Shutdown

Adam Tooze joins to talk about his new book and the Afghanistan sanctions.

Episode Notes

Historian and author Adam Tooze joins Felix Salmon and Emily Peck to talk about his new book Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy and his Substack piece on the sanctions on Afghanistan.

In the Plus segment: Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis.

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael.

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Emily Peck is a veteran journalist who has worked as a writer and editor at national outlets like HuffPost, the Wall Street Journal, and the American Lawyer.
Felix Salmon is a host of the Slate Money podcast.