Foreign Policy economics columnist Adam Tooze, a history professor and a popular author, is encyclopedic about basically everything: from the COVID shutdown, to...
This is the second episode in a miniseries on heterodox economists—people who embrace completely different approaches to economics than the standard thinkers. Adam and Cameron describe the life and work of Joan Robinson, who worked with John Maynard Keynes on his hugely influential macroeconomics book The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money—but came to regard Keynesianism as a failed revolution.
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Heterodox Economists, Part 1: Michal Kalecki
This is the first episode in a miniseries on heterodox economists—people who embrace completely different approaches to economics than the standard thinkers. Adam and Cameron begin with Michal Kalecki, a Polish economist born in the late 19th century who believed that capitalism was not the solution to the human condition but the problem itself.
Listen until the end to hear Adam’s message from the ICU after his open-heart surgery.
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Adam’s Upcoming Heart Surgery
Adam has an aneurysm on his ascending aorta that requires major surgery. He and Cameron discuss the mechanics of the surgery itself and the economics of the U.S. health care system.
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The Thanksgiving Episode
Why are turkeys actually cheaper around Thanksgiving? And what is the origin of Black Friday?
In this holiday rerun episode, Adam and Cameron talk turkey about the origins of Thanksgiving, how it’s celebrated today, and the things that they’ve been most thankful for in the past year.
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Germany's Political Collapse
With the collapse of the ruling coalition in Germany, hosts Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze take a deep dive into the future of the country from both a political and economic perspective.
The two delve into what doomed the government of current chancellor Olaf Scholz and what lies ahead for likely future chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz is the head of the main opposition party in parliament, the center-right Christian Democrats.
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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/.
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