Barcelona 1902, black unemployment, global layoffs & foreign military bases in Africa

Great links, reading and images from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

La càrrega. (The charge) Barcelona 1902, 1899-1902. Ramon Casas. Óleo sobre lienzo, 298 × 470,5 cm. Museu Comarcal de la Garrotxa, Olot. Casas was a leading exponent of Catalan modernism.

Record low unemployment for Black Americans

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Global corporate layoffs

Since October 2022 760 Companies Shed 538,000 Jobs

Source: Bloomberg

Also in Barcelona around 1902/3 … Picasso’s blue period

Pablo Picasso, Les toits de Barcelone, 1903

Blackrock was eying Credit Suisse!

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Trade union art collection

The online catalogue of the art collection of the Italian CGIL trade union has got to. be one or my most joyous finds of late

Armando Cardona Torrandell, Triptych of Sacrifice , 1971, acrylic and vinavil on canvas, three canvases 130×96.5 cm each

America’s trading partners in 2022

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Boots on the ground

For a few years during and after COVID, the United States built itself a welfare state. That is now expiring!

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Caillebotte by Caillebotte

War damage in Baden-Württemberg

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Long-run impact of war

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Also in Barcelona in 1902 … Picasso, Azoteas de Barcelona, 1902. Óleo sobre lienzo, 58,5 x 60,8 cm. Museu Picasso, Barcelona