Ones and Tooze
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Foreign Policy economics columnist Adam Tooze, a history professor and a popular author, is encyclopedic about basically everything: from the COVID shutdown, to climate change, to pasta sauce. On our new podcast, Tooze and FP deputy editor Cameron Abadi will look at two data points each week that explain the world: one drawn from the week’s headlines and the other from just about anywhere else Tooze takes us. Check out Adam Tooze’s column at https://foreignpolicy.com/author/adam-tooze/.
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1With Adam and Cameron off this week, we bring you an episode of Foreign Policy Live—FP's flagship podcast, hosted by the magazine's editor in chief, Ravi Agrawal. Ravi sat down with former CIA chief David Petraeus to discuss what a U.S. war with Iran might look like.
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In the first year of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term, he has made some dramatic economic changes—relating to tariffs, immigration, and the size of the U.S. government. The result was a modest 2.2 percent economic growth. So, what went wrong? And what went well? Adam and Cameron dig in.
Also on the show: A country report on the Netherlands.
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Big tech companies are directing a huge portion of their capital expenditures to artificial intelligence—at least $650 billion in the coming year. The effect is to stimulate the economy in the short term, but what happens in the long term? Adam and Cameron discuss.
Also on the show: The state of the German economy.
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The Super Bowl is the most watched event on American television—and a microcosm of American culture. In the first segment of the show, Adam and Cameron discuss the economic and social dimensions of the event.
In the second segment, they discuss the cultural and economic world that Jeffrey Epstein inhabited before dying by suicide in prison in 2019.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has fired two top generals for alleged corruption as part of a dramatic military purge. With the move, Xi appears to have tightened his hold over the military but added significant instability. Adam and Cameron discuss the history and economics of the People's Liberation Army.
Also on the show: Ahead of the Winter Games, Adam and Cameron discuss the economics of Milan.
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U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a meandering address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, demanding that Greenland be handed over to the United States and making a series of questionable assertions. Adam was there. On the podcast, he and Cameron discuss the address, the conference, and the crisis over Greenland.
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Adam and Cameron discuss the huge protests across Iran—what is driving them and what they mean for the country's future.
Also on the show: The U.S. Justice Department investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
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Why is the United States inserting itself so aggressively into Venezuela’s affairs? Trump says it’s about oil, but that doesn’t quite add up, according to Adam and Cameron.
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In this final installment of our miniseries on Soviet economists and thinkers, Adam and Cameron discuss the ideas of Joseph Stalin.
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December marks both the birth and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Adam and Cameron are spending the month focusing on Soviet economists and thinkers. This week: Leon Trotsky
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Europe has decided to loan Ukraine more than $100 billion to help fund its war with Russia instead of tapping frozen Russian assets. Adam and Cameron discuss what that means for the continent and how the decision will impact the war.
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Adam and Cameron continue their December series on founding Soviet thinkers. This week, they discuss the life and work of Polish German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.
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Adam and Cameron discuss China’s $1 trillion trade surplus and the Trump administration’s newly released National Security Strategy.
Note: Listeners can find the second segment on Rosa Luxemburg in the following episode.
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December marks both the birth and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Adam and Cameron are spending the month focusing on Soviet economists and thinkers, starting with Vladimir Lenin.
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The economies of Russia and Ukraine are experiencing particular turbulence as the war between the two countries creeps toward its fourth year. Adam and Cameron discuss.
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Adam and Cameron discuss the economics of podcasts, a multibillion-dollar industry.
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U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating military action against Venezuela. Adam and Cameron discuss.
Also on the show: New York City elects a democratic socialist mayor.
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Adam and Cameron discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and how it could affect the ongoing trade war between the two countries. Also on the show: the Louvre jewel heist.
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Three people shared the Nobel Prize for economics this year—Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt—for their work on how innovation and creative destruction drive economic growth. Adam and Cameron discuss.
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Adam is attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this week. He and Cameron discuss the history of the fair and the broader economics of the publishing industry.
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oho, tooze is changing lane
Tooze at times seems as clueless about right wing politics as your general liberal wonk. These guys, Andreessen, Thiel, Musk are fascists
oh yeah price gouging is no biggie but workers demanding a fair wage is bad for the economy...
what a crap show. so many unchecked assumptions about development especially. humans do not need the style of development that has us all slaving for food instead of interacting directly with our ecological community to end extraction and displacement.
just wow. great episode, if slightly off topic almost
I'm still wondering if Ukraine can win.
Cameron speaks like a millennial Woody Allen.
Tooze likes the word "signally".
When discussing nuclear matters, it undercuts one's credibility a bit to pronounce it "nukular", especially repeatedly.