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Macrodose
Planet B Productions
Your weekly fix of everything economics. Hosted by James Meadway.
- 277 episodes
- Updated Thursday
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- MJan 30, 2023 · 10 min
Making Neoliberalism: the economics of Empire w/ Kojo Koram
FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You’ll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with climate activist and author Kate Aronoff, FT reporter Yuan Yang, and public economist Richard Wolff. Our guest today is Kojo Koram. Kojo is a Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck School of Law, University of London. He is the author of Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire, a tour de force on the legacies of Empire and how they shape modern Britain, which was nominated for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2022. Kojo is also the co-author of Empire’s Endgame: Racism and the British State, which was published in 2021, and star of the recent short-film for openDemocracy, Boomerang: how the legacies of empire are breaking Britain’s economy - which you can find on Youtube.
- MJan 25, 2023 · 14 min
Dedollarisation, Bretton Woods III, and a global wealth tax?
In this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down the shift away from the dominance of the dollar (0:41), what this means for US economic power (3:13), and a call from noble-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz to tackle wealth inequality (11.26).
- MJan 18, 2023 · 19 min
Polycrisis at Davos, US in debt, and deadly heatwaves
On this week’s episode of Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down talk of a “polycrisis” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the threat of default as the US breaches it’s debt ceiling, and a new report from the think tank Autonomy exploring the future of work in the era of climate breakdown.
- MJan 13, 2023 · 7 min
Betting Against the Future: the economics of inequality w/ Gary Stevenson
FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis and labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, as well as upcoming interviews with author Kojo Koram, FT reporter Yuan Yang, and public economist Richard Wolff. Our guest today is Gary Stevenson. Gary is a former city trader turned campaigner who made millions of pounds working at Citibank, betting that inequality would keep getting worse. He is now the host of the popular Youtube channel, Gary’s economics - where his short videos provide insight into how the economy is broken, how the rich are getting richer and what we can do to fix it.
- MJan 11, 2023 · 16 min
Wage bounce in Europe, Global South debt, and poverty in Britain
In this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: the European Central Bank’s report of a wage bounce in Europe (0.37), the odious debt regimes crippling the economies of the Global South (7.09), and a new survey from the Resolution Foundation that reveals the extent of the cost-of-living crisis in Britain (13.46).
- MJan 4, 2023 · 18 min
China’s downturn, Blackrock’s predictions, and the struggling tech billionaires
In the latest episode of MACRODOSE, James Meadway breaks down a new IMF forecast that predicts China’s economic downturn, a set of predictions for our economic future from multinational asset manager Blackrock, and asks what’s happening to the wealth of the tech billionaires?
- MDec 28, 2022 · 16 min
Robots and Foucault: the economics of work w/ Sarah Jaffe
FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interview with Yanis Varoufakis, as well as upcoming interviews with former finance trader Gary Stevenson, academic Kojo Koram and public economist Richard Wolff. In today's episode James Meadway speaks to labour journalist Sarah Jaffe about the wave of strikes we’ve seen this year - from nurses, rail workers and posties here in the U.K, to teachers, Amazon workers, and Starbucks employees over in the United States. What’s new about the latest wave of labour action and why is it happening now? Sarah is the author of two wonderful books - Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone (2021), and Necessary Trouble, Americans in Revolt (2016). She is also a co-host of Dissent magazine’s Belabored podcast, as well as a columnist at The Progressive.
- MDec 21, 2022 · 16 min
The economics of inactivity, covid contracts and Japan’s policy twist
On this week’s MACRODOSE James Meadway takes a look at a new House of Lord’s report on economic inactivity (0:52s), the financial waste of Covid contracts (7:03) and an unexpected move by Japan’s central bank (12:16). Head over to Patreon.com/Macrodose to access all of our MACRODOSE EXTRA content, including James' recent interview with Yanis Varoufakis.
- MDec 14, 2022 · 19 min
Public pay, bankers' bonuses, and who benefits from interest rate hikes?
On this week’s episode James Meadway breaks down the public sector pay dispute (1:27), Sunak’s move to further deregulate finance (9:05), and the interest rate hikes by central banks (14:48).
- MDec 12, 2022 · 4 min
The End of Capitalism? The economics of crisis w/ Yanis Varoufakis
FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our upcoming interviews with labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, former finance trader Gary Stevenson, academic Kojo Koram and economist Richard Wolff. In our first episode James Meadway talks to Yanis Varoufakis about the crisis facing the U.K economy, austerity 2.0 and the era of Cloud Capitalism. Varoufakis is an academic, economist and politician. He formerly served as the Greek Minister of Finance from January to July 2015 in the Syriza government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and is currently a sitting member of the Greek Parliament for MeRA25, a progressive political party which he founded it in 2018. Yanis is also a founder of the Progressive International - seeking to ally and organise progressive movements worldwide, and DiEM25 - a transnational movement to reform the European Union.
- MDec 7, 2022 · 16 min
Russian oil, the food crisis and a 4-day work week
On this week’s episode of Macrodose James Meadway breaks down the G7-backed price cap on Russian oil (0.41), the warning from the National Farmers' Union that Britain is sleepwalking into a food crisis (4:32), and the results of an experiment in a 4-day working week (10:22).
- MNov 30, 2022 · 13 min
Strike Economics
On this week’s episode of Macrodose James Meadway breaks down the economics behind the strikes that are spreading across the U.K, from the railways, to teachers to nurses and oilworkers (0.49s). We take a historical view on this new wave of industrial action (7:10), and then reflect on the U.K’s worsening energy crisis, examining how record levels of debts could push households over the edge this winter (10:55).
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Nov 23, 2022 · 16 minInflation, austerity and the wage-price spiral
On the first episode of Macrodose James Meadway breaks down the the OECD warning that the UK’s growth prospects are the worst of all the G7 countries (1:06); the austerity 2.0 measures of Rishi Sunak’s government (6:05); and the new IMF report on inflation, which debunks the idea that advanced economies, like the UK, are experiencing rising prices due to an increase in worker pay (13:05).
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Nov 22, 2022 · 1 minMacrodose - Trailer
We’re living through a time of unprecedented economic turmoil. From war, to the pandemic, to supply chain failures and climate breakdown, it is everyday people who are being made to bear the brunt of the crises. The pace of events can seem overwhelming and confusing. The old ways of understanding our economy don’t seem to fit any more, and the economics establishment is out of ideas. But these crises aren’t going away, and we aren’t going to return to the era of economic stability. Macrodose is a new weekly podcast that seeks to chart our way through these turbulent times, and build a vision for a just, sustainable and progressive future. Each week, we’ll bring you a 15 minute update on the key economic stories making the news, and the analysis you need to make sense of them. It’s time to set the story straight. Join James Meadway every Wednesday morning for Macrodose: Your weekly fix of everything economics. Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Jan 1, 1970 · 15 minApproaching Peak Oil
On this week's episode of Macrodose, James Meadway takes a look at how the drive to produce and consume more is creating a monumental trail of waste, and what the impacts of surpassing ‘peak’ demand in oil will be. Subscribe to support the show at patreon.com/Macrodose. Your pledge is a donation supporting free public education; perks are thank-you gifts for your support. Got a question or comment? Reach out to us at macrodose@planetbproductions.co.uk. To learn more about the work we do at Planet B Productions, head to planetbproductions.co.uk.
- MJan 1, 1970 · 15 min
Approaching Peak Oil
On this week's episode of Macrodose, James Meadway takes a look at how the drive to produce and consume more is creating a monumental trail of waste (0:33), and what the impacts of surpassing ‘peak’ demand in oil will be (5:09). Subscribe to support the show at patreon.com/Macrodose. Your pledge is a donation supporting free public education; perks are thank-you gifts for your support. Got a question or comment? Reach out to us at macrodose@planetbproductions.co.uk. To learn more about the work we do at Planet B Productions, head to planetbproductions.co.uk.