Adam Tooze Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Adam Tooze is a historian. History - Economics - Theory Columbia University. Born UK, raised FRG. Mensch mit Migrationshintergrund. Chartbook Newsletter: https://t.co/liMOT0CGJK
My Brilliant Friend
Elena FerranteAdam ToozeI’ve been reading the Elena Ferrante, Neapolitan Quartet series, which are stunning.
Paperback, 2012
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Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
David de JongAdam ToozeThe new book Nazi Billionaires by @davidthejong led me into some fascinating reading on the history of German wealth. Star of show is 2020 paper by Albers, @CharlyBartels @MSchularick which features this great table on Prussian wealth-holding in 1913. https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-117-nazi-billionaires?s=w https://t.co/wd7hyoVoO8
Paperback, 2023
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Fentanyl: The World's Deadliest Drug
Amy Sterling CasilAdam ToozeThis dramatic report on the Fentanyl epidemic in the US by @caitlinsgilbert @JamieSmythF @chrissiemurray @FT stopped my morning in its tracks. I recommend taking the time to read it. It is horrifying! https://twitter.com/caitlinsgilbert/status/1478444204921663492
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas MalmAdam Tooze“The time for Warsaw”: Andreas Malm’s How to Blow up a Pipeline veers into some very deep water! I couldn’t help thinking of the way Grossman linked death and freedom, see Chartbook #21: https://t.co/zr23Nyipqn https://t.co/PnuYn8dokm
Paperback, 2021
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The Case for a New Bretton Woods
Kevin P. GallagherAdam ToozeRichard Kozul-Wright of @UNCTAD and @ @KevinPGallagher make an eloquent case For a New Bretton Woods. I agree on need for action but Im a confirmed skeptic on BW. Will geoecon competition force US/EU to act? @ForeignPolicy https://t.co/xQykDyKuQQ & https://t.co/FKZuSS3kuY https://t.co/WsfgqCOKQ5
Hardcover, 2022
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Money and Empire
Perry MehrlingAdam ToozeMehrling’s book combines a subtle and interesting intellectual history with a conceptual history. He could have gone far further with his historical exploration. That is a point for another time. But even in the sketch form that he offers, the pay-off is huge.
Hardcover, 2022
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The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future
Franklin FoerAdam ToozeHow will the history of the Biden administration be written: as the turning point when America began to heal or as a hiatus between moments of deadlock and adversity? Foer’s “The Last Politician,” an account of Biden’s first two years in office, is the first draft of an answer.
Hardcover, 2023
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Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses-And Misuses-Of History
Barry EichengreenAdam Tooze@Noahpinion @_John_Handel @dandrezner Indeed you could go Barry Eichengreen and argue that precisely because we avoided Depression we were also trapped in a hall of mirrors that paralyzed the political dynamic necessary for major reform. @DougHenwood seems attracted by that position re QE.
Hardcover, 2015
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The Inflationary Spiral: The Experience in China 1939-1950
Kia-Ngau ChangAdam Tooze"The Inflationary Spiral - The Experience in China, 1939-1950" by Chang Kia-Ngau is excellent on China’s hyperinflation. Would love to know about the intellectual history background. Super interesting. @IsabellaMWeber ? See Chartbook Newsletter #26 https://t.co/9uail5q8PB https://t.co/3c4Q0vDwYC
Paperback, 1958
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River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
Walter JohnsonAdam ToozeSlave capitalism: I was both impressed and somewhat non plussed by Walter Johnson's River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom. After reading this TRULY brilliant review by @gabrielwinant I think I finally do get it. What a voice! https://nplusonemag.com/issue-17/reviews/slave-capitalism/ https://t.co/7j6PylSnBB
Paperback, 2017
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