Adam Tooze

Adam Tooze is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a history professor and the director of the European Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Chartbook, a newsletter on economics, geopolitics, and history.

Articles by Adam Tooze

U.S. President Donald Trump and Jerome Powell

America Is Ailing—and Leading the World

Voice

April 1, 2020, 12:57 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attend the 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 14, 2019.

The Coronavirus Is the Biggest Emerging Markets Crisis Ever

Voice

March 28, 2020, 2:21 AM

Pedestrians wearing face masks walk toward an electric board showing stocks' share price

Is the Coronavirus Crash Worse Than the 2008 Financial Crisis?

Voice

March 18, 2020, 12:23 PM

Chloe Cushman illustration for Foreign Policy

How Climate Change Has Supercharged the Left

Argument

January 15, 2020, 4:17 PM

Christine Lagarde and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann

Germany Chooses Economic Nostalgia Over Saving the Planet

Voice

October 31, 2019, 1:12 PM

Queen Elizabeth II attends a service for the Order of the British Empire at St Paul's Cathedral on March 7, 2012 in London, England.

Britain Can’t Afford the Queen’s Weakness Anymore

Voice

August 30, 2019, 11:46 AM

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press event at the White House in Washington on Nov. 2, 2017.

The Global Economy Lives in Wonderland Now

Argument

August 1, 2019, 11:37 AM

Lower Manhattan in New York City on Oct. 30, 2012, after Hurricane Sandy. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Why Central Banks Need to Step Up on Global Warming

Feature

July 20, 2019, 12:01 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde as she arrives to attend the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017.

Christine Lagarde Won, but This Isn’t a Game

Argument

July 3, 2019, 12:51 PM

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel at the EU-League of Arab States summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Feb. 24, 2019. (Laurie Dieffembacq/AFP/Getty Images)

Europe Isn’t Realistic. It’s Weak.

Argument

March 3, 2019, 12:57 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping arrive at a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on on Nov. 9, 2017.

Everything You Know About Global Order Is Wrong

Argument

January 30, 2019, 12:06 PM

An American flag is attached to the boardwalk damaged by Superstorm Sandy, on Nov. 24, 2012 in Ortley Beach, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Rising Tides Will Sink Global Order

Argument

December 20, 2018, 6:29 AM

Finance ministers and central bank governors of the G-20 meet in Berlin on Nov. 20, 2004. (Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty Images)

Globalization’s Government Turns 10

Argument

November 19, 2018, 11:28 AM

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