EU politics
Adam Tooze – Is ‘decline’ really Europe’s problem?
Analysis of how European and American economic performance compares. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Adam Tooze
Climate Crisis
Adam Tooze – How China’s powerslide is driving the global green electricity transition
Maybe the only good news story in the world today is China’s remarkable green transition, which has already led the industrial giant past its peak in CO2 emissions. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Adam Tooze – Chartbook 356: Deutschland 2025 – A live (and complicated) democracy
Analysis of the German election result. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Adam Tooze – A “house of cards”? Russia’s war economy in 2025.
Commentators in The FT are desperate to wish into existence a financial crisis in Russia, but the reality is that Russia is surviving Western sanctions. In Adam Tooze’s ‘Chartbook’ Substack. Read the article HERE.
Inequality
Adam Tooze – Chartbook 330: Africa & absolute poverty in an era of polycrisis
The reduction in global absolute poverty has stalled. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Adam Tooze – In China, clean energy is now THE driver of overall economic growth.
It’s gone entirely under-the-radar in Europe that not only is China churning out enough solar panels for the world at rock-bottom prices, but the European Union is increasingly manouvering to block those solar panels reaching […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze: Crisis Tribes – on Europe Now
Very useful opinion polling of what the populations of different European countries think about the key crisis points of our times. In Adam Tooze’s ‘Chartbook’ Substack. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Adam Tooze: Haiti 2022 – Polycrisis extreme
In Haiti, millions of people are currently starving to death and Cholera is spreading rapidly. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Adam Tooze – Warfare without the state – New Keynesian shock therapy for Ukraine’s home front
When is MIT-style New Keynesianism not just NON Keynesian but ANTI Keynesian? When it recommends (along with sensible macro stabilization) radical, pro-business micropolicy to a country engaged in an existential fight for survival. Read Here
Economics
Adam Tooze: Recession risk in a world in the grip of the global dollar cycle
Interest rates are rising like never before, and it’s the world’s poorest who will suffer most. Read the article HERE.