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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Commercial trucks cross the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge border crossing into the United States in Niagara Falls, Canada.
Commercial trucks cross the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge border crossing into the United States in Niagara Falls, Canada.

How Trump’s Tariff Policy Will Shape the World

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas.

What Drives Elon Musk?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
A Daily News newspaper in a rack with the headline: Fjord to Trump: Drop Dead with the subhead: Denmark mocks Don's desire to buy Greenland.
A Daily News newspaper in a rack with the headline: Fjord to Trump: Drop Dead with the subhead: Denmark mocks Don's desire to buy Greenland.

Can the United States Actually Purchase Greenland?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
A satellite view shows two large plumes of smoke extending from land south out to sea.
A satellite view shows two large plumes of smoke extending from land south out to sea.

The Economics of Living on Earth

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
An illustration shows three tiers of classes, working class on the lowest with a bike messenger, a construction worker, a hotel worker, and a waiter; the second tier shows the professional-managerial class with a doctor, a graduate, and a man with a briefcase; the top layer shows two men golfing. Between them is a Donald Trump in a champagne coupe.
An illustration shows three tiers of classes, working class on the lowest with a bike messenger, a construction worker, a hotel worker, and a waiter; the second tier shows the professional-managerial class with a doctor, a graduate, and a man with a briefcase; the top layer shows two men golfing. Between them is a Donald Trump in a champagne coupe.

America Is Locked in a New Class War

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Adam Tooze
A high angle view shows a wall made of shipping containers stretching to the horizon in scrubland desert landscape.
A high angle view shows a wall made of shipping containers stretching to the horizon in scrubland desert landscape.

The Economic Impact of Trump’s Planned Tariffs and Deportations

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Trader Walter Lundon shows off his shirt featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
Trader Walter Lundon shows off his shirt featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

How Economies Around the World Will Respond to Trump 2.0

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
A closeup of Donald Trump behind a microphone holding up a tiny box of tictacs and and a normal-size box of Tictacs.
A closeup of Donald Trump behind a microphone holding up a tiny box of tictacs and and a normal-size box of Tictacs.

Would Either Candidate Fundamentally Change the U.S. Economy?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
A crowd of people are seen at a market reacting to a bombardment, seen as a pillar of smoke in the distance at a busy market amid war destruction in Gaza. Some people cover their ears and look up, others run for cover.
A crowd of people are seen at a market reacting to a bombardment, seen as a pillar of smoke in the distance at a busy market amid war destruction in Gaza. Some people cover their ears and look up, others run for cover.

The Economic Impact of Oct. 7 and the Israel-Hamas War

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference.

U.S. Interest Rates are Finally Dropping. Is That Good?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Children take part in a climate protest as Parliament resumes in London.
Children take part in a climate protest as Parliament resumes in London.

Is Climate Activism Working?

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden greet each other at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden greet each other at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago.

The Complicated Legacy of Biden’s Climate Legislation

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
A woman walks with a Lebanese national flag tucked into her pocket past a broken window amid protests against dire economic conditions in Beirut.
A woman walks with a Lebanese national flag tucked into her pocket past a broken window amid protests against dire economic conditions in Beirut.

Why Hezbollah Is Rich and Lebanon Is Poor

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Kamala Harris gestures with one hand while speaking into a microphone at a podium. Harris wears a light blue suit, and seated members of a crowd are visible slightly out of focus in the background.
Kamala Harris gestures with one hand while speaking into a microphone at a podium. Harris wears a light blue suit, and seated members of a crowd are visible slightly out of focus in the background.

Why Food Prices Are Surging

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Google's offices in New York City, Oct. 20, 2020.
Google's offices in New York City, Oct. 20, 2020.

Antitrust Ruling Is Bad News for Google

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
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