Ones and Tooze

U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to oust a member of the Federal Reserve board raises broader questions about the agency’s future as an independent entity. Also on the show: The economics of hamburgers. Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/onestooze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Adam recently spent a month traveling around China. He and Cameron discuss the vast scale of the country and how its size bears on China’s economic, political, and historical role in the world. Also on the show: Fifty years to the Hollywood movie Jaws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

We're jumping into your feed midweek to share an interview with Adam from this past June by our friends at the Radio Davos podcast. We'll be back with a new episode on Friday. Radio Davos is a weekly podcast from the World Economic Forum that looks at the biggest challenges facing the world, and how they might be tackled. Find it wherever you get podcasts or at wef.ch/podcasts [http://wef.ch/podcasts]. Video-podcasts are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts]. This episode of Radio Davos, an interview with Adam Tooze, was recorded at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China on June 25, 2025. Historian and podcaster Adam Tooze says we are at a turning point in history - as the Trump administration upends decades of assumptions on geopolitics, trade and the economy. Coinciding with the dawn of artificial intelligence, the rise of China, and demographic shifts are adding to transformative changes for us all. CNBC anchor Chery Kang joins us in the studio at AMNC25 to co-host the episode. This is a video-podcast, watch it on our YouTube channel: http://wef.ch/3GFeAvl [http://wef.ch/3GFeAvl] Related podcasts: Halfway through 2025, reasons to be optimistic in a turbulent year [https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/amnc25-growth-innovation-collaboration/] Three experts on how to understand the USA [https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/america-rubenstein-mead-edgecliffe/] Tariffs, globalization, and democracy, with Harvard economist Dani Rodrik [https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/dani-rodrik-economics-globalization-tariffs/] Check out all World Economic Forum podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts [http://wef.ch/podcasts]: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef [https://www.youtube.com/@wef] Radio Davos [https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos] - subscribe [https://pod.link/1504682164]: https://pod.link/1504682164 [https://pod.link/1504682164] Meet the Leader [https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader] - subscribe [https://pod.link/1534915560]: https://pod.link/1534915560 [https://pod.link/1534915560] Agenda Dialogues [https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues] - subscribe [https://pod.link/1574956552]: https://pod.link/1574956552 [https://pod.link/1574956552] Social handles: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-pomeroy/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-pomeroy/] https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-economic-forum/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-economic-forum/] https://www.linkedin.com/company/cnbc/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/cnbc/] https://www.linkedin.com/in/chery-kang-ab5430175/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chery-kang-ab5430175/]https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cnbc-international/ [https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cnbc-international/] X @RobinPomeroyEd  @adam_tooze @wef @cherykang @cnbci @OnesandToozePod @ForeignPolicy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

For years now, the Norwegian government has partnered with conservation groups to store seeds from around the world on an archipelago not far from the North Pole. The seeds are basically backups meant to secure the world's food supply in case the original supply is ever compromised—by war or natural disaster, for example. Adam and Cameron discuss the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and how it works. Also on the show: the economics of Alaska. For more on seeds, listen to ⁠State of Seed⁠ [https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/state-of-seed/], a podcast by the International Seed Federation with production services from FP Studios. A note to potential advertisers: Ones and Tooze is looking for a lead sponsor interested in underwriting the show for a year in exchange for advertising and promotional opportunities in all 52 episodes. The package could also include a stage presence in Ones and Tooze live shows, an executive-level briefing by Adam and Cameron, and other crossover events. For information: ⁠⁠partnerships@foreignpolicy.com [partnerships@foreignpolicy.com]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The U.S. economy is starting to feel the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs—including the rise of inflation—but other consequences could take months or even years to be felt. Adam and Cameron dig in. Also on the show: starvation in Gaza. Brought to you by: square.com/go/ones betterhelp.com/onestooze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]