Adam Tooze: Hezbollah and the Lebanese Economy

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Cameron and Adam dig in.</p> <p>Also on the show, another installment in the series on U.S. swing states—this time, Michigan.</p> <p>—</p> <p>Adam and Cameron’s live taping next month in New York is sold out. But there are still tickets available for the live show in Washington, D.C. Follow the link below for tickets.</p> <p><a href="https://www.sixthandi.org/event/foreign-policys-ones-and-tooze-podcast/">Sixth & I in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 17</a></p> <div data-fp-lazy-load-image></div> </div> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1586372250698-0" class="podcast-ad-region"></div> <p class="podcast-about"><b>About Ones and Tooze:</b>  <span style="font-weight: 400"><em>Foreign Policy</em> economics columnist Adam Tooze, a history professor and a popular author, is encyclopedic about basically everything: from the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shutdown-Covid-Shook-Worlds-Economy/dp/0593297555">COVID shutdown</a>, to climate change, to pasta sauce. On FP's hit podcast, Tooze and FP deputy editor Cameron Abadi 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 <a href="/author/adam-tooze/">here</a>. </span>  <a href="/podcasts/ones-and-tooze" class="see-all-link">See All Episodes</a> </p> <div class="podcasts-subscribe"> <div> <h4>Subscribe:</h4> <div class="podcasts-subscribe--links"> <ul class="podcasts-subscribe__links--list"> <li> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ones-and-tooze/id1584397047"> <img width="35" height="35" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/assets/src/images/podcasts/apple.png" alt="Listen to Ones and Tooze on Apple" /> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/44pekawcpIJ7KgwcFIgZDr"> <img width="35" height="35" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/assets/src/images/podcasts/spotify.png" alt="Listen to Ones and Tooze on Spotify" /> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4c9446b0-54e9-4740-a131-4c6fed274040/ones-and-tooze"> <img width="35" height="35" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/assets/src/images/podcasts/amazon.png" alt="Listen to Ones and Tooze on Amazon" /> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3Nob3dzL29uZXMtYW5kLXRvb3pl"> <img width="35" height="35" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/assets/src/images/podcasts/google.png" alt="Listen to Ones and Tooze on Google" /> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://iheart.com/podcast/86594088/"> <img width="35" height="35" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/assets/src/images/podcasts/iheartradio.png" alt="Listen to Ones and Tooze on Iheartradio" /> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://pca.st/yp09yzik"> <img width="35" height="35" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/assets/src/images/podcasts/pocketcasts.png" alt="Listen to Ones and Tooze on Pocketcasts" /> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Podcast/B08JJ5MZVZ"> <img width="35" height="35" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/assets/src/images/podcasts/audible.png" alt="Listen to Ones and Tooze on Audible" /> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="podcasts-section more-content"> <div class="grid--container grid--flex"> <div class="grid__half grid--flex grid--full"> <div> <h3 class="subhead">More Ones and Tooze episodes:</h3> <div class="excerpt-content content-block"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/why-are-poor-americans-voting-for-the-party-of-the-rich/"> <h4 class="hed"> Why Are Poor Americans Voting for the Party of the Rich? </h4> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek"> <span class="meta-data">November 15, 2024:</span> Adam and Cameron explore this shift in the American electorate. </p> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content content-block"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/election-episode-2024/"> <h4 class="hed"> Election Episode 2024 </h4> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek"> <span class="meta-data">November 7, 2024:</span> How the new Trump administration will affect the rest of the world. </p> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content content-block"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/how-the-u-s-election-will-affect-the-economy/"> <h4 class="hed"> How the U.S. Election Will Affect the Economy </h4> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek"> <span class="meta-data">November 4, 2024:</span> Plus: North Korea’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war. </p> </div> </div> <p class="block-link"><b><a href="/podcasts/ones-and-tooze" class="see-all-link">See All Ones and Tooze Episodes</a></b></p> </div> <div class="other-podcasts"> <h3 class="subhead">Other <em>Foreign Policy</em> podcasts:</h3> <div class=""> <div class="excerpt-content content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:100%; 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