The global funding crunch, rebels in the Congo, US high-tech investment & Dutch bikes

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

Lamar Dodd, European Hillside 1957 Source: Whitney Museum

Brad Setser on why the funding crunch that many of us feared in the pandemic is actually happening now.

Brad Setser @Brad_Setser

The IMF and the World Bank actually did a good job of maintaining the net flow of funds to poorer countries during the pandemic -- there wasn't a financial crunch in 2020 or 2021 as a result.

Check out the full-length blog version at CFR.

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We should not take social structures and the urban fabric for granted. The status quo can be changed!

How The Netherlands Built a Biking Utopia

High-tech manufacturing investment in the US has gone vertical.

Matthew C. Klein @M_C_Klein

U.S. high-tech manufacturers' investment in factories has surged 6x (!) since mid-2021: census.gov/construction/c…

Over the last 20 years capex in oil and gas has closely tracked oil prices. Will the trend cotinue following the oil price recovery in 2022?

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Striking that "CEOs" of Singapore and Hong Kong are the best paid heads of government in the world!

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Remarkable video reportage on M23 insurgency in DRC and the national mobilization against it.

The macroeconomics of inflation

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The Technocratic Socialism of Otto Neurath

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Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev, the man who raised the Red Flag on the Reichstag

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Lamar Dodd, SATURN V AT THE LAUNCH PAD WITH THE SERVICE TOWER Oil On Canvas: 32 X 44 1/2 In.