Russia, Europe, the Baltic states, the United States, and Africa. Topics span macro‑economic indicators (inflation, exchange rates), energy markets (Russian gas, LNG), historical events (WWII strategic bombing, Operation Gomorrah), and cultural phenomena (James Bond, Beatles, woke capitalism). The collection does not include primary source documents but rather curated hyperlinks and commentary.

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@file_47304043_lithium:document {title: "Lithium", creator: @adam_tooze:person, description: "Links to FT and Guardian articles on lithium supply, Rio Tinto, and the lithium revolution."}
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@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @nber_w29415:document {url: "https://www.nber.org/papers/w29415"}

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@file_47304043_lithium -> mentions -> @serbia:place

@file_47305048_woke_capitalism -> mentions -> @blackrock:organization

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@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @foreign_reserves:concept {share_usd_eur: "≈50% in 2020"}

@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @demonised_species:concept
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  • ✓ v4 (current) · 11/13/2025, 6:20:00 AM
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    "Added knowledge graph extraction"
  • v2 · 11/13/2025, 5:48:37 AM · View this version
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    "Reorganization group: Cultural_and_Historical_Links"

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