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Chinese President Xi Jinping has fired two top generals for alleged corruption as part of a dramatic military purge. With the move, Xi appears to have tightened his hold over the military but added significant instability. Adam and Cameron discuss the history and economics of the People's Liberation Army. Also on the show: Ahead of the Winter Games, Adam and Cameron discuss the economics of Milan....

U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a meandering address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, demanding that Greenland be handed over to the United States and making a series of questionable assertions. Adam was there. On the podcast, he and Cameron discuss the address, the conference, and the crisis over Greenland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Adam and Cameron discuss the huge protests across Iran—what is driving them and what they mean for the country's future. Also on the show: The U.S. Justice Department investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is the United States inserting itself so aggressively into Venezuela’s affairs? Trump says it’s about oil, but that doesn’t quite add up, according to Adam and Cameron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this final installment of our miniseries on Soviet economists and thinkers, Adam and Cameron discuss the ideas of Joseph Stalin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

December marks both the birth and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Adam and Cameron are spending the month focusing on Soviet economists and thinkers. This week: Leon Trotsky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Europe has decided to loan Ukraine more than $100 billion to help fund its war with Russia instead of tapping frozen Russian assets. Adam and Cameron discuss what that means for the continent and how the decision will impact the war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam and Cameron continue their December series on founding Soviet thinkers. This week, they discuss the life and work of Polish German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam and Cameron discuss China’s $1 trillion trade surplus and the Trump administration’s newly released National Security Strategy. Note: Listeners can find the second segment on Rosa Luxemburg in the following episode. Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/onestooze givewell.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

December marks both the birth and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Adam and Cameron are spending the month focusing on Soviet economists and thinkers, starting with Vladimir Lenin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The economies of Russia and Ukraine are experiencing particular turbulence as the war between the two countries creeps toward its fourth year. Adam and Cameron discuss. Also: Twice a year, Ones and Tooze conducts a listener support campaign. Please help keep the show unpaywalled by following the link below and pledging your support. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ATHRTKECVXVE8 Bro...

Adam and Cameron discuss the economics of podcasts, a multibillion-dollar industry. And on that topic—twice a year, Ones and Tooze conducts a listener support campaign. Please consider supporting the show by following the link below. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ATHRTKECVXVE8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating military action against Venezuela. Adam and Cameron discuss. Also on the show: New York City elects a democratic socialist mayor.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam and Cameron discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and how it could affect the ongoing trade war between the two countries. Also on the show: the Louvre jewel heist. Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/onestooze givewell.org monarch.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three people shared the Nobel Prize for economics this year—Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt—for their work on how innovation and creative destruction drive economic growth. Adam and Cameron discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam is attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this week. He and Cameron discuss the history of the fair and the broader economics of the publishing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a special bonus episode, Cameron sits down with American political philosopher Michael Sandel, the recipient of the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture. The two discuss Sandel's critiques of liberalism in the context of Trump's America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Government shutdowns are one of the peculiarities of the U.S. budgetary system. Once again, the two parties have failed to agree on the government’s discretionary spending. Adam and Cameron discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're jumping in the feed midweek to share a new season of FP's global fisheries podcast, The Catch. This season is all about tuna. Climate change is pushing this lucrative fish out of the Pacific islands’ waters, and The Catch reporting team heads to the Solomon Islands to learn more. Listen to Season 6 on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan includes steps for rebuilding Gaza. What would it take to unwind the devastation, and what would the plan mean for Palestinians? Adam and Cameron discuss. Also on the show: Part 3 of their conversation on the broad implications of artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Donald Trump is reshaping U.S. policy toward Latin America. Adam and Cameron discuss the economic impact on Argentina, Venezuela, and Mexico. Also on the show: A second installment in the occasional series on artificial intelligence. Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/onestooze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam joined FP's other weekly podcast Foreign Policy Live to discuss his piece “The End of Development” in FP’s latest print issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam and Cameron discuss the broad implications of artificial intelligence on the economy and on politics, in the first installment of an occasional series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam and Cameron discuss Europe's domestic politics, including the collapse of the French government, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's "autumn of reforms," and the struggles of the United Kingdom's Labour Party government led by Keir Starmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration’s 50 percent tariffs on India took effect last week. Adam and Cameron dive in. Also on the episode: the economics of tennis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices