In today’s episode Cameron and Adam take a look at the emergence of green hydrogen and its potential for being a major boon to places like Africa and India. Adam also talks about how this

JPMorgan Chase has come to the rescue of the banking industry once again by buying the doomed First Republic Bank. On this week’s show, Adam and Cameron discuss what JPMorgan gets from the deal (spoiler

The Biden administration has a tough dilemma to work out: how to push back against China’s geopolitical ambitions while also maintaining vital economic ties. In this episode Adam and Cameron explore what levers are available

Iran and Saudi Arabia are exchanging ambassadors a month after announcing their resumptions of diplomatic ties. What will this detente mean for economics in the region? And a quick note to our listeners in Berlin…

On this episode, Cameron and Adam discuss the Nike Air juggernaut: how Michael Jordan’s basketball shoes became a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Also on the show, how austerity measures in Greece contributed a deadly train crash

This week on the show, Adam and Cameron discuss the economy of South Africa, which has come a long way since the end of apartheid in 1990. South Africa is now number 36 on the

Hosts Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze talk about Berlin, Cam’s home town, on this week’s episode. They grapple with the recent mayoral election and what it says about the economy there.  Before that, Cam and

It’s been 20 years since the U.S. invaded Iraq and the toll continues to mount. Hundreds of thousands died in the fighting and millions were displaced, when you count the ancillary wars that rippled across

Adam and Cameron discuss what really caused Silicon Valley Bank to collapse and what other potential calamities to look for in the coming weeks and months. Find more episodes and subscribe at Foreign Policy.

Environmentally conscious investing has been a thing for at least two decades now, with many corporations around the world embracing it. But the backlash is now a thing as well, driven largely by anti-woke activists

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. inflation rates only rose by half a percentage point in January – the slowest annual rate for inflation in more than a year. Still, after periods of

Poland has had an incredible economic rise since the collapse of communism, even as its government has become increasingly illiberal. Are the two things connected? Or contradictory? Adam and Cameron dig in. Also on the

As Elon Musk’s fortune dwindles to a mere $190 billion, a new oligarch has been crowned the richest person in the world: Bernard Arnault of France. On the episode this week, Cameron and Adam discuss

This week’s episode happens to overlap with Valentine’s Day, so we thought we’d use that as an opportunity to start a new series on the economics of love. For the next several weeks, we’re going

When activist short-seller Hindenburg Research issued a scathing report about the Adani Group this past week, the value of the Indian conglomerate plunged quickly. Adam and Cameron discuss Hindenburg’s findings and what they say about

With news that Western countries will send tanks to Ukraine, Cameron and Adam discuss how the weapon system could help fend off Russia—and why it won’t. Find more episodes and subscribe at Foreign Policy.

Three years ago, a new virus wreaked havoc on China and triggered a public health and economic crisis around the world. Today, COVID is still roiling China and destabilizing the world economy. Find more episodes

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a towering figure in the history of American civil rights. But he also had an economic philosophy, and he expressed his ideas late in life about capitalism, communism and

Plus: What a recent breakthrough in nuclear physics means for the future of energy. How did the Bahamas become a global center for money laundering, tax avoidance, and financial engineering? Hosts Adam Tooze and Cameron

On this episode, Adam and Cameron discuss three things that could roil the world’s economy in 2023: the downturn in the U.S. housing market, the yield curve control of the Bank of Japan, and the

The United States is challenging the very authority of the World Trade Organization—which it helped establish decades ago. Adam and Cameron discuss why and what a weakened WTO would mean for the world. Also on

Adam and Cameron look back at the first 10 months of Russia’s war in Ukraine and its economic impact around the world. The also discuss the economics of…snow—just in time for the winter. Find more

Natural gas has made Qatar among the wealthiest countries in the world. On this episode, Adam and Cameron discuss whether global warming and other factors will change the country’s economic outlook. Also on the show:

China was one of the first countries to produce a COVID vaccine but nearly three years into the pandemic, only 50 percent of its population is vaccinated. Why is that? And why did Chinese leaders