Adam Tooze

Adam Tooze is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a history professor and the director of the European Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Chartbook, a newsletter on economics, geopolitics, and history.

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Factory workers inspect silver cylinders on an assembly line in California.
Factory workers inspect silver cylinders on an assembly line in California.

How World War II Changed the Global Economy This article has an audio recording

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Canada’s prime minister and Liberal Party leader, Mark Carney, waves to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario.
Canada’s prime minister and Liberal Party leader, Mark Carney, waves to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario.

Is Mark Carney Canada’s Answer to Donald Trump? This article has an audio recording

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.

How Tariffs on China Brought Back Decoupling With a Vengeance This article has an audio recording

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
U.S. President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai toast each other during a banquet in Beijing.
U.S. President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai toast each other during a banquet in Beijing.

How U.S. Trade Policy With China Evolved

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
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Graduates in caps and gowns wave gavels and smile and yell outside a brick building.

Trump and the Business of Big Law

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
An illustration shows a golden Newtons cradle with Elon Musk depicted on the one at left and sending a globe-motif ball swinging at right.
An illustration shows a golden Newtons cradle with Elon Musk depicted on the one at left and sending a globe-motif ball swinging at right.

Elon Musk’s First Principles

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Adam Tooze
The cover of Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.
The cover of Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.

Is ‘Supply-Side Liberalism’ Still Relevant?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Man sits at a desk with a hand covering his mouth. In the background are several television and computer screens. In the corner is a red hat with the word "Trump" on it.
Man sits at a desk with a hand covering his mouth. In the background are several television and computer screens. In the corner is a red hat with the word "Trump" on it.

Why Stock Markets Don’t Like Trade Wars

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Diana Fox Carney and Mark Carney stand next to each other in a room full of people.
Diana Fox Carney and Mark Carney stand next to each other in a room full of people.

‘He’ll Make Mincemeat of the Second-Raters in the Trump Team’

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Pedestrians sit at a bus shelter where an electronic billboard and a poster display the current U.S. national debt per person and as a nation, in Washington, D.C.
Pedestrians sit at a bus shelter where an electronic billboard and a poster display the current U.S. national debt per person and as a nation, in Washington, D.C.

Is the U.S. Facing a Debt Crisis?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
The Torres Blancas building, designed by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza.
The Torres Blancas building, designed by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza.

A Short History of Brutalist Architecture

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
A soldier in combat grear stands high above a quarry with blueish water in it.
A soldier in combat grear stands high above a quarry with blueish water in it.

‘An Extraordinary Act of Extortion’

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
A man walks past a billboard by vegan beverage-maker Oatly that reads: "Germany needs your vote," in Berlin.
A man walks past a billboard by vegan beverage-maker Oatly that reads: "Germany needs your vote," in Berlin.

Now That Trump Is Done With Europe, Will Germany Step Up?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
A person's hand is visible as they hold a sign up in front of the marble columns of the U.S. Treasury Department beneath a pale gray sky. The sign is printed in bold text and says: "It's Musk or us. Whose side are you on?"
A person's hand is visible as they hold a sign up in front of the marble columns of the U.S. Treasury Department beneath a pale gray sky. The sign is printed in bold text and says: "It's Musk or us. Whose side are you on?"

Should We Worry About DOGE Controlling the U.S. Payment System?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
An Ethiopian man stirs coffee inside a coffee shop in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekele.
An Ethiopian man stirs coffee inside a coffee shop in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekele.

A Brief History of Coffee and Colonialism

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
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