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Ones and Tooze
by Foreign Policy · English
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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Nvidia and Economic Espionage
The episode “Nvidia and Economic Espionage” (Ones and Twos, FP’s Economics Podcast) uses a breaking NVIDIA story to discuss how economic espionage differs from industrial espionage and “economic…
13 Nov 2026 · 56m · 14 chapters
U.S. and Israeli Elections
The episode analyzes the aftermath of the U.S. midterm elections and Israel’s recent election, focusing on how political outcomes affect economic expectations, affordability, AI/data-center politics,…
4 Nov 2026 · 56m · 23 chapters
France and Serbia
France’s debt, public spending protests, and how bond-market dynamics and far-right/far-left politics intersect ahead of a presidential election; then Serbia’s post-election economic direction after…
30 Oct 2026 · 58m · 18 chapters
The Economics of Fraternities
The episode “The Economics of Fraternities” (FPs Ones and Twos) examines how U.S.
23 Oct 2026 · 38m · 14 chapters
The New Keynesians and the Nobel Prize
The episode explains the Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Michael Woodford and Robert Hall and how their “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization” helped shape modern central…
16 Oct 2026 · 47m · 15 chapters
Diesel
The episode centers on the surge in diesel prices (US average $6.43/gal vs $3.69 in Jan 2025; up 27 cents in a week) and how global conflicts and refinery/market imbalances are straining logistics…
9 Oct 2026 · 43m · 15 chapters
Gridlock in the U.S. Housing Market
The episode links a “gridlocked” U.S. housing market to macroeconomics and then pivots to Brazil’s upcoming election.
2 Oct 2026 · 51m · 23 chapters
Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir In the Realm of the Last Man, using “1989” as a pivot to revisit his “end of history” thesis and explain what changed in his thinking over the following decades.
25 Sep 2026 · 46m · 13 chapters
AI Regulation
The episode debates whether AI regulation should rely on existing liability/criminal law or require a new federal regime, amid warnings from top AI executives about existential risk and political…
18 Sep 2026 · 36m · 10 chapters
Germany’s AFD
The episode uses Germany’s AfD surge in Saxony-Anhalt (43.8% in regional elections) to discuss what’s driving far-right success—especially identity politics, Islamophobia, and “culture war” policies…
11 Sep 2026 · 1h 1m · 17 chapters
Back to School
Back-to-school spending and rituals across countries, linking school purchases to culture, class, and climate adaptation; then a second segment on Liechtenstein’s political history and “letterbox”…
4 Sep 2026 · 52m · 15 chapters
What's Up With the U.S. Bond Market?
The episode links two “data points”: (1) a sharp global rise in U.S.
28 Aug 2026 · 59m · 17 chapters
Germany's Rhine Is Drying Up
The Rhine River’s record-low water levels in Germany (down to 21 cm at the Kaub gauge) caused by heat waves and lack of rain, and the economic, industrial, historical, and geopolitical implications…
21 Aug 2026 · 29m · 10 chapters
Unemployment Crisis in India
India’s youth unemployment crisis and the “Cockroach Janta Party” protests, driven by job scarcity, education-to-work mismatch, and anger over perceived exam rigging and political scandals.
14 Aug 2026 · 36m · 12 chapters
Super Yachts
The economics and history of superyachts—how the industry works, why yachts are niche despite cultural visibility, how seasonal geography shapes labor, how owners use tax/charter structures, and why…
7 Aug 2026 · 34m · 10 chapters
The Odyssey
Economics-themed discussion of Homer’s Odyssey, sparked by Christopher Nolan’s 70mm IMAX film.
31 Jul 2026 · 39m · 10 chapters
The Economics of Andy Burnham
Ones and Twos episode uses Manchester’s 2004–2022 inflation-adjusted productivity rise (12%) to frame “Manchesterism” and its evolution from 19th-century free-trade/anti-state economics to Andy…
24 Jul 2026 · 35m · 12 chaptersWe use cookies.They keep VO running smoothly and help us improve it. Privacy policy