# The Economics That Drove the Tiananmen Square Protests

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Podcast: [Ones and Tooze](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ones-and-tooze-4236666)
Published: 2026-04-03T10:02:00+00:00
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## Resource

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

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