David and Helen talk to Adam Tooze about what we know about the crisis that we didn’t know a month ago, and what we still don’t have much of a clue about. From fights inside the French government to the fate of the planet, from shale gas to corona bonds, we try to join up the dots. Plus a small update recorded after news of the oil price-drop. Read ‘Shockwave’ by Adam Tooze in the LRB https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n08/adam-tooze/shockwave → https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/blog/2020/239-adam-toozeshockwave

Ones & Tooze: The Economic Philosophy of George Soros
Billionaire George Soros has been funding democracy promotion around the world for decades, through his Open Society Foundation. For his efforts, he’s become a bogeyman