What Adam Tooze thinks about democracy

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Economic historian, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University, and author of Wages of Destruction, Crashed and Shutdown. Writes the Chartbook newsletter.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Adam Tooze has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 7 Sept 2026

   Our readingSupport for populist right-wing parties is driven more by rejection of the status quo and anti-immigrant sentiment than by demand for economic redistribution.

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   Their wordsVoting for the AfD in the current landscape, whatever your economic issues, in short, is not a vote to have your economic issues addressed by social democracy, or welfare or government intervention.

   ↗Chartbook 473 Germany’s democratic earthquake: the AfD breakthrough in Sachsen-Anhalt and the question of an “alternative to the Alternative”.adamtooze.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece