How the COVID-damaged economy surprised Adam Tooze

September 27, 2021

How the COVID-Damaged Economy Surprised Adam Tooze | GZERO World

The pandemic hit the global economy hard, and many economies are still hurting. But it could have been even worse. In May 2020, economic historian Adam Tooze told GZERO World that the world was facing a second Great Depression. Now in a new interview with Ian Bremmer, Tooze is back to explain why the US economy rebounded so surprisingly fast, while much of the rest of the world lags behind.

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