The covid-19 pandemic has left the world in shock, but for British historian and economics expert Adam Tooze, it has also brought with it countless opportunities. Watch the new interview «It's Not That Simple», which looks at the economic impacts and risks both of new pandemics and the war in Ukraine. Moderated by journalist Pedro Pinto.
Why have we ignored the risks of a pandemic for global health and economies? Were and are the responses to the pandemic crisis the right ones? With countries focused on fighting the pandemic, what other critical issues have been neglected? Are the virus and Ukraine taking us further away from the goals of tackling climate change, or can they be new allies in the transition to renewable energies?
These are questions that the historian and professor at Yale University answers in this programme.
«It's Not That Simple» brings you today's big issues, simplified by leading experts.
Because in a time of dizzying information, sometimes you have to stop pause before you can understand. Because not everything is that simple.
Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy, Adam Tooze, 2021
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, Adam Tooze, 2018
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy, Adam Tooze, 2006
A profile of Adam Tooze, 2022
Conference «Debt and risk sharing in the EU in times of pandemic», held by the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, 2020
«How is democracy doing?», Timothy Snyder interviewed by Pedro Pinto
Big issues, big names in a new programme dedicated to interviews with international personalities from the world of politics, economics and society. These conversations with special guests, conducted by journalist Pedro Pinto, aim to simplify and help demystify some of today's most important issues. Every month, on the Foundation's website.
