
Odd Lots Podcast: How This Crisis Is Different
Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so random weekly walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics.
Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so random weekly walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics.
We do not know how the corona crisis ends. We do know that whenever it does we will be poorer as a result. GDP is
Watch the video, read the transcript, or listen to the audio at RealVision. Professor Mark Blyth and Professor Adam Tooze explore how coronavirus is laying
The idea of a negative price for any commodity is outlandish, implying the seller is prepared to pay a buyer. But for oil, the largest
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
In mid-April, in a normal year, American citizens rush to finish their tax returns, and the world’s financial elite gathers in Washington, D.C., for the
In the third week of March 2020, while most of our minds were fixed on surging coronavirus death rates and the apocalyptic scenes in hospital
It is a cruel twist of fate that the Covid-19 crisis has exposed the basic faultline in the eurozone between north and south. The resulting
Discussion on the Politics, Theory, Other podcast of what covid-19 means for the world economy, how the Trump administration has missed the boat on containing
As the coronavirus lockdown began, the first impulse was to search for historical analogies—1914, 1929, 1941? As the weeks have ground on, what has come
“Whatever it takes” is the mantra of the moment. Hammered out to an audience of Eurosceptic hedge fund managers at the height of the 2012
In March 2020 as Europe and the US were overwhelmed by the prospect of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors panicked. Had it not been for spectacular
The world after the coronavirus crisis: Professor Adam Tooze speaks to Menaka Doshi.
This is the first great crisis of the post-American world,” former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt tweeted on Wednesday. “The UN Security Council is nowhere
We used to think that the 2007-2008 financial crisis set the standard for a savage global shock. But that crisis took more than 12 months
In trying to gauge the coronavirus crisis, we are all struggling for historical reference points. Which is the historical example to choose? The turmoil in
During the 2008 financial crisis, many observers predicted the imminent collapse of the European currency project. They were wrong. The euro held together. Yet what
The corona shutdown of 2020 is perhaps the most remarkable interruption to ordinary life in modern history. It has been spoken about as a war.
As politicians and parliaments struggle with the economic catastrophe brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, central banks have reached for the playbook of the 2008
Discussion on the latest twists in the crisis: from the ECB’s change of heart to new threats in emerging markets. What is happening in Germany?
We talk to Adam Tooze in New York about the possible impact of coronavirus on the global financial and political system. How does this crisis
As the coronavirus crisis has intensified, the turmoil in financial markets has awakened memories of 2008. At the weekend, along with announcing an interest rate
In May 2018, President Donald Trump restructured and downsized the pandemic preparedness unit. Of course, it seems ill-judged in retrospect. But he was not the
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