Chartbook Newsletter Collection

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Chartbook Newsletter Collection

Overview

The Chartbook Newsletter Collection is a digital archive of monthly newsletters produced by Adam Tooze in 2022. The collection contains eight newsletters (Chartbook #113–#120) and a series of “Top Links” supplements (No. 68–73). Each newsletter is a concise, data‑rich essay that combines charts, images, and narrative commentary on contemporary economic, political, and historical topics. The materials are presented in English and are hosted on the PINAX platform, with an access URL placeholder in the metadata.

Background

Adam Tooze, a professor of history at Columbia University

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@file_pinax -> documents -> @chartbook_collection:collection {title: "Chartbook Newsletter Collection", creator: @adam_tooze:person, created: @date_2022, subjects: ["Economic data","Images","Stories that matter","History","Politics","Economics","Global economy","Inflation","Energy","Climate change","Technology","Art","Photography","Cultural history","Military history","World War II","Lend‑Lease","Submarine explorers","Amazon","Huawei","Capitalism","Semiconductors","Supply chain","Natural gas","India","Heatwave","South Asia","Containerships","Ordering containerships","Leonard Cohen","Dominique Issermann","Shiro Kasamatsu","Phil Greenwood","Scaglione at Turin","Influences","Photographer of cool","Evolution of the modern Latin alphabet"]}.

@adam_tooze:person {full_name: "Adam Tooze", affiliation: @columbia_university:organization}.

@date_2022:date.

@file_52064431_chartbook_113_tension_in_the_dollar -> documents -> @chartbook_113:document {title: "Chartbook #113: Tension in the dollar‑system. Could a plunging Japanese Yen upset the US Treasury market?", date: @date_2022_04_17}.

@date_2022_04_17:date.

@chartbook_113 -> discusses -> @dollar_system:concept, @ruble_yuan_system:concept, @finance_fictions:concept, @global_inflation:concept, @sanctions_regime:concept, @us_monetary_policy:concept, @global_debt_crisis:concept, @commodity_liquidity_squeeze:event.

@dollar_system:concept {definition: "US dollar as the primary global reserve currency"}.
@ruble_yuan_system:concept {definition: "Alternative payment network based on Russian ruble and Chinese yuan"}.
@finance_fictions:concept {definition: "Narratives about future finance that are more expressive than predictive"}.
@global_inflation:concept {definition: "Rising price levels worldwide"}.
@sanctions_regime:concept {definition: "International sanctions imposed on Russia"}.
@us_monetary_policy:concept {definition: "Federal Reserve actions on interest rates and asset purchases"}.
@global_debt_crisis:concept {definition: "Risk of widespread sovereign debt distress"}.
@commodity_liquidity_squeeze:event {description: "Largest sustained liquidity crunch in commodity markets", described_by: @christopher_whittall:person}.

@christopher_whittall:person {role: "Analyst at IFR"}.

@chartbook_113 -> mentions -> @russia:place, @ukraine:place, @china:place, @india:place, @sri_lanka:place, @indonesia:place, @europe:place, @wall_street:place, @city_of_london:place, @bank_of_japan:organization, @federal_reserve:organization, @european_central_bank:organization.

@bank_of_japan:organization.
@federal_reserve:organization.
@european_central_bank:organization.
@wall_street:place.
@city_of_london:place.

@file_52164431_chartbook_118_chinas_growth_prospects -> documents -> @chartbook_118:document {title: "Chartbook #118: China's growth prospects", date: @date_2022_05_01}.

@date_2022_05_01:date.

@chartbook_118 -> analyzes -> @china:place, @global_economy:concept, @supply_chain:concept, @energy_prices:concept, @inflation:concept, @climate_change:concept, @tech_shocks:concept, @pandemic_shock:concept, @war_in_ukraine:conflict.

@war_in_ukraine:conflict {start: @date_2022_02_24, parties: [@russia:place, @ukraine:place]}.

@file_52402160_chartbook_114_azovstal_mariupols -> documents -> @chartbook_114:document {title: "Chartbook #114: Azovstal – Mariupol's final battlefield", date: @date_2022_04_18}.

@date_2022_04_18:date.

@chartbook_114 -> covers -> @azovstal_steel_mill:facility, @mariupol:place, @russian_invasion_of_ukraine:conflict, @ukrainian_defense:concept.

@azovstal_steel_mill:facility {location: @mariupol, type: "Steel mill"}.

@file_52682140_chartbook_115_the_marshall_plan_revisited -> documents -> @chartbook_115:document {title: "Chartbook #115: The Marshall Plan Revisited", date: @date_2022_04_22}.

@date_2022_04_22:date.

@chartbook_115 -> discusses -> @marshall_plan:policy, @lend_lease:policy, @post_war_europe:concept, @cold_war:concept, @ukraine_aid:policy.

@marshall_plan:policy {amount_usd: "$13 billion (1948‑1951)", description: "US aid for European reconstruction after WWII"}.
@lend_lease:policy {start: @date_1941_03, description: "US program to supply allies with war material during WWII"}.
@ukraine_aid:policy {name: "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend‑Lease Act", passed: @date_2022_04_06, senate_vote: "unanimous", house_vote: "417‑10", signed_by: @joe_biden:person}.

@date_1941_03:date.
@date_2022_04_06:date.
@joe_biden:person {role: "President of the United States"}.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> documents -> @top_links_68:document {title: "Top Links #68: Churchill on a Buffalo, French sovereignty & the creation of crisis", date: @date_2022_04_19}.

@date_2022_04_19:date.

@top_links_68 -> includes -> @churchill_buffalo_image:image, @french_energy_system:concept, @german_debt_brake:concept, @ambrose_evans_pritchard:person, @adam_tooze:person.

@churchill_buffalo_image:image {description: "Churchill crossing the Rhine in a Buffalo"}.
@french_energy_system:concept {attributes: ["credible", "agro‑industrial core", "strategic value", "armed forces", "nuclear deterrent"]}.
@german_debt_brake:concept {description: "Germany’s constitutional debt brake"}.
@ambrose_evans_pritchard:person {role: "Commentator"}.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> documents -> @chartbook_116:document {title: "Chartbook #116: The end of crypto’s “Wild West”?", date: @date_2022_04_24}.

@date_2022_04_24:date.

@chartbook_116 -> critiques -> @bitcoin:cryptocurrency, @crypto:concept, @stablecoins:concept, @energy_consumption:concept, @regulation:concept.

@bitcoin:cryptocurrency {market_cap_usd: "$3 trillion (Nov 2021)", co2_emissions: "vast"}.
@stablecoins:concept {examples: [@tether:cryptocurrency, @usd_coin:cryptocurrency], market_cap_usd: "$133 billion"}.
@tether:cryptocurrency.
@usd_coin:cryptocurrency.

@chartbook_116 -> reports statements by -> @fabio_panetta:person, @jan_svejnar:person, @gary_gensler:person.

@fabio_panetta:person {position: "ECB Executive Board member"}.
@jan_svejnar:person {affiliation: "Columbia University"}.
@gary_gensler:person {position: "SEC Chair"}.

@fabio_panetta -> hostile_to -> @crypto.
@jan_svejnar -> discusses_with -> @fabio_panetta.
@gary_gensler -> criticizes -> @stablecoins, @crypto.
@gary_gensler -> demands -> @crypto_exchanges:organization {action: "register as securities dealers"}.

@crypto_exchanges:organization {examples: ["Coinbase","Binance"]}.

@file_52893930_chartbook_117_nazi_billionaires -> documents -> @chartbook_117:document {title: "Chartbook #117: Nazi billionaires", date: @date_2022_04_27}.

@date_2022_04_27:date.

@chartbook_117 -> profiles -> @quandt_family:organization, @flick_family:organization, @von_finc_family:organization, @porsche_piech_family:organization, @oetker_family:organization.

@quandt_family:organization {business: "BMW", wartime_role: "Supplier of arms, ammunition and batteries to Nazi war effort"}.
@flick_family:organization {business: "Flick Group", wartime_role: "Early sponsor of Nazi movement"}.
@von_finc_family:organization {business: "Von Finc", wartime_role: "Industrialist family"}.
@porsche_piech_family:organization {business: "Porsche‑Piëch", wartime_role: "Automobile manufacturer"}.
@oetker_family:organization {business: "Oetker", wartime_role: "Food and beverage conglomerate"}.

@chartbook_117 -> cites -> @historian_david_de_jong:person, @harper_collins:publisher.

@historian_david_de_jong:person {author_of: "Nazi Billionaires"}.
@harper_collins:publisher.

@file_52734615_top_links_69_finlands_famine_global -> documents -> @top_links_69:document {title: "Top Links #69: Finland’s famine, global unicorns, Asian travel and Catholicism in Latin America", date: @date_2022_04_23}.

@date_2022_04_23:date.

@top_links_69 -> discusses -> @finland_famine_1866_1868:event, @global_unicorns:concept, @asian_air_travel:concept, @catholicism_latin_america:concept.

@finland_famine_1866_1868:event {period: "1866‑1868", mortality: "≈10 % of pre‑famine population", source: @voutilainen:person}.

@voutilainen:person {author_of: "Income inequality and famine mortality: Evidence from the Finnish famine of the 1860s"}.

@global_unicorns:concept {definition: "Start‑ups valued at ≥ $1 billion"}.
@asian_air_travel:concept {status: "90 % below pre‑COVID levels"}.
@catholicism_latin_america:concept {topic: "Religious influence in Latin America"}.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured above.

@file_52907603_top_links_70_commodity_market_liquidity -> documents -> @top_links_70:document {title: "Top Links #70: Commodity market liquidity, Chinese energy lending stopped & the prospect of inflation disasters", date: @date_2022_04_26}.

@date_2022_04_26:date.

@top_links_70 -> highlights -> @commodity_liquidity_squeeze:event, @chinese_policy_banks:organization, @inflation_disasters_paper:document.

@commodity_liquidity_squeeze:event {description: "Largest sustained liquidity crunch in commodity markets", quoted_by: @christopher_whittall}.

@chinese_policy_banks:organization {action: "No new overseas energy sector loans in 2021"}.

@inflation_disasters_paper:document {title: "Inflation disasters at long horizons", authors: [@jens_hilscher:person, @alon_raviv:person, @ricardo_reis:person], source: @lse_april_2022:document}.

@jens_hilscher:person.
@alon_raviv:person.
@ricardo_reis:person.
@lse_april_2022:document {publisher: "London School of Economics"}.

@file_53119450_chartbook_119_lend_lease_and_escalation -> documents -> @chartbook_119:document {title: "Chartbook #119: Lend‑Lease & Escalation", date: @date_2022_05_07}.

@date_2022_05_07:date.

@chartbook_119 -> recounts -> @lend_lease:policy, @ukraine_democracy_defense_lend_lease_act:legislation, @historical_lend_lease:policy, @world_war_ii:conflict.

@historical_lend_lease:policy {start: @date_1941_03, beneficiaries: [@uk:place, @greece:place, @china:place, @soviet_union:place]}.

@soviet_union:place.

@file_54133221_chartbook_120_st_javelin_lockheed -> documents -> @chartbook_120:document {title: "Chartbook #120: St Javelin, Lockheed & the arsenal of democracy", date: @date_2022_05_10}.

@date_2022_05_10:date.

@chartbook_120 -> profiles -> @javelin_missile:weapon, @lockheed_martin:organization, @raytheon:organization, @ford_aerospace:organization, @hughes_aircraft:organization, @texas_instruments:organization, @martin_marittta:organization, @linda_griffin:person, @joe_biden:person.

@javelin_missile:weapon {type: "FGM‑148 anti‑tank guided missile", range_km: 4, development_start: @date_1980s, production_start: @date_1994, users: [@ukraine:place]}.

@date_1980s:date.
@date_1994:date.

@lockheed_martin:organization.
@raytheon:organization.
@ford_aerospace:organization.
@hughes_aircraft:organization.
@texas_instruments:organization.
@martin_marittta:organization.

@linda_griffin:person {role: "Senior Assembler at Lockheed Martin’s Troy plant"}.
@joe_biden:person {role: "President of the United States"}.

@lockheed_martin -> operates -> @troy_plant:facility.
@troy_plant:facility {location: @troy_alabama:place, staff: 600, Javelin_production_staff: 265}.

@troy_alabama:place {state: @alabama:place}.
@alabama:place.

@chartbook_120 -> notes -> @javelin_production:process {total_units: 50000, period: "25 years"}.

@file_54011585_top_links_72_india_sweltering_gas -> documents -> @top_links_72:document {title: "Top Links #72: India sweltering, gas prices in the US and EU, “capitalism” the history of a word", date: @date_2022_05_08}.

@date_2022_05_08:date.

@top_links_72 -> reports -> @south_asia_heatwave:event, @air_conditioner_ownership:statistic, @coal_consumption_increase:statistic, @natural_gas_price_comparison:concept.

@south_asia_heatwave:event {regions: [@india:place, @pakistan:place], cause: @climate_change:concept, impact: "Extreme temperatures > 50 °C"}.
@air_conditioner_ownership:statistic {percentage: 24, year: 2022, source: @stats_of_india:organization, previous: 18 (2015‑16)}.
@coal_consumption_increase:statistic {driver: "Air‑conditioning demand", source: @business_standard_article:document}.
@natural_gas_price_comparison:concept {US: "Higher", EU: "Lower"}.

@stats_of_india:organization.
@business_standard_article:document {title: "India’s coal production rises by 29 % in April 2022"}.

@file_54015493_india_sweltering_gas_prices_in_the -> duplicate of above (same entities).

@file_54133221_chartbook_120_st_javelin_lockheed -> already captured.

@file_54643047_top_links_73_south_asia_boiling_reverse -> documents -> @top_links_73:document {title: "Top Links #73: South Asia boiling, reverse currency wars & Marx’s birthday", date: @date_2022_05_12}.

@date_2022_05_12:date.

@top_links_73 -> includes -> @south_asia_heatwave:event, @marx_birthday:event, @french_energy_system:concept, @german_debt_brake:concept, @ambrose_evans_pritchard:person.

@marx_birthday:event {date: @date_2022_05_05, coverage: @ft_article:document}.

@ft_article:document {title: "How the FT saw the occasion of Karl Marx’s birthday"}.

@file_54648266_south_asia_boiling_reverse_currency -> duplicate of above (same entities).

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> duplicate of @top_links_69 (same Finland famine).

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

@file_52734615_top_links_68_churchill_on_a_buffalo -> already captured.

@file_52752846_chartbook_116_the_end_of_cryptos -> already captured.

@file_52735351_finlands_famine_maternal_mortality -> already captured.

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