Ones and Tooze

This episode is a recording of a live show Adam and Cameron held at the Prachtwerk in Berlin on May 25, 2023. Topics include the American debt ceiling and Germany's role in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's unorthodox monetary policies have caused surging inflation and a currency crisis. And, yet, most voters don't seem to mind. Adam and Cameron analyze Turkey's economy and politics in this episode.Also on the show: Why is olive oil suddenly so expensive? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode Cameron and Adam take a look at the emergence of green hydrogen and its potential for being a major boon to places like Africa and India. Adam also talks about how this green energy source ,which generates a tremendous amount of heat, will help reduce emissions for creating steel and other industrial processes.In the second segment, grab your backpack, Cameron and Adam take a look at European travel on the cheap. They discuss low cost travel options, hosteling, and which European countries offer the most bang for the buck. (Hint...try Albania!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JPMorgan Chase has come to the rescue of the banking industry once again by buying the doomed First Republic Bank. On this week's show, Adam and Cameron discuss what JPMorgan gets from the deal (spoiler alert: higher profits and even more sway in the U.S. financial system). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Biden administration has a tough dilemma to work out: how to push back against China's geopolitical ambitions while also maintaining vital economic ties. In this episode Adam and Cameron explore what levers are available to the US and its EU partners to still exert influence and why in the end the existing world powers may need to completely rethink China's role in global institutions.And a quick note to our listeners in Berlin... Adam and Cameron will be taping a live episode of Ones and Tooze on May 25 at Prachtwerk Berlin. Click on the link below for tickets. Tickets are almost all sold out so don't wait!https://www.podfestberlin.com/event-details/ones-and-tooze-live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iran and Saudi Arabia are exchanging ambassadors a month after announcing their resumptions of diplomatic ties. What will this detente mean for economics in the region?And a quick note to our listeners in Berlin... Adam and Cameron will be taping a live episode of Ones and Tooze on May 25 at Prachtwerk Berlin. Click on the link below for tickets. Their last show in New York City sold out quickly, so don’t wait!https://www.podfestberlin.com/event-details/ones-and-tooze-live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Cameron and Adam discuss the Nike Air juggernaut: how Michael Jordan's basketball shoes became a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Also on the show, how austerity measures in Greece contributed a deadly train crash there earlier this year.And a quick note to our listeners in Berlin... Adam and Cameron will be taping a live episode of Ones and Tooze on May 25 at Prachtwerk Berlin. Click on the link below for tickets. Their last show in New York City sold out quickly, so don’t wait!https://www.podfestberlin.com/event-details/ones-and-tooze-live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the show, Adam and Cameron discuss the economy of South Africa, which has come a long way since the end of apartheid in 1990. South Africa is now number 36 on the list of countries ranked according to GDP. But deep economic inequalities persist, as a legacy of the apartheid era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze talk about Berlin, Cam’s home town, on this week’s episode. They grapple with the recent mayoral election and what it says about the economy there. Before that, Cam and Adam dig into climate change news. According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it seems increasingly unlikely the world will be able to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Adam and Cam discuss what countries should be doing with this new information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been 20 years since the U.S. invaded Iraq and the toll continues to mount. Hundreds of thousands died in the fighting and millions were displaced, when you count the ancillary wars that rippled across the region. Adam and Cameron focus their discussion this week on Iraq's economy, which was devastated by the war and has never fully recovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices