Government shutdowns are one of the peculiarities of the U.S. budgetary system. Once again, the two parties have failed to agree on the government’s discretionary spending. Adam and Cameron discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're jumping in the feed midweek to share a new season of FP's global fisheries podcast, The Catch. This season is all about tuna. Climate change is pushing this lucrative fish out of the Pacific islands’ waters, and The Catch reporting team heads to the Solomon Islands to learn more. Listen to Season 6 on Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan includes steps for rebuilding Gaza. What would it take to unwind the devastation, and what would the plan mean for Palestinians? Adam and Cameron discuss. Also on the show: Part 3 of their conversation on the broad implications of artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
President Donald Trump is reshaping U.S. policy toward Latin America. Adam and Cameron discuss the economic impact on Argentina, Venezuela, and Mexico. Also on the show: A second installment in the occasional series on artificial intelligence. Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/onestooze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam joined FP's other weekly podcast Foreign Policy Live to discuss his piece “The End of Development” in FP’s latest print issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam and Cameron delve into artificial intelligence, discussing its classification as a general purpose technology and the debate over whether it represents an unprecedented leap in growth. They examine the practicalities of AI development, including the limitations of current models, its reliance on hidden human labor for "ground truth," and the controversial extraction of intellectual property. The conversation also explores AI's potential as a cultural and social technology, challenging traditional economic planning debates and drawing parallels to historical shifts in the nature of work.
Adam and Cameron discuss Europe's domestic politics, including the collapse of the French government, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's "autumn of reforms," and the struggles of the United Kingdom's Labour Party government led by Keir Starmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Trump administration’s 50 percent tariffs on India took effect last week. Adam and Cameron dive in. Also on the episode: the economics of tennis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to oust a member of the Federal Reserve board raises broader questions about the agency’s future as an independent entity. Also on the show: The economics of hamburgers. Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/onestooze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam recently spent a month traveling around China. He and Cameron discuss the vast scale of the country and how its size bears on China’s economic, political, and historical role in the world. Also on the show: Fifty years to the Hollywood movie Jaws . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're jumping into your feed midweek to share an interview with Adam from this past June by our friends at the Radio Davos podcast. We'll be back with a new episode on Friday. Radio Davos is a weekly podcast from the World Economic Forum that looks at the biggest challenges facing the world, and how they might be tackled. Find it wherever you get podcasts or at wef.ch/podcasts . Video-podcasts are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts . This episode of Radio Davos, an interview with Ad...
For years now, the Norwegian government has partnered with conservation groups to store seeds from around the world on an archipelago not far from the North Pole. The seeds are basically backups meant to secure the world's food supply in case the original supply is ever compromised—by war or natural disaster, for example. Adam and Cameron discuss the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and how it works. Also on the show: the economics of Alaska. For more on seeds, listen to State of Seed , a podcast by...
The U.S. economy is starting to feel the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs—including the rise of inflation—but other consequences could take months or even years to be felt. Adam and Cameron dig in. Also on the show: starvation in Gaza. Brought to you by: square.com/go/ones betterhelp.com/onestooze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Some 10 years ago, the United Nations came up with its Sustainable Development Goals, a series of objectives for the world around alleviating poverty and protecting the planet. But these days, it's clear that very few of those goals will be met by the target date of 2030. What happened? And what does the Trump administration's retreat from international development mean for the world? Adam and Cameron dig in. A note to potential advertisers: Ones and Tooze is looking for a lead sponsor intereste...
Adam and Cameron continue their occasional series on heterodox economists. This week, they discuss the life and work of Karl Polanyi, an Austro-Hungarian born in the late 19th century and best known for his book The Great Transformation . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam and Cameron continue their occasional series on heterodox economists. This week, they discuss the life and work of the American economist Thorstein Veblen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the month of July, Adam and Cameron are continuing their occasional series on heterodox economists. This week, they discuss the life and work of the Canadian American economist, diplomat, and author John Kenneth Galbraith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The value of the global art market is roughly $57.5 billion—but it’s an opaque market and difficult to assess. Adam attended the international art fair known as Art Basel this year. On this episode, he and Cameron discuss the global business of art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In June, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, won the Democratic Party’s mayoral primary election in New York City, defeating a widely known establishment figure, Andrew Cuomo. If Mamdani goes onto to become mayor, what will it mean for the city's economy? Also on the show: the future of NATO. Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/onestooze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Adam and Cameron discuss the fighting between Israel and Iran, as well as its impact on oil markets, geopolitical alliances, and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Trump administration is pushing immigration officials to deport at least 3,000 undocumented immigrants a day and up to a million this year. How will that policy affect the U.S. economy? Adam and Cameron discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The big Republican policy bill that extends tax cuts and reduces funding to some important federal programs will also do something else: In the coming decade, it will add $2.4 trillion to the national debt. That data point, based on research conducted by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, is the subject of today's episode. Also on the show: The economics of pilates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
The Trump administration has put its plans to impose a 50 percent tariff on all goods from Europe on hold for now. Adam and Cameron discuss the $236 billion trade deficit between the United States and the European Union, as well as the future of trade between the two powers. Plus: This year is the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music, the classic Hollywood film starring Julie Andrews. Adam and Cameron look at the history of the real von Trapp family and the film's economic impact on tourism in...
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender, Adam and Cameron are doing a three-part series on World War II. In Part 3, they look at the economics of the Holocaust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender, Adam and Cameron are doing a three-part series on World War II. In Part 2, they look at the economics of the postwar period. Also on the show: A quick conversation about U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender, Adam and Cameron are doing a three-part series on World War II. In Part 1, they look at the economics of the war itself. Also on the show: A quick conversation on U.S. President Donald Trump’s futuristic policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, we bring you the latest installment of Adam and Cameron’s occasional series on heterodox economists. Austrian Joseph Schumpeter produced most of his work in the United States as an immigrant and a Harvard professor, beginning in the 1930s. Schumpeter popularized the term “creative destruction.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In parliamentary elections next week, Canadians are expected to turn out in large numbers for the Liberal Party led by Mark Carney—in part as a reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump. The Liberals had been down in the polls for months, but Trump’s rhetoric and policy, including on tariffs, have prompted voters to turn away from the Conservatives and back Carney, who had a long career in central banking and global finance. On this episode, Adam and Cameron discuss the Canadian economy—the ninth ...
Given the news of Pope Francis's death this past week, we're sharing a bonus episode from the archive. This originally aired in March 2024 and is titled, "The Economic Thinking of Pope Francis." We'll be back with a new episode this Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As tariff concerns rippled through financial markets around the world this month, the 10-year yield on U.S. Treasury bonds advanced 50 basis points. That is the most in more than two decades. Adam and Cameron talk about what fluctuations in the bond market mean and why it has put a scare in investors. Plus, in the second half of the show, the costs and benefits of nuclear proliferation from the perspective of defense budgets, nuclear waste, and international security. Learn more about your ad ch...
