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<p>Dear friends,</p><p>Thank you for reading the Chartbook Newsletter. </p><p>Over the last 8 months I’ve managed to put together 26 issues of Chartbook and I have an itch to do more. The audience response has convinced me that I am not just talking to myself. I’m really grateful for all the positive feedback and the serious-minded engagement. </p><p>For me the newsletter is freeing. It’s a space to write about things I wouldn’t write about elsewhere. It’s a space to write in ways I don’t in other places. </p><p>I’m committed to the format, but it is also seriously time-consuming. 40 newsletters a year, at c. 3000 words each is 120,000 words. Along with books I’m writing - my climate political economy manuscript is due February 2023 - and regular journalism, I have to take that volume of work seriously. </p><p>To see where Chartbook should fit in my portfolio of other activities, as of this week, I am transitioning to a paid subscriber model. </p><p>Don’t panic. If you like the newsletter but can’t afford a paid subscription, or read the newsletter in a professional setting in which it is not appropriate to be paying a subscription, e.g. public service, NGO etc, I get it. You don’t have to do anything. You will continue to receive Chartbook, as before. </p><p>But, if you can afford it, if you are enjoying the content, if you would like to support the mission and you would like to buy me the equivalent of a cup of coffee every month, there are three options: </p><ol><li><p>The <strong>annual subscription: $50</strong> </p></li><li><p>The <strong>standard monthly subscription: $5 monthly -</strong> which gives you a bit more flexibility.</p></li><li><p><strong>Founders club:</strong> If you really love Chartbook Newsletter, or read it in a professional setting in which you regularly pay for subscriptions, data services or consultancy, please consider the option of signing up for the <strong>Founders Club</strong> with a recommended contribution of $120 annually, or another amount at your discretion. Good karma guaranteed.</p></li></ol><p>To show your support for the mission, hit the button here:</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>What are you signing up for? The Chartbook Newsletter as you already know it. </p><p>It will not be metronomic, but it will be pretty regular. I am aiming for about 40 or so posts per year - 3-4 per month, depending on the press of other commitments. The writing will be relatively informal and sometimes a little associative. One of the things I like about writing the newsletter is the chance to let my mind wander a bit. </p><p>I don’t promise that the copy-editing will be immaculate. This stuff is straight out of the kitchen. It’s all about the chance to think out loud about the issues. </p><p>What to expect for the coming months? </p><p>For me the big news of the fall is the release of <em>Shutdown</em> on September 7th. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJYx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddc3dd6-e3a9-4345-ba54-c6a0e172d59d_698x1060.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJYx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddc3dd6-e3a9-4345-ba54-c6a0e172d59d_698x1060.png 424w, 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the Eurozone, US Treasury market reform debate </p></li><li><p>European climate politics and the myth of the Gilets Jaunes</p></li><li><p>The World Bank’s first ever report on China in 1983</p></li><li><p>Why Hitler’s Germany turned down Bretton Woods</p></li><li><p>The economy legacy of state-building in Afghanistan</p></li><li><p>The economic crisis in war-torn Syria</p></li><li><p>Running commentary on the various net zero by 2050 trajectories </p></li><li><p>The PBOC: the most important central bank we don’t know much about. </p></li><li><p>How did deflation and inflation contribute to the rise of Hitler?</p></li><li><p>The 1990s Euro debate. </p></li><li><p>How the Treaty of Versailles gave birth to GDP statistics in Weimar Germany</p></li><li><p>Bitcoin and digital central bank currency.</p></li><li><p>Albert Speer’s telephone book and what it tells us about German business.</p></li><li><p>The twenty-first century gold rush in the Sahel</p></li><li><p>Curzio Malaparte and the Eastern front: the anti Grossman? </p></li><li><p>The interwar agrarian crisis as prelude to the Cold War</p></li><li><p>Thoughts about uneven and combined development and a pluralist view of capitalism</p></li><li><p>A series of posts on pandemics, 2020 and the state we are in, to accompany the release of <em>Shutdown</em> in the fall.</p></li></ul><p>I look forward to sharing many more posts with you. It will be fun! </p><p>Thank you again for your attention.</p><p>Once again, if you would like to support the Chartbook project, klick here. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Adam </p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbooks-new-era-pitching-in?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share","text":"Share","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbooks-new-era-pitching-in?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p></p><!--
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<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Dear Friends</p><p>Developing <em>Chartbook Newsletter</em> over the last 9 months has been great fun. It has been wonderful to see the readership growing. It is particularly great to see the intensity with which folks engage with the newsletters. </p><p>I am even more excited about the future plans. The list of topics keeps growing. </p><p>Chartbook Newsletter #28 at the weekend will take a deep dive into the World Bank’s first, gushing, report on China in 1983. The least you can say for them is that the World Bank saw the China boom coming. </p><p>The Newsletter pairs with the <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/international/places/2021/07/why-there-no-solution-our-age-crisis-without-china">long read</a> I did for the <em>New Statesman</em> on China’s turbulent 20th century. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Future plans include pieces on US Treasury market reform (the G30 has a big report launching at the end of the month)</p><p>The economic disaster in Syria</p><p>The legacy of Western state-building in Afghanistan</p><p>The armaments effort of Hitler’s Germany</p><p>Stablecoin, digital currency and all that. </p><p>It is going to be an eclectic but fascinating mixture. </p><p>Writing for the newsletter is the most free form work I have done so far. It really is liberating. I’m committed to the format, but it is also seriously time-consuming. 40 newsletters a year, at c. 3000 words each is 120,000 words. Along with books I’m writing - my climate political economy manuscript is due February 2023 - and regular journalism, I have to take that volume of work seriously.</p><p>To see where <em>Chartbook</em> should fit in my portfolio of other activities, as of this week, I am transitioning to a paid subscriber model.</p><p>Don’t panic. If you like the newsletter but can’t afford a paid subscription, or read the newsletter in a professional setting in which it is not appropriate to be paying a subscription, e.g. public service, NGO etc, I get it. You don’t have to do anything. You will continue to receive <em>Chartbook</em>, as before.</p><p>But, if you can afford it, if you are enjoying the content, if you would like to support the mission and you would like to buy me the equivalent of a cup of coffee every month, there are three options:</p><ol><li><p>The <strong>annual subscription: $50</strong></p></li><li><p>The <strong>standard monthly subscription: $5 monthly -</strong> which gives you a bit more flexibility.</p></li><li><p><strong>Founders club:</strong> If you really love Chartbook Newsletter, or read it in a professional setting in which you regularly pay for subscriptions, data services or consultancy, please consider the option of signing up for the <strong>Founders Club</strong> with a recommended contribution of $120 annually, or another amount at your discretion. Good karma guaranteed.</p></li></ol><p>To show your support for the mission, hit the button here:</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>What are you putting your money behind? </p><p>The continuation of Chartbook as you know it. And the creation of a more stable community of closely engaged readers. </p><p>To broaden and deepen that community I will be offering a variety of bonus features for paying subscribers.</p><p>This week I launched Top Links, which as of August will be exclusive for paying supporters. You will find <a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-top-links-1">#1</a> and <a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/top-links-2-reading-suggestions-from">#2</a> in your email inbox. </p><p>When my new book <em>Shutdown </em>appears in September, I will be organizing a series of reading groups exclusive for paying subscribers to discuss the book and the writing and research process. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png" width="566" height="854" data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":854,"width":566,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":546745,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false,"align":null,"offset":false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JODw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66566059-2989-474c-a103-a3fa386c1060_566x854.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-refresh-cw"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></svg></div><div class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I will need a little time to figure out the logistics of hosting a discussion with the <em>Chartbook</em> readership. But subscribing now will secure your place on the invite list for the Shutdown sessions. </p><p>Thank you for reading. It would be great to have your support. </p><p>V best</p><p>Adam </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><!--
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<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Dear Friends</p><p>Developing <em>Chartbook Newsletter</em> over the last 9 months has been great fun. It has been wonderful to see the readership growing. It is particularly great to see the intensity with which folks engage with the newsletters. </p><p>I am even more excited about the future plans. The list of topics keeps growing. </p><p>Chartbook Newsletter #28 at the weekend will take a deep dive into the World Bank’s first, gushing, report on China in 1983. The least you can say for them is that the World Bank saw the China boom coming. </p><p>The Newsletter pairs with the <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/international/places/2021/07/why-there-no-solution-our-age-crisis-without-china">long read</a> I did for the <em>New Statesman</em> on China’s turbulent 20th century. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png" width="1456" height="720" data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":720,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1925788,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false,"align":null,"offset":false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l-F_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8193421-1a1d-4144-bcc6-18da08dcb0d8_2854x1412.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-refresh-cw"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></svg></div><div class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Future plans include pieces on US Treasury market reform (the G30 has a big report launching at the end of the month)</p><p>The economic disaster in Syria</p><p>The legacy of Western state-building in Afghanistan</p><p>The armaments effort of Hitler’s Germany</p><p>Stablecoin, digital currency and all that. </p><p>It is going to be an eclectic but fascinating mixture. </p><p>Writing for the newsletter is the most free form work I have done so far. It really is liberating. I’m committed to the format, but it is also seriously time-consuming. 40 newsletters a year, at c. 3000 words each is 120,000 words. Along with books I’m writing - my climate political economy manuscript is due February 2023 - and regular journalism, I have to take that volume of work seriously.</p><p>To see where <em>Chartbook</em> should fit in my portfolio of other activities, as of this week, I am transitioning to a paid subscriber model.</p><p>Don’t panic. If you like the newsletter but can’t afford a paid subscription, or read the newsletter in a professional setting in which it is not appropriate to be paying a subscription, e.g. public service, NGO etc, I get it. You don’t have to do anything. You will continue to receive <em>Chartbook</em>, as before.</p><p>But, if you can afford it, if you are enjoying the content, if you would like to support the mission and you would like to buy me the equivalent of a cup of coffee every month, there are three options:</p><ol><li><p>The <strong>annual subscription: $50</strong></p></li><li><p>The <strong>standard monthly subscription: $5 monthly -</strong> which gives you a bit more flexibility.</p></li><li><p><strong>Founders club:</strong> If you really love Chartbook Newsletter, or read it in a professional setting in which you regularly pay for subscriptions, data services or consultancy, please consider the option of signing up for the <strong>Founders Club</strong> with a recommended contribution of $120 annually, or another amount at your discretion. Good karma guaranteed.</p></li></ol><p>To show your support for the mission, hit the button here:</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>What are you putting your money behind? </p><p>The continuation of Chartbook as you know it. And the creation of a more stable community of closely engaged readers. </p><p>To broaden and deepen that community I will be offering a variety of bonus features for paying subscribers.</p><p>This week I launched Top Links, which as of August will be exclusive for paying supporters. 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<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em>Chartbook</em> has been a blast to write. </p><p>We’ve visited the political economy of the <a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-newsletter-20">Caribbean</a>, <a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-newsletter-16">US Treasury markets</a> and <a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-newsletter-10">Nigeria</a>. 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And, yes, there will be basement tapes. Details to be announced. </p><p>If you would like to make sure you are on the invite list, simply click here and sign up for one of the paid subscription options. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Thank you for reading. I look forward to welcoming you as a supporter. </p><p>Chartbook Newsletter #28 on the World Bank and China in the 1980s is already in the works.</p><p>Wishing you a good weekend.</p><p>Adam</p>No children (leaf entity)