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Adam Tooze

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Adam Tooze

Aliases: John Adam Tooze

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-07-05 （London, England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
London (birth) → Heidelberg (childhood) → Berlin (study) → New Haven (Yale University) → New York (Columbia University)

Career

Occupations
historian, professor, author, columnist
Active Years
1990-2025
Affiliations
Jesus College, Cambridge, Yale University, Columbia University — European Institute (Director), Carnegie Europe (nonresident scholar), ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies (board member)
Memberships
ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies (board member)
Influenced By
Wynne Godley

Education

Highgate School
Period: 1983–1985
Year of Graduation: 1985
Country: United Kingdom
Secondary education (attended 1983–1985)
King's College, Cambridge
Economics
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: United Kingdom
Obtained BA in economics
Free University of Berlin
Country: Germany
Studied abroad (exact period/degree unspecified)
London School of Economics
Economic history
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1996
Country: United Kingdom
Doctoral thesis: Official Statistics and Economic Governance in Interwar Germany (1996)

Awards

H-Soz-Kult Prize for Modern History
2002
Work: Statistics and the German State, 1900–1945
Organization: H-Soz-Kult / German historical community
Result: winner
Philip Leverhulme Prize
2002
Work: Statistics and the German State, 1900–1945
Organization: Leverhulme Trust
Result: winner
Wolfson History Prize
2006
Work: The Wages of Destruction
Organization: Wolfson Foundation
Result: winner
Longman History Today Prize
2007
Organization: History Today / Longman
Result: winner
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)
2015
Work: The Deluge
Organization: Los Angeles Times
Result: winner
Lionel Gelber Prize
2019
Work: Crashed
Organization: Lionel Gelber Prize (Munk School, Toronto)
Result: winner
Hans-Matthöfer Prize for Economic Journalism
2019
Organization: Hans-Matthöfer Foundation
Result: winner
Preis für Wirtschaftspublizistik der Keynes-Gesellschaft
2023
Organization: Keynes Society
Result: winner
Philip Leverhulme Prize (duplicate record)
2002
Organization: Leverhulme Trust
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Statistics and the German State, 1900–1945: The Making of Modern Economic Knowledge

2001 economic history

An academic study of the development of statistics and economic knowledge in Germany from 1900 to 1945, analysing the relationship between the state and statistical knowledge.

statistics and the statemodernizationeconomic policy
Translations
  • Translated into German, etc.

The Wages of Destruction

2006 economic history / military history

A detailed analysis of the Nazi German economy and its relationship to the prosecution of war, elucidating the structure of the wartime economy and resource allocation.

wartime economystate resource allocationeconomic foundations of dictatorship
Translations
  • German, French, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian

The Deluge

2014 modern history / international history

A major work on the remaking of the global order between 1916 and 1931, focusing on the aftermath of World War I and the rise of American power.

post-World War I orderrise of American powerinternational finance and diplomacy
Translations
  • German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese, Russian

Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

2018 economic history / economic journalism

An analysis of how the decade following the 2008 financial crisis reshaped the world, from economic-historical and geopolitical perspectives.

financial crisesglobal economypolicy and power
Translations
  • German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Greek

Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy

2021 economic history / current affairs

An examination of the shock COVID-19 inflicted on the global economy and its structural consequences.

pandemic and economypolicy responsesglobal supply chains

Bibliography

  • Statistics and the German State, 1900–1945: The Making of Modern Economic Knowledge (2001)
  • The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy (2006)
  • The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916–1931 (2014)
  • Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World (2018)
  • Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy (2021)

Translations of Works

  • Major works translated into multiple languages (German, French, Spanish, Chinese, etc.)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly and analytical styleextensive use of statistics and primary sourcesexplanatory approach linking policy and history
Recurring Motifs
interaction of economy and warstate statistics and administrative capacitycrisis and institutional change

Legacy

Adam Tooze is an internationally recognized historian whose major works crossing economic and modern history have influenced academic debate and public policy discussions.

Quotes

  • Can [the US] fashion a domestic political bargain to enable the US to become what it currently is not: a competent and co-operative partner in the management of the collective risks of the [Anthropocene]. This is what the [Green New Deal] promised.
    Source: London Review of Books (2020) (2020)

Trivia

  • His father was a molecular biologist; he spent much of his childhood in Heidelberg.
  • The Wages of Destruction is dedicated to his grandparents in the 2006 edition.
  • Publishes the Substack newsletter 'Chartbook'.
  • Since 2021, hosts the podcast 'Ones and Tooze' with Cameron Abadi.