Popular economics podcast reveals hidden side of US presidential race
Economics-focused podcast duo breaks-down key moments of presidential campaign through money lens. Their year-long coverage brings fresh perspective on Biden Trump and Harris political moves
The Ones and Tooze podcast brings fresh take on world-news where me and my co-host Adam Tooze dive into economics behind big headlines. During last year our show focused heavily on US election stuff
The show covers major political-economic events: from questions about Joe Bidens ability to lead again to Donald Trumps business problems (which ended in court decision against him) Its interesting to see how Kamala Harris fits into this whole picture; especially from money point-of-view
Across the board on average there are simply racks and racks and racks and racks of medical papers demonstrating that with age there is both deterioration of mental function and an enormous increase in the risk of the onset of serious neurological ailments and diseases
When discussing Trumps ideas about trade Tooze pointed out some problems:
Many of the tariff proposals that the Trumpians are making are not just in violation of the World Trade Organization but much more significantly theyre in violation of the trade arrangement with Mexico and Canada … which is overwhelmingly Americas most important trade relation
About Harris‚ the shows analysis shows her economic views:
I think Harris belongs on the mainstream relatively pro-business pro-Silicon Valley side of the administration at this point And I do think thats a generational thing She comes into prominence at precisely the moment before the euphoria around tech has really broken