Macrodose

On this week’s Macrodose, Níall Glynn leads a deep dive into monopoly capitalism - untangling the web of concentrated power that touches every corner of our lives (0:59). A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. If you have the means and enjoy our work, head over to patreon.com/Macrodose and subscribe today. We wa...

Our guest today is Isabella Weber. Isabella is an economist working on inflation, China, global trade and the history of economic thought. She is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Berggruen Fellow, and an Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center, Harvard University. In this interview we discussed her most recent research into the causes of inflat...

On this week’s Macrodose, Sarah Jaffe digs deeper into the United Auto Workers strike  (1:01) and a listener question - how can care and teaching jobs challenge our assumptions about trade union struggles (15:13)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. If you have the means and enjoy our work, head over to patre...

Fill out our listener survey here: tinyurl.com/3xsja7pw On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: the United Auto Workers strike that’s got the US establishment worried  (1:15), the new era of capitalism: 15 years on from the 2008 financial crash (7:23) and a listener question - why is economic inactivity on the rise in the UK (12:10)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon...

Fill out our listener survey here: tinyurl.com/3xsja7pw On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: Britain's failed offshore wind auction (0:46), Panama Canal drying up (7:00) and a listener question: cost-free reforms vs redistributive policies - could Starmer’s tinkering actually change things (14:37)?  A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support ke...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: the dangerous defunding of Britain’s schools (0:46), the central bankers' annual gathering in Wyoming last week (9:43) and a listener question on China, resource conflicts and the "new commodity superpowers" (15:15). A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very...

On this week’s Macrodose, Antonia Jennings breaks down: the increasing trend of local governments going bankrupt (1:30), the power of local government to mitigate ecological collapse (7:45), and a listener question - GDP is a crude and outdated metric, but can we break it down further to work out what’s really going on (14:14)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your s...

After Kojo Koram stepped in to guest-host the regular show this week, we're unlocking this fascinating MACRODOSE EXTRA chat with James recorded back in January. Empire, colonialism and the dawn of free market thinking - from Enoch Powell to Margaret Thatcher. Kojo is a Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck School of Law, University of London. He is the author of Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermat...

On this week’s Macrodose, Kojo Koram tells us a longer form story: how Jamaica nearly saved the world from Neoliberalism, and the international economic order that never was (1:40). For a deeper look into how Britain's economy has been and continues to be shaped by its colonial past, I highly recommend Kojo's book Uncommon Wealth https://tinyurl.com/mw34eprr A massive thank you to all of o...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: the reality behind the touted success of Bidenomics (1:41), and the role of organised labour today - what’s the future for trade unions, and can they be a vehicle for political change (9:03)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. If you have the means and enj...

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose Our guests today are Anjali Krishan and Kavita Dattani. They’ve joined us today on behalf of Fairwork, an action-research project coordinated by the Oxford Internet Institute to discuss the new report they’ve co-authored entitled ‘Beyond techno-solutionism: gender and platform work’.   The report is based on research into working conditions on onlin...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: global food inflation (0.44), Italy’s 40% windfall tax on bank super profits (5.34) and a listener question - isn’t greedflation just capitalism (9.35)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. If you have the means and enjoy our work, head over to patreon.com/M...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: the economics behind Rishi Sunak’s decision to allow over a hundred new drilling licences for North Sea oil and gas (0.43), the continuing economic slowdown in China (5.32) and a listener question - what is “derisking” and what does it tell us about the end of neoliberalism (9.05)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers,...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: the argument around the expansion of London’s Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (0.48), extreme weather events across the world and their effect on global supply chains (6.38) and Belgium's approach to dealing with inflation (10.33)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very gr...

MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today at patreon.com/macrodose to hear the full version of this interview and many more.  Our guest today is Cecilia Rikap, who is lecturer in International Political Economy at City University in London. Cecilia's research focuses on the political economy of techno...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: new research in Nature Sustainability examining the prospect of collapsing ecosystems (1.45), and a listener question - what are the alternative models to economic growth, and how can we get there (8.05)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. If you have the...

On this week’s Macrodose, Grace Blakeley breaks down what is driving the crisis in the NHS, and answers a listener question about what policies the Labour Party should be considering in its next manifesto.  You can find the series Planet B Productions co-produced with openDemocracy on the care crisis here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/the-uk-care-crisis-explained/ A massive thank yo...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: Thames Water teetering on the brink of collapse - is it time to bring our water systems back under public control (0.48), proposed new deep sea mining projects in the Pacific (8.38) and a listener question - what’s different about Labour’s fiscal rules now compared to when James was working with former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell (14.08). A...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: Britains debt growing bigger than national income - how worried should we really be (0.46), the Bank of England’s decision to raise its interest rate to 5% (8.39) and some listener responses to last week’s call out - what are the other economics podcasts you keep an eye on (12.50)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers,...

MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today at patreon.com/macrodose to hear the full version of this interview and many more.  Our guest today is Richard Jones. Richard is Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy at the University of Manchester. His blog ’Soft Machines’ provides excellent insig...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: the inflation figures due to be released this week and the Bank of England's likely response (0.56), and a listener question - what are some recommendations for right-wing economics podcasts, is there a free-market “Macrodose of the Right” (10.00)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show ru...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: a listener question - Universal Basic Income vs Universal Basic Services (0.47), Labour shrinking its £28 billion-a-year Green Prosperity plan (10.26) and Kerala's new, publicly-owned broadband scheme (14.56). A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. If you...

MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today at patreon.com/macrodose to hear the full version of this interview, as well as all our fascinating chat with Kojo Koram about the economic legacies of Empire, and our recent conversation with Richard Seymour about the making of political subjectivities in an era...

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: planetary boundaries - are there quantifiable limits to our exploitation of nature? (1:09) The hype around American tech company Nvidia (7:39), and a listener question - what’s the best way to fund universities (15:25)? A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. I...

To celebrate our 6 month anniversary, we're unlocking some of our favourite Macrodose Extra episodes from our Patreon. For many more like this, head over to patreon.com/Macrodose and subscribe today! MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. In this episode, James Meadway talks to Yanis Varoufakis about the crisis fa...