ADAM TOOZE

Plus Afghanistan, the New Statesman etc. Bruno Macaes and I both have books out right now about global politics and the COVID crisis. Bruno’s is

… it recommends itself. To say I was pleased to be on a panel with Hélène Rey (the great analyst of the dollar system) and

Chartbook Video #2 comes courtesy of Paul Woodadge’s excellent WW2TV. It’s been a long week, but I’ve wanted to chat with Paul for a while. Some listening for the weekend.

Much more video content to come for the Chartbook channel.

A fateful anniversary: 2021 is the 150th anniversary of the first German unification under Prussian leadership in 1871.

For the occasion I did a talk for the Columbia alumni association – the circumstances were rather weird. I spoke to the group at well past midnight, from a hotel room in London.

Every talk like this is an artifice. This one came together well. Sometimes strange surroundings produce an effect of clarity.