Ones and Tooze

Foreign Policy economics columnist Adam Tooze, a history professor and a popular author, is encyclopedic about basically everything: from the COVID shutdown, to climate change, to pasta sauce. On our new podcast, Tooze and FP deputy editor Cameron Abadi will look at two data points each week that explain the world: one drawn from the week’s headlines and the other from just about anywhere else Tooze takes us. Check out Adam Tooze’s column at https://foreignpolicy.com/author/adam-tooze/.

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Why an Unstable Bond Market is a Big Deal

As tariff concerns rippled through financial markets around the world, the 10-year yield on US Treasury bonds advanced 50 basis points this week. That is the most in more than two decades. Hosts Adam Tooze and Cameron Abadi talk about what fluctuations in the bond market mean and why it's put a scare in investors. Plus in the second half of the show, the cost and benefits of nuclear proliferation from the perspective of defense budgets, nuclear waste, and international security. Learn more about...

Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 187