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From Room for Discussion: With the corona crisis leaving the world in a place of great uncertainty, we discussed how to use the crisis of
Add changes in technology, macroeconomics and geopolitics to the virus, and it becomes clear why we face a turbulent year Over the last half-century the
Adam joins David on Macro Musings to discuss the COVID-19 crisis, the Eurozone, and the future of central banking. Specifically, Adam and David break down
Where We are Headed:War Economics and the Crisis: a Conversation between Adam Tooze and Nicholas Mulder. Conversation about the global economic response to the current
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
Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so random weekly walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics.
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
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
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
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
As the global business and political elite gather at Davos this year, the question remains open: Is the trade war on? Or is it off
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 the last few weeks, the world economy has seen worrying turmoil. Whether or not a recession is imminent, there has certainly been a collapse
A conversation with Lauren Foster at the CFA Institute discussing Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World.
There was a period not so long ago when it looked as though the world’s central banks were on course to normalize. We were nearing
A three part discussion of Crashed : How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, with Thomas Piketty and the Paris School of Economics.
In the grand European political reshuffle of 2019, it turned out that Christine Lagarde was the answer to the conundrum of who should replace Mario
The history of American power, as it is commonly written, is a weighty subject, a matter of military and economic heft, of ‘throw-weight’, of resource
From the Great Depression to the populist fallout from the 2008 crash, shocks to the financial architecture open cracks in domestic and international politics. Join
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