Adam Tooze has many modes, but my two favorites are critical truth-to-power mode (his “Van Jackson vibe”) and his jousting with intellectuals mode. In this post, he’s jousting with Joe Nye; clarifying in a fun-read way

"Knowing the world-systems view of hegemonic decline, it’s hard not to see crypto and AI as a modern-day Tulip craze that will absolutely crash the economy"

This is a post for everyone to read, even if your interests are not so much international affairs, war and peace.