The Economics That Drove the Tiananmen Square Protests
03 April 2026

The Economics That Drove the Tiananmen Square Protests

Ones and Tooze

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Adam and Cameron look back at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China and discuss what economic factors drove them. This is the first episode in an intermittent series that looks at historical events that may not have been thought of as having an economic dimension.


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