Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2020-05-06
Books mentioned on Adam Tooze on our Financial Past and Future
Adam Tooze is best known for his highly-regarded books on the economic history of Nazi Germany, the remaking of the global economic and political order starting in World War I, and his account of how the economic effects of the 2008 financial crisis rippled across the globe for a decade to follow.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes is a foundational 1919 text that critiques the punitive reparations imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles and warns of the disastrous economic repercussions for Europe.
Discussed“What he's not saying in the economic consequences of the peace is what he said in many memos before he published that book, which is that America is key to the entire problem.”
Where to get it
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The Wages of Destruction
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Discussed“Robert Gordon in his review of your book Wages of Destruction argues that you've underestimated German prosperity in the 1930s.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Wages of Destruction
“And what Wages of Destruction was trying to do is to say, "Okay, let's write a history of the Third Reich on against the backdrop of assuming that this makes a difference.”
Own book The Wages of Destruction
“So what what Wages of Destruction was doing was trying to unpick those anachronistic assumptions about the obvious dominance of the German economy”
Own book The Deluge
“I say if you want if you want a one-line answer, it's it's the Weimar Republic's survival is dependent, you know, the certainly the argument I would make in in deluge, the distinctive argument that I'm making is it it it does depend critically on the ability of the United States”
Own book The Deluge
“Yeah, I I'm I'm a revisionist on World War I as is clear from Deluge, I think.”