The Trump administration has put its plans to impose a 50 percent tariff on all goods from Europe on hold for now. Adam and Cameron discuss the $236 billion trade deficit between the United States and the European Union, as well as the future of trade between the two powers.
Plus: This year is the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music, the classic Hollywood film starring Julie Andrews. Adam and Cameron look at the history of the real von Trapp family and the film's economic impact on tourism in Salzburg, Austria.
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World War II Miniseries: Part 3
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender, Adam and Cameron are doing a three-part series on World War II. In Part 3, they look at the economics of the Holocaust.
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World War II Miniseries: Part 2
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender, Adam and Cameron are doing a three-part series on World War II. In Part 2, they look at the economics of the postwar period.
Also on the show: A quick conversation about U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip.
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World War II Miniseries: Part 1
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender, Adam and Cameron are doing a three-part series on World War II. In Part 1, they look at the economics of the war itself.
Also on the show: A quick conversation on U.S. President Donald Trump’s futuristic policies.
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Heterodox Economists: Joseph Schumpeter
On this episode, we bring you the latest installment of Adam and Cameron’s occasional series on heterodox economists. Austrian Joseph Schumpeter produced most of his work in the United States as an immigrant and a Harvard professor, beginning in the 1930s. Schumpeter popularized the term “creative destruction.”
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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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