
The 1970s Weren’t What You Think
Yes, fiscal and monetary policy seemed stuck for too long in expansionary mode. But the era also saw the rebalancing of the world economy. Some

Yes, fiscal and monetary policy seemed stuck for too long in expansionary mode. But the era also saw the rebalancing of the world economy. Some

Global economics will never be the same—but not in the ways you might think. For NATO and the West’s relations with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir

Covid-19 brought the EU together — the crisis in Ukraine may now tear it apart. As 2022 begins, Europe presents a Janus face. In the

Understanding the shifting balance of social forces, interest groups and political factions is essential to see how China escaped the shock therapy that brought down

As the chances of evacuation dwindle, the West owes Afghans a chance at surviving in their own country. As Western powers pull out of Afghanistan,

Europe’s economy will be slow to recover from the pandemic, warns economist Adam Tooze. He calls for new economic stimulus packages and a paradigm shift

In 2018, Columbia history professor Adam Tooze published his magisterial work “Crashed”, which framed the Great Financial Crisis as essentially a crisis of the global

This lecture was presented in the framework of the RECET Opening Week on 22.04.2021 at the Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET) /

Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics and the Fight for a Better Future by Paul Krugman. Norton, 444 pp., £13.99, February, 978 0 393 54132 8 Paul Krugman’s latest collection of essays,

The U.S. treasury secretary and the Italian prime minister have spent decades shaping this economy. But can they control what comes next? In recent years,

In its dealings with Beijing, the United States has turned to classic grand strategy with the aim of safeguarding its primacy. In contrast, the EU
Mit Beginn des neuen Jahres mussten Verbraucher mehr Geld beispielsweise für Süßwaren, aber auch Benzin oder Diesel ausgeben. Die Inflationsrate lag in Deutschland nach Zahlen

The dollar is dead. Long live the dollar. If 2020 confirmed one thing, it was the centrality of the dollar to the global economy. U.S. hegemony may

Böll.Thema – Welt im Umbruch – Adam Tooze im Gespräch Für das Magazin „Böll.Thema“ führte der Referent Internationale Politik der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Jörg Haas, ein Gespräch

Scientists may have provided us with a miraculous fix for Covid, but history shows that any path to recovery will be long. Read the full

Discussion with Ambassador Haber of Germany hosted by the German Embassy in Washinton via Zoom and Facebook Live. View the recording on Facebook here.

In the first half of 2020, as the world economy shut down, hundreds of millions of people across the world lost their jobs. Following India’s

Corona – Das Virus und die Wirtschaft – Folge #35 In den USA bereit sich so ziemlich alles auf einen Präsident Biden vor – mit

This week a special edition from the Bristol Festival of Economics with Helen Thompson and Adam Tooze talking about what might follow the pandemic. From vaccines to changing patterns

What will the post-pandemic world look like? 2020 has revealed the deep connections between our intersecting crises of economy, health, care, gender, race and climate.

Join Phenomenal World for a panel moderated by Adam Tooze and featuring: Yakov FeyginDaniela GaborDominik LeusderCarla NorrlofElham SaeidinezhadWaltraud SchelkeHerman Mark Schwartz Watch the panel on

das Virus und die Wirtschaft – Folge #33 Man dachte, sein Management der Coronakrise habe den US Präsidenten seinen Rückhalt in der Bevölkerung gekostet. Auch

The Geopolitics of Covid: Monetary Policy, Vaccine Races, and Thucydides’ Trap

Lee Vinsel (co-autor of The Innovation Delusion) interviews Adam Tooze (autor of Crashed) about the financial outlook of the COVID crisis, the future of the

Immunization to COVID-19 is supposed to solve our problems—but it’s starting to trigger even bigger ones. Faced with a pandemic that paralyzed the world, a

Review of: The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of NationsBy Daniel Yergin In the 1990s Daniel Yergin emerged as one of the great

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

The pandemic has shattered economies all over the globe. What can be done about it? Discussion with the Prospect Interview to talk about how the

Are we seeing the end of the supremacy of the US dollar? With soaring government spending and gaping deficits are we on the cusp of

How Much Should We Fear Post-Crisis Debt or Inflation? My conversation with Nathaniel Whittemore (@nlw) at The Breakdown covers historical analogies for our present moment,

The coronavirus and the reaction to it have plunged the world into a deep economic crisis. What is new about this crisis, and what crisis
Discussion with Kaiser and Jeremy of the SupChina podcast about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the U.S. and China, and how it has

The second webinar in a series co-hosted with the SWOP Institute, Wiser, History Workshop and the UJ History Department. For readings and details series please

What Eric Hobsbawm called the ‘short 20th century’ is supposed to have ended in 1989 with the United States winning the Cold War. Yet today

A conversation with Professor Adam Tooze (Director of the European Institute at Columbia University) and Moreno Bertoldi, Ben Carliner, and Kris Orsini (Delegation of the

The first of two webinars with SWOP Institute. The webinar series was co-hosted with Wiser, History Workshop and the UJ History Department. Adam Tooze is
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