The politics of currencies
September 14, 2020
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
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Europe
A New Role for the ECB
July 5, 2020
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
Time to expose the reality of ‘debt market discipline’
May 25, 2020
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
Europe Blows Up with the Talking Politics podcast
May 21, 2020
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
Germany’s Constitutional Court Ruling on the Hidden Forces Podcast
May 15, 2020
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
The Death of the Central Bank Myth
May 13, 2020
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
Financial Past and Future – Conversations with Tyler podcast
May 6, 2020
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
Shockwave with the Talking Politics podcast
April 20, 2020
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
‘Corona Bonds’ and Europe’s North-South Divide
April 13, 2020
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
The shock of coronavirus could split Europe – unless nations share the burden, with Moritz Schularick
March 25, 2020
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 Crisis: Part 2 with the Talking Politics podcast
March 19, 2020
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?
The Crisis with the Talking Politics podcast
March 18, 2020
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
Hard truths about the eurozone crisis
March 2, 2020
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
How Britain beat Germany in the race for green energy
December 9, 2019
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 German Impasse
November 12, 2019
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
The Global Slowdown with the Talking Politics podcast
September 8, 2019
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
Britain Can’t Afford the Queen’s Weakness Anymore
August 30, 2019
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
Christine Lagarde Won, but This Isn’t a Game
July 3, 2019
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
Europe’s Coal Problem
June 10, 2019
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”
May 23, 2019
“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,
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
September 11, 2018
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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