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* 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.
@file_pinax:document {title: "Cultural and Historical Links", creator: @adam_tooze:person, description: "Collection of cultural and historical links from the Chartbook Newsletter covering topics such as global trade, Brazil's economy, British economic history, inflation, East African growth, digital technologies, etc.", subjects: ["global trade","Brazil's economy","British economic history","inflation","East African growth","digital technologies","Lithium","woke capitalism"], place: [@brazil:place, @united_kingdom:place, @russia:place, @europe:place, @estonia:place, @lithuania:place, @united_states:place, @france:place, @germany:place]}
@file_46311097_global_trade_winds_brazils_lost_decade:document {title: "Global trade winds, Brazil's lost decade and the last dog‑fight", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_01, description: "Top Links newsletter (Jan 1 2022) highlighting Brazil’s economic slowdown, British economic history, and related commentary.", subjects: ["global trade","Brazil's economy","British economic history"]}
@file_46311097_global_trade_winds_brazils_lost_decade -> documents -> @global_trade_winds_brazils_lost_decade:event {when: @date_2022_01_01, where: @united_states:place}
@global_trade_winds_brazils_lost_decade:event -> mentioned_by -> @duncan_weldon:person {role: "Twitter commentator", tweet: @tweet_2021_12_28_duncan_weldon:tweet}
@tweet_2021_12_28_duncan_weldon:tweet {date: @date_2021_12_28, text: "Global & imperial history makes a lot more sense if you keep prevailing winds in mind.", author: @duncan_weldon:person, url: "https://twitter.com/DuncanWeldon/status/1475786800203546625"}
@file_466161110_global_trade_winds_brazils_lost_decade -> mentions -> @robin_brooks:person {tweet: @tweet_2021_12_26_robin_brooks:tweet}
@tweet_2021_12_26_robin_brooks:tweet {date: @date_2021_12_26, text: "There's merit to reforming Europe's fiscal rules… ECB is the only buyer of Euro zone gov't debt.", author: @robin_brooks:person, url: "https://twitter.com/RobinBrooksIIF/status/1475102931628302342"}
@file_46616167_top_links_47_the_industrial_revolution:document {title: "Top Links #47: The industrial revolution, European debt, the young Kojève", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_05, description: "Newsletter covering the spread of the industrial revolution across Europe, European government debt and a piece on Alexandre Kojève."}
@file_46616167_top_links_47_the_industrial_revolution -> documents -> @industrial_revolution_spread:event {when: @date_2022_01_05, where: @europe:place}
@industrial_revolution_spread:event -> discussed_by -> @adam_tooze:person
@industrial_revolution_spread:event -> linked_to -> @european_debt:concept
@industrial_revolution_spread:event -> linked_to -> @alexandre_kojeve:person
@file_46616716_the_industrial_revolution_european:document {title: "The industrial revolution, European government debt & the young Alexandre Kojève", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_05, description: "Same theme as Top Links #47, with additional commentary on European debt markets."}
@file_46616716_the_industrial_revolution_european -> documents -> @industrial_revolution_spread:event
@file_46785671_top_links_48_east_african_growth:document {title: "Top Links #48: East African growth, Logics of Discipline, digital technologies", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_08, description: "Newsletter on East African GDP growth, Foucauldian logics of discipline and digital tech patenting."}
@file_46785671_top_links_48_east_african_growth -> documents -> @east_african_gdp_growth:event {when: @date_2022_01_08, where: @east_africa:place}
@east_african_gdp_growth:event -> visualized_by -> @mwango_capital:person {tweet: @tweet_2021_12_07_mwango_capital:tweet}
@tweet_2021_12_07_mwango_capital:tweet {date: @date_2021_12_07, text: "East African GDP from 1980 to present", author: @mwango_capital:person, url: "https://twitter.com/MwangoCapital/status/1468193086140526595"}
@file_46786706_east_african_gdp_logics_of_discipline:document {title: "East African GDP, Logics of Discipline, digital technologies", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_08, description: "Same content as Top Links #48, emphasizing the discipline‑logic framework."}
@file_46786706_east_african_gdp_logics_of_discipline -> documents -> @east_african_gdp_growth:event
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on:document {title: "Chartbook Audio – Ones and Tooze on the Stones, the Beatles, price controls, the Pentagon v. Walmart and Ford Escorts", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_07, description: "Podcast episode discussing UK music biz, Beatles earnings, price controls, Pentagon budget vs. Walmart, and other topics."}
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on -> mentions -> @cameron_abadi:person {role: "Co‑host of the podcast"}
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on -> mentions -> @beatles:concept
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on -> mentions -> @price_controls:concept
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on -> mentions -> @pentagon_budget:concept
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on -> mentions -> @walmart:organization
@file_47016594_scrap:document {title: "Foreign investment in Russia (2020‑2021)", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_??, description: "Analysis of Russian foreign investment by country and sector, highlighting Germany, US, China, Italy, India, Sweden."}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @germany:organization {investment: "largest investor in Russia 2020"}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @united_states:organization {investment: "second‑largest investor in Russia 2020"}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @china:organization {investment: "third‑largest investor in Russia 2020"}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @italy:organization {investment: "ranked third in 2020 after a surge"}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @india:organization {investment: "entered top‑ten investors in Russia"}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @sweden:organization {investment: "entered top‑ten investors in Russia"}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @agri_food_sector:concept {dominant: true}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @manufacturing_sector:concept {dominant: true}
@file_47016594_scrap -> mentions -> @machinery_equipment_sector:concept
@file_46839143_wwii_strategic_bombing:document {title: "WWII strategic bombing", creator: @adam_tooze:person, description: "References to literature on strategic bombing, including works by Middlebrooke, Kluge, Len Deighton, Richard Overy."}
@file_46839143_wwii_strategic_bombing -> mentions -> @richard_ovey:person
@file_46839143_wwii_strategic_bombing -> mentions -> @len_deighton:person
@file_46839143_wwii_strategic_bombing -> mentions -> @middlebrooke:person
@file_46839143_wwii_strategic_bombing -> mentions -> @kluge:person
@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."}
@file_47304043_lithium -> links_to -> @ft_lithium_article:document {url: "https://www.ft.com/content/a930ec31-be67-46fb-841b-b337a78cce90"}
@file_47304043_lithium -> links_to -> @guardian_lithium_article:document {url: "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/19/rio-tintos-past-casts-a-shadow-over-serbias-hopes-of-a-lithium-revolution"}
@file_47305048_woke_capitalism:document {title: "Woke capitalism", creator: @adam_tooze:person, description: "Discussion of Larry Fink’s stakeholder capitalism, critiques by Matt Levine and others."}
@file_47305048_woke_capitalism -> mentions -> @larry_fink:person {role: "CEO of BlackRock"}
@file_47305048_woke_capitalism -> mentions -> @matt_levine:person {role: "Financial commentator"}
@file_47305048_woke_capitalism -> mentions -> @policy_tensor:person {author: "Twitter account"}
@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, date: @date_2022_01_19, description: "Newsletter covering Baltic inflation, a paper on Bond’s meals, and other topics."}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> documents -> @baltic_inflation:event {when: @date_2022_01_19, where: [@estonia:place, @lithuania:place]}
@baltic_inflation:event -> source -> @bloomberg_article:document {url: "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-14/double-digit-inflation-is-downside-for-baltics-in-euro-club"}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @lee_cr Craig:person {author: "Lee A. Craig"}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @julianne_treme:person
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @thomas_weiss:person
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @nber_w29415:document {url: "https://www.nber.org/papers/w29415"}
@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, date: @date_2022_01_19, description: "Duplicate of Top Links #51 with same content."}
@file_47363541_inflation_in_the_baltics_007_license -> same_as -> @file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics
@file_47176098_top_links_50_drought_in_america_africas:document {title: "Top Links #50 Drought in America, Africa's undersea cables and Foucault on Hegel", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_15, description: "Newsletter on US cattle drought, African undersea cables, and a piece on Foucault‑Hegel."}
@file_47176098_top_links_50_drought_in_america_africas -> documents -> @us_cattle_drought:event {when: @date_2022_01_06, where: @united_states:place}
@us_cattle_drought:event -> source -> @farm_policy_tweet:tweet {date: @date_2022_01_06, text: "Approximately 50% of the #cattle inventory is within an area experiencing #drought.", author: @farm_policy:person}
@file_47176098_top_links_50_drought_in_america_africas -> mentions -> @africa_undersea_cables:concept {source: "M&G article", url: "https://mg.co.za/africa/2020-05-25/facebook-africa-undersea-cables-bandwith/"}
@file_47176098_top_links_50_drought_in_america_africas -> mentions -> @foucault_hegel:concept {source: "FT article", url: "https://www.ft.com/content/adb1130e-2844-4051-b1df-a691fc8a19b8"}
@file_47176676_drought_in_america_africas_internet:document {title: "Drought in America, Africa's internet cables and Foucault on Hegel", creator: @adam_tooze:person, date: @date_2022_01_15, description: "Duplicate of Top Links #50."}
@file_47176676_drought_in_america_africas_internet -> same_as -> @file_47176098_top_links_50_drought_in_america_africas
@file_47304043_lithium -> mentions -> @rio_tinto:organization
@file_47304043_lithium -> mentions -> @serbia:place
@file_47305048_woke_capitalism -> mentions -> @blackrock:organization
@file_46839143_wwii_strategic_bombing -> mentions -> @operation_gomorrah:event {date: @date_1943_07_27, casualties: @range_30000_40000}
@operation_gomorrah:event -> source -> @ft_gomorrah_article:document {url: "https://www.ft.com/content/f9c3a747-5fb3-4fc9-b5a3-c47168fcde60"}
@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
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @killer_drugs:concept
@file_47363541_inflation_in_the_baltics_007_license -> mentions -> @demonised_species:concept
@file_47363541_inflation_in_the_baltics_007_license -> mentions -> @killer_drugs:concept
@file_46785671_top_links_48_east_african_growth -> mentions -> @logics_of_discipline:concept {source: "The Syllabus", url: "https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/depoliticisation/"}
@file_46785671_top_links_48_east_african_growth -> mentions -> @digital_technology_patenting:concept {leaders: [@united_states:place, @japan:place, @south_korea:place, @china:place]}
@file_46786706_east_african_gdp_logics_of_discipline -> mentions -> @logics_of_discipline:concept
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on -> mentions -> @egg_freezing:concept {discussed in podcast}
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on -> mentions -> @russian_gas_access:concept {source: FT article by @polina_ivanova}
@polina_ivanova:person -> authored -> @ft_russian_gas_article:document {url: "https://www.ft.com/content/0d020df9-b3c8-455f-81fb-0f1ec88c6e37"}
@file_46765894_chartbook_audio_ones_and_tooze_on -> mentions -> @putin_as_ceo:concept {discussed with @cameron_abadi}
@cameron_abadi:person -> cohost_of -> @ones_and_tooze_podcast:document
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @real_exchange_rate:concept {studied in NBER paper on Bond meals}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @bond_meals:concept {price series for high‑quality restaurants in France and the UK}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @lng_market:concept {Europe as major LNG consumer}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @ttf_price:concept {spike influencing LNG trade}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @david_sheppard:person {commentary on Gazprom and EU competition law}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @rob_lee:person {analysis of Russian compellence strategy}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @bogdan_nicolae:person {comment on Russian foreign reserves composition}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @noah_barkin:person {commentary on German SPD and Russia}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @ralph_gurushina:person {CDS market reaction analysis}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @elina_ribakova:person {statement on Nord Stream 2 as a target}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @timothy_ash:person {sell‑side consensus on war risk}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @david_sheppard:person {EU competition law on Gazprom}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @rob_lee:person {Moscow compellence strategy}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @bogdan_nicolae:person {foreign reserves composition}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @noah_barkin:person {German coalition stance on Russia}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @ralph_gurushina:person {CDS market reaction}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @elina_ribakova:person {Nord Stream 2 policy}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @timothy_ash:person {market consensus on war risk}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @david_sheppard:person {Gazprom EU law}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @rob_lee:person {Russian strategy}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @bogdan_nicolae:person {reserve composition}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @noah_barkin:person {German politics}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @ralph_gurushina:person {CDS analysis}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @elina_ribakova:person {Nord Stream 2 target}
@file_47362695_top_links_51_inflation_in_the_baltics -> mentions -> @timothy_ash:person {sell‑side war consensus}Click to expand and load individual components
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