logo
episode-header-image
Apr 2023
36m 47s

Larry Summers on China, Russia, and the ...

Foreign Policy
About this episode

Could the United States enter a recession this year? Renowned economist Larry Summers thinks such a scenario is more likely than not. He also thinks the United States’ increasingly hawkish China policy is dangerous for the world. Summers discusses all that and more with host Ravi Agrawal. 

FP subscribers can watch these interviews live and submit questions and suggestions by going to https://foreignpolicy.com/live/.

Suggested reading:

Jessica Chen Weiss: Is America’s China Policy Too Hawkish?

Adam Tooze: Why a Soft Landing Is Possible Even if It Defies Economic Theory

Agathe Demarais: Don’t Trust Russia’s Numbers

Adam Posen: America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up

Eswar Prasad: The World Will Regret Its Retreat From Globalization

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up next
Aug 19
Grading Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy
The Trump-Putin summit on Friday, followed by Monday’s unprecedented White House meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky and seven other European leaders, has left analysts wondering whether recent diplomacy will result in an end to hostilities—or if it’s all just pageantry. An ... Show More
42m 38s
Aug 15
The Future of Europe’s Defense
European leaders, having agreed to spending 5 percent of their GDP on defense, now must decide where that money goes. What factors should they consider to make sure the money leads to the continent’s growth and a cutting-edge defense industrial base? Ravi Agrawal sits down with J ... Show More
33m 33s
Aug 13
How to Navigate the Trade Wars
Harvard University professor and economist Dani Rodrik first questioned in the late 1990s whether globalization had gone too far. He joins FP Live to share his take on the Trump administration’s tariffs and how to navigate a historically turbulent moment in global trade. Jamieson ... Show More
43m 4s
Recommended Episodes
Dec 2022
Money Talks: China reopens
China’s draconian zero-covid policies have required repeated and lengthy lockdowns, enormous make-shift quarantine facilities, and endless testing for the population. They have also done real damage to its economy. After rare outbreaks of protest against the policy in several cit ... Show More
35m 59s
Dec 2022
Money Talks: China reopens
China’s draconian zero-covid policies have required repeated and lengthy lockdowns, enormous make-shift quarantine facilities, and endless testing for the population. They have also done real damage to its economy. After rare outbreaks of protest against the policy in several cit ... Show More
35m 59s
May 2022
Money Talks: The next recession
Since 1900, the global economy has fallen into a recession about once a decade on average. In 2020, the world experienced the deepest downturn since the second world war. Just two years on, is another recession on the way? This week, hosts Soumaya Keynes and Mike Bird focus on th ... Show More
39m 34s
May 2022
Money Talks: The next recession
Since 1900, the global economy has fallen into a recession about once a decade on average. In 2020, the world experienced the deepest downturn since the second world war. Just two years on, is another recession on the way? This week, hosts Soumaya Keynes and Mike Bird focus on th ... Show More
39m 34s
Jan 2023
Money Talks: How globalisation gave way
America has changed the way it views the rest of the world. Rather than pushing for a more globalised economy with fewer trade barriers, the US is now seeking a more protected system of international trade. President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act promises nearly $400bn to boost ... Show More
41m 12s
Jan 2023
Money Talks: How globalisation gave way
America has changed the way it views the rest of the world. Rather than pushing for a more globalised economy with fewer trade barriers, the US is now seeking a more protected system of international trade. President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act promises nearly $400bn to boost ... Show More
41m 12s
Jul 2021
Does the world need to learn to live with China? with Adam Tooze
Historian and economist Adam Tooze joins Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC to talk about his New Statesman cover story on the West's relationship with China. They talk about who China's allies are and what impact climate change will have on geopolitics. T ... Show More
48m 37s
Aug 2023
Xi Jinping’s Economic Plan: Let China Struggle
China’s economic slowdown is catching the attention of countries around the world as they brace for a possible hit to their own economies. Bloomberg’s Rebecca Choong Wilkins and Tom Hancock discuss why President Xi Jinping is avoiding a big stimulus package and instead allowing C ... Show More
28m 27s
Aug 2023
How Martin Wolf Understands This Global Economic Moment
The world economy has experienced many shocks over the past few years: A pandemic. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Skyrocketing inflation. These are the stories that have dominated headlines — and for good reason.But they’ve also overshadowed a set of deeper, more fundamental shift ... Show More
1h 29m
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami