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Teaser - PTO Extra! Adam Tooze on China and the US Democrats and the return of austerity politics

2020/8/19
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In late March PTO spoke to Adam Tooze whilst he was in New York as the Covid19 crisis was escalating. In today's episode we return to some of the issues we discussed back then, including the pandemic's role in the rise of China, the increasing entwinement of government and private corporations in the United States and Europe and the return of austerity politics.