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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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/.
In this final installment of our miniseries on Soviet economists and thinkers, Adam and Cameron discuss the ideas of Joseph Stalin.
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December marks both the birth and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Adam and Cameron are spending the month focusing on Soviet economists and thinkers. This week: Leon Trotsky
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Europe has decided to loan Ukraine more than $100 billion to help fund its war with Russia instead of tapping frozen Russian assets. Adam and Cameron discuss what that means for the continent and how the decision will impact the war.
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Adam and Cameron continue their December series on founding Soviet thinkers. This week, they discuss the life and work of Polish German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.
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Adam and Cameron discuss China’s $1 trillion trade surplus and the Trump administration’s newly released National Security Strategy.
Note: Listeners can find the second segment on Rosa Luxemburg in the following episode.
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December marks both the birth and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Adam and Cameron are spending the month focusing on Soviet economists and thinkers, starting with Vladimir Lenin.
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The economies of Russia and Ukraine are experiencing particular turbulence as the war between the two countries creeps toward its fourth year. Adam and Cameron discuss.
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Adam and Cameron discuss the economics of podcasts, a multibillion-dollar industry.
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U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating military action against Venezuela. Adam and Cameron discuss.
Also on the show: New York City elects a democratic socialist mayor.
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Adam and Cameron discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and how it could affect the ongoing trade war between the two countries. Also on the show: the Louvre jewel heist.
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Three people shared the Nobel Prize for economics this year—Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt—for their work on how innovation and creative destruction drive economic growth. Adam and Cameron discuss.
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Adam is attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this week. He and Cameron discuss the history of the fair and the broader economics of the publishing industry.
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On a special bonus episode, Cameron sits down with American political philosopher Michael Sandel, the recipient of the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture. The two discuss Sandel's critiques of liberalism in the context of Trump's America.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Adam joined FP's other weekly podcast Foreign Policy Live to discuss his piece “The End of Development” in FP’s latest print issue.
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Adam and Cameron discuss the broad implications of artificial intelligence on the economy and on politics, in the first installment of an occasional series.
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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.
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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/.
