Adam Tooze
@adamtooze.bsky.social
Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/
OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/
C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought.
Economics, history, theory, politi
OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/
C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought.
Economics, history, theory, politi
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Adam Tooze
@adamtooze.bsky.social
· Mar 16
Balkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
This is what Columbia Univ should have said in immediate response to the extortion note from the Trump admin.
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Is "decline" really Europe's problem. Or is Europe the more agreeable downleg of a K-shaped OECD?
Latest chartbook just dropped.
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Latest chartbook just dropped.
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Chartbook 420 Is "decline" really Europe's problem. Or is Europe the more agreeable downleg of a K-shaped OECD?
Is Europe in decline? 2025 was certainly a rough year. Europe is divided and struggling to concert its position both on financial support for Ukraine and trade policy (Mercosur). On trade policy and e...
adamtooze.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Is "decline" really Europe's problem. Or is Europe the more agreeable downleg of a K-shaped OECD?
Latest chartbook just dropped.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Latest chartbook just dropped.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
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America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
www.programmablemutter.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
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When he's right he's right
Trump: "We have to find another name for the NFL. This is football, we call it soccer here in the USA but it is really football. It doesn't make sense that we call it soccer."
Trump: "We have to find another name for the NFL. This is football, we call it soccer here in the USA but it is really football. It doesn't make sense that we call it soccer."
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
When he's right he's right
Trump: "We have to find another name for the NFL. This is football, we call it soccer here in the USA but it is really football. It doesn't make sense that we call it soccer."
Trump: "We have to find another name for the NFL. This is football, we call it soccer here in the USA but it is really football. It doesn't make sense that we call it soccer."
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"The ‘rubble films’ were intended to help make sure none of that could ever happen again, and in that, they are among the many intriguing failures of twentieth century culture." - Owen Hatherley
thequietus.com/culture/film...
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Murderers Among Us: Owen Hatherley Picks Over the ‘Rubble Films’ of Post-War East Germany | The Quietus
At least twice, Germany has had among the most influential and important mainstream film industries in the world. First, famously, between 1919 and 1933, German directors, in what was called, not alwa...
thequietus.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"The ‘rubble films’ were intended to help make sure none of that could ever happen again, and in that, they are among the many intriguing failures of twentieth century culture." - Owen Hatherley
thequietus.com/culture/film...
thequietus.com/culture/film...
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Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.
Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.
Commissariat au Plan, INSEE : après les guerres, de nouveaux lieux pour produire le savoir économique
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www.radiofrance.fr
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.
Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.
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A potential prelude to military action against Venezuela—even though the FTO designation as such confers no authority to use force.
(And this supposed cartel may not even exist.)
A regime change campaign in the guise of counterterrorism.
(And this supposed cartel may not even exist.)
A regime change campaign in the guise of counterterrorism.
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A potential prelude to military action against Venezuela—even though the FTO designation as such confers no authority to use force.
(And this supposed cartel may not even exist.)
A regime change campaign in the guise of counterterrorism.
(And this supposed cartel may not even exist.)
A regime change campaign in the guise of counterterrorism.
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If you want to learn more about Alice Wong and her work, you can find many links on her profile, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, or check out disabilityvisibilityproject.com, or her Wikipedia page.
Your library may also have her books, including audio/ebook editions (@multcolib.bsky.social does).
Your library may also have her books, including audio/ebook editions (@multcolib.bsky.social does).
Alice Wong (activist) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
If you want to learn more about Alice Wong and her work, you can find many links on her profile, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, or check out disabilityvisibilityproject.com, or her Wikipedia page.
Your library may also have her books, including audio/ebook editions (@multcolib.bsky.social does).
Your library may also have her books, including audio/ebook editions (@multcolib.bsky.social does).
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AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
July 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
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Der konservative Anti-Mamdani-Diskurs ist einer der krassesten Fälle von Islamophobie, die ich erlebt habe. Ein Politiker wird nur aufgrund seiner Herkunft immer wieder als Islamist dargestellt, obwohl er ganz andere Ansichten vertritt.
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Der konservative Anti-Mamdani-Diskurs ist einer der krassesten Fälle von Islamophobie, die ich erlebt habe. Ein Politiker wird nur aufgrund seiner Herkunft immer wieder als Islamist dargestellt, obwohl er ganz andere Ansichten vertritt.
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
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The absolutely brilliant pitch perfect troll of getting targeted by your opponent with virulent Islamophobia and then immediately releasing an ad in all Arabic.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The absolutely brilliant pitch perfect troll of getting targeted by your opponent with virulent Islamophobia and then immediately releasing an ad in all Arabic.
After the NYC Ballot: an evening of conversation, reflection, and cross-cultural dialogue with noted podcasters Hua Sirui and Wang Qing and Jack Gross of Phenomenal World.
Date & Time: Saturday, November 8, 2025 · 6:30–8:30pm luma.com/aq46awdv
Date & Time: Saturday, November 8, 2025 · 6:30–8:30pm luma.com/aq46awdv
After the Ballot: New York, Socialism, and the City’s Changing Identity · Luma
Four days after New York’s mayoral election, we’ll gather for an evening of conversation, reflection, and cross-cultural dialogue.
This discussion will explore…
luma.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
After the NYC Ballot: an evening of conversation, reflection, and cross-cultural dialogue with noted podcasters Hua Sirui and Wang Qing and Jack Gross of Phenomenal World.
Date & Time: Saturday, November 8, 2025 · 6:30–8:30pm luma.com/aq46awdv
Date & Time: Saturday, November 8, 2025 · 6:30–8:30pm luma.com/aq46awdv
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"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
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Grösster Gläubiger der USA: Spannender Substack von Vítor Constâncio (@VMRConstancio) zu den 1,4 Bio. $ Anleihenbeständen des US-Staates, die von Hedgefonds – bisher von der Fed unentdeckt – auf den Cayman-Inseln gehalten werden... vconstancio.substack.com/p/tic-surpri...
October 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Grösster Gläubiger der USA: Spannender Substack von Vítor Constâncio (@VMRConstancio) zu den 1,4 Bio. $ Anleihenbeständen des US-Staates, die von Hedgefonds – bisher von der Fed unentdeckt – auf den Cayman-Inseln gehalten werden... vconstancio.substack.com/p/tic-surpri...
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so many people tweeting "how are 40 million Americans on food stamps"
the supplemental poverty rate is ~12% and there are ~350 million people here, do the math
why does nobody google even the most basic facts about reality man
the supplemental poverty rate is ~12% and there are ~350 million people here, do the math
why does nobody google even the most basic facts about reality man
October 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
so many people tweeting "how are 40 million Americans on food stamps"
the supplemental poverty rate is ~12% and there are ~350 million people here, do the math
why does nobody google even the most basic facts about reality man
the supplemental poverty rate is ~12% and there are ~350 million people here, do the math
why does nobody google even the most basic facts about reality man
With all due respect, when did the US ever
"lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?
"lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?
"As Trump abdicates U.S. leadership on climate change, Asia is filling the void" | New op-ed by Benjamin Horton & myself for the @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
As Trump abdicates U.S. leadership on climate change, Asia is filling the void
OPINION: The U.S. once led the charge in confronting the planet’s most pressing challenges. But today, that leadership is eroding. Nowhere is this loss more visible than in climate science.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
With all due respect, when did the US ever
"lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?
"lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?
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EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN OCEANIA
Records smashed everywhere.
35.8 Surprise Island
NEW CALEDONIA HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER
Minimum 27.6 Tanjungpinang INDONESIA
HOTTEST NIGHT EVER
Records are falling from Melanesia to Emirates ALLOVER ASIA. (MIN >27 in Japan !)
Unprecedented
Records smashed everywhere.
35.8 Surprise Island
NEW CALEDONIA HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER
Minimum 27.6 Tanjungpinang INDONESIA
HOTTEST NIGHT EVER
Records are falling from Melanesia to Emirates ALLOVER ASIA. (MIN >27 in Japan !)
Unprecedented
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN OCEANIA
Records smashed everywhere.
35.8 Surprise Island
NEW CALEDONIA HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER
Minimum 27.6 Tanjungpinang INDONESIA
HOTTEST NIGHT EVER
Records are falling from Melanesia to Emirates ALLOVER ASIA. (MIN >27 in Japan !)
Unprecedented
Records smashed everywhere.
35.8 Surprise Island
NEW CALEDONIA HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER
Minimum 27.6 Tanjungpinang INDONESIA
HOTTEST NIGHT EVER
Records are falling from Melanesia to Emirates ALLOVER ASIA. (MIN >27 in Japan !)
Unprecedented
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On Monday, @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture at the New School in New York, on the subject of ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’.
Tickets here:
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Tickets here:
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NYC Lecture: Adam Tooze on Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War
The 2025 LRB Autumn Lecture: a new annual lecture in New York
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October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On Monday, @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture at the New School in New York, on the subject of ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’.
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
I was a little fired up at Frankfurt ;)
@lukasscholle.bsky.social
@adamtooze.bsky.social
@surplusmagazin.bsky.social
Das war sehr interessant und gab viele informative lauschenswerte Einblicke.
🏆
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@adamtooze.bsky.social
@surplusmagazin.bsky.social
Das war sehr interessant und gab viele informative lauschenswerte Einblicke.
🏆
youtu.be/0ZLU83dho8w?...
Ökonomie der Zukunft: Wie kann die Klimawende gelingen?
YouTube video by buchmesse
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October 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I was a little fired up at Frankfurt ;)
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Sometimes, as a public service, I read a book so you don't have to...
... this is one of those times
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... this is one of those times
www.ft.com/content/7ad4...
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Sometimes, as a public service, I read a book so you don't have to...
... this is one of those times
www.ft.com/content/7ad4...
... this is one of those times
www.ft.com/content/7ad4...
This is truly an amazing opportunity.
Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is truly an amazing opportunity.
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Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
June 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. 1980, William H. Whyte. HT @adamtooze.bsky.social
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Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 1980 William H
YouTube video by Urban Future Flow
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October 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. 1980, William H. Whyte. HT @adamtooze.bsky.social
youtu.be/5QkJkT3M-Us?...
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Surplus auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse: Zur Primetime auf der Centre Stage diskutieren wir über die Ökonomie der Zukunft! Mit @adamtooze.bsky.social @lukasscholle.bsky.social und @kristinlangen.bsky.social
Alle Informationen: www.surplusmagazin.de/surplus-auf-...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Surplus auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse: Zur Primetime auf der Centre Stage diskutieren wir über die Ökonomie der Zukunft! Mit @adamtooze.bsky.social @lukasscholle.bsky.social und @kristinlangen.bsky.social
Alle Informationen: www.surplusmagazin.de/surplus-auf-...
Alle Informationen: www.surplusmagazin.de/surplus-auf-...