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Adam Tooze

Adam Tooze

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Adam Tooze, Professor of History at Columbia University, is the author of The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931 and a new study of the 2008 financial crisis, Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World.

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  1. The Turning Point of 2008
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    The Turning Point of 2008

    Aug 8, 2018 Adam Tooze highlights the overlooked link between Russia's invasion of Georgia and the global financial crisis.

  2. Germany’s Great European Heist
     German Chancellor Angela Merkel watches as a member of the German Navy's Special Forces boards from a speedboat Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    Germany’s Great European Heist

    May 15, 2018 Adam Tooze & Shahin Vallée turn German complaints about economic free riding in the EU against the country's own free riding on defense.

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    Asia in Denial

    Stephen S. Roach

    Denial is among the most powerful of all human defense mechanisms, and particularly troublesome for governments. Not only is China unwilling to admit the severity of its economic problems, but many other officials across Asia seem inclined to believe that US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats are merely a bluff.

    warns of misguided optimism about the state of China’s economy and Donald Trump’s tariff agenda.
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    Are Global Banking Rules Finished?

    Howard Davies wonders if the Basel Committee’s recommendations on minimum capital requirements will ever be implemented now.
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    Amazon Is Busting Democracy, Not Just Unions

    Christy Hoffman explains why the company’s efforts to quash labor organizing should concern everyone.
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    Europe in the Age of Trump

    Adam Michnik interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross

    Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US presidential election has left a black cloud over many of America’s friends and allies, not least in Europe. While the European Union remains the continent’s greatest strength, it will now come under growing strain from both internal and external political forces.

    about the challenges facing the continent following the US election.
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    How to End the Scourge of Maternal Mortality

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Mary-Ann Etiebet propose a global impact hub that could develop measurable milestones and scale up effective solutions.
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    Multilateralism or Bust

    Mohamed ElBaradei urges political leaders to reaffirm their commitment to international law and cooperation.
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    Trump’s Impossible Economics

    Jim O'Neill thinks the president-elect’s agenda is not only incoherent but also mathematically inconceivable.
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    Doing Development in the Polycrisis

    Yuen Yuen Ang argues that we need a fundamentally different way of thinking about our biggest global problems.

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