The Hidden Economic History of Tiananmen Square | Ones and Tooze Ep. 236 @Foreign-Policy
The Hidden Economic History of Tiananmen Square | Ones and Tooze Ep. 236  @Foreign-Policy
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In a new series, Hidden Economic Histories, Cameron and Adam are exploring historical events that might not be typically thought of in economics terms, but can help us to better understand the global economy. To start, they are examining the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, ahead of the protests' anniversary.

Foreign Policy economics columnist Adam Tooze, a history professor and a popular author, is encyclopedic about basically everything: from the COVID shutdown, 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.

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The Hidden Economic History of Tiananmen Square | Ones and Tooze Ep. 236

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