With President Joe Biden's Democracy Summit underway, Adam and Cameron discuss whether democratic principles help or hinder economies. The answer is more complicated than you might think. Also, if you have an old Ford Escort or other classic car, hang onto it. You might get rich. Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 10, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
U.S.-led sanctions have devastated Iran's economy over the past decade but have failed to curb the country's nuclear program. On this episode, Adam and Cameron discuss why sanctions sometimes work—and often don't. Also on the show: The travel and tourism industries accounted for a whopping 10.4 percent of GDP worldwide. Then COVID-19 came along. Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad ...
Dec 03, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 11
10.4 million—that’s the number of jobs that are currently unfilled in the U.S. economy as of September, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s not much different than the record high of 10.9 million openings that were recorded back in July. As vaccinations have increased, and the economy has continued to open up, employers have been finding it incredibly difficult to find workers to fill jobs. Economists are calling it The Great Resignation—this phenomenon of pe...
Nov 19, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 10
President Biden's infrastructure bill allocates $15 billion to making electric cars more popular in the United States. Cameron and Adam discuss how that money will be spent and why the United States is still way behind China when it comes to infrastructure for electric cars. Also on this episode: Why COVID has been terrible for the American healthcare economy. Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more...
Nov 12, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 9
On this episode, Adam Tooze and Cameron Abadi discuss the moves and countermoves of the bond market and the Federal Reserve Chairman in response to inflation. Also: A new alliance of banks and investment funds is committing $130 trillion to carbon neutral projects in the next 30 years. Green altruism or green washing? Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
Nov 05, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 8
On this episode, why Adam Tooze is optimistic ahead of the climate summit in Glasgow and how COP26 really works. Also: The food crisis around the world that could become a humanitarian crisis and even a political one. Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 29, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Inflation is rising quickly. Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze discuss the who, the why and the whattheheck? Also, why are Germans are eating so much Italian pasta and what does it tell us about the European economy? Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This week Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze discuss the economists who won the Nobel Prize—for helping make the science of economics…more scientific. Also: Whatever happened to cap and trade? The strategy for stemming climate change is largely dead in the United States but surging in Europe. Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 15, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this episode of Ones and Tooze, Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze discuss the scandal swirling around Kristalina Georgieva, who runs the International Monetary Fund. Also, what the steep rise in China’s life expectancy says about China—and about the United States. Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 08, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 4
On this episode of Ones and Tooze, Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze discuss the results of the German election and the economic policies of the winner, Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democratic Party. Also: Why is Greece, a country with huge debt and a terrible financial record, able to borrow money virtually for free? Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
Oct 01, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3
On this episode of Ones and Tooze, Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze discuss the Chinese company Evergrande and its $300 billion debt—that has prompted panic in U.S. markets and raised fears of economic contagion. Also: Why other wealthy countries have bullet trains while the United States has... Amtrak. Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 24, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On this first episode of Ones and Tooze, Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze discuss two stratospheric numbers: 28.5 trillion and 3.3 billion. One refers in dollars to the U.S. debt ceiling and the other corresponds to the number of people furloughed around the world during the pandemic. Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code TOOZE at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 17, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1
What does China’s life expectancy say about the current moment? How does the jump in U.S. interest rates back in 1994 help us understand inflation risks today? These are some of the data points that Foreign Policy columnist and acclaimed author Adam Tooze will unpack each week on Ones and Tooze, FP's new economics podcast. Join Tooze along with FP deputy editor Cameron Abadi as they connect the dots for listeners and explain how the world works. Check out Tooze’s column at https://foreignpolicy....
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