There are always a few candidates for ‘best public intellectual’, and candidate lists always reflect the priors of the selectors. In 2021 there’s no doubt Columbia University’s Adam Tooze would be at the top of the list. His output over a decade or more since his history of the global financial crisis Crashed confirms him as one of the few writers whose work has to be read if one wants to stay part of the conversation. Tooze is a better economist than most economists, a better historian than most historians, and has a focus more global than anyone currently writing.…

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