
Europe’s ‘long-Covid’ economic frailty
Last year’s agreement on an EU recovery package was widely celebrated. This year its inadequacy will sink in. The attention of the European public is
Last year’s agreement on an EU recovery package was widely celebrated. This year its inadequacy will sink in. The attention of the European public is
In the final weeks of 2020 an optimist might see light at the end of the tunnel. Europe was hit hard by the second wave
Marco Buti, Adam Tooze, and Nicolas Véron examine the EU’s response to the economic impact of the COVID crisis. They discuss in particular the lessons
Central banks have kept their economies afloat this year—but political dysfunction is pushing them past the breaking point. In the looking-glass moment of November 2020
Wie weiter am Ende des amerikanischen Jahrhunderts? Europa und die Welt am Scheideweg zweier Epochen Wenige Tage nach der US-Präsidentschaftswahl diskutieren Bundestagspräsident Wolfgang Schäuble und
This was supposed to be a big year for climate politics. It has lived up to expectations. But not, perhaps, in quite the way Europe
The Geopolitics of Covid: Monetary Policy, Vaccine Races, and Thucydides’ Trap
Adam Tooze argues that worrying about the euro exchange rate and a non-existent inflation enemy in Europe must give way to fiscal and monetary demand
Eine neue Rolle für die EZB Das Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zum Anleihekaufprogramm PSPP der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) war ein bedeutender Eingriff in das europäische Recht
As another sovereign-debt crisis looms, Adam Tooze warns against repeating the mistake of delegating to anonymised ‘markets’ accountable political choices. We are headed into a
How does a judgement of the German constitutional court threaten to explode the European project? David talk to Helen Thompson, Adam Tooze and Shahin Vallee
In Episode 138 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Adam Tooze, professor of history and Director of the European Institute at Columbia University about
In Europe, a ruling by the German Constitutional Court that the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to adequately justify a program of asset purchases it
Watch the video above or listen to the recording below. Adam joined Tyler to discuss the historically unusual decision to have a high-cost lockdown during
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
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
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
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
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe […] All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. It is not often one
In the UK there is now considerable euphoria around decarbonisation. This is, to say the least, a surprise. In the 19th century Britain led the
The autumn of 2019 is a moment of anniversaries. The 30th anniversary of German unification has garnered much attention. Rather less remarked upon has been
A look at the global situation and the bigger threats we face. Italy, Germany, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Russia, Trump vs. the Fed, the US
In Europe, two major political crises are unfolding that are the mirror image of each other. At the northern end of the continent, on Wednesday
The haggling over the European Union’s top jobs has been a remarkable drama. The effort by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to broker a deal for
The European Union likes to pose as a leader on environmental politics, but when it comes to climate policy Europe has a skeleton in its
“Versailles and the Interwar Crisis: The Problem of Hegemony Revisited” at the opening of The Paris Centennial Conference. The Paris Centennial Conference, from May 23-26,
Speaking on Crashed at the Washington History Seminar, a production by the National History Center in cooperation with the Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public
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