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The AI Data Centres Fight w/ Paris Marx, Sarah Jaffe & Martha Dark
Today we are bringing you a special live episode, recorded at a recent event we held with Foxglove at the Art House, Bethnal Green in East London. The event…
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Victory For French Protestors
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the victory for protestors in France as the government finally gives in to concessions on education policy…
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Budget Reaction Special w/ Hannah Peaker and Chris Hayes
This week we're bringing you a special episode of Macrodose. We’ll be reacting to Chancellor John Healey’s first Autumn Budget, delivered this afternoon in his…
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Climate Popularism w/ Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read
This week on MACRODOSE we’re publishing a special bonus episode with former leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, and environmental philosopher and…
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Trailing The Budget
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at what treasury sources have begun trailing of next week’s budget (0:38), Microsoft pulling out of a data centre…
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The Defence Spending Debate
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at whether the UK really should commit to an arbitrary 3.5% target for defence spending (0:39), the IMF’s world…
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The Future Of Food Prices
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the year ahead might be a moment of massive divergence in the world economy (8:03), much needed economic…
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Burnham's First Conference Speech
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at Andy Burnham’s first speech to Labour party conference as prime minister, his proposals to modify the triple…
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Healey's First Hurdle
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the upcoming and first budget of continuity chancellor John Healey (0:32), and the Greens’ new economic…
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The Houthis Hit Saudi Oil Hard
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at a notable admission from the bank of England governor (0:37), , the Houthi movement’s capture of vast…
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Getting Out Of The Government Bond Game
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is cutting its holdings of US government debt (0.36), John…
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Dollar Dominance Tested Again
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the US dollar’s prominence as the world’s reserve currency is facing more tests (0:36), and how the AI…
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Annual Jellyfish Invasion
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how nuclear power plants are being shut down because of a rapidly breeding organism invading its systems…
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New Arctic Trade Routes
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at a bank that holds an unconventional asset that has come a cropper with rising temperatures (0:38), the growing…
MacrodoseFrom the Streets to the Corridors of Power
"If you go together and if you fight for it, then you are visible." Over the last four episodes of this series, we've heard about the daily struggles…
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Looming Food Crisis Warnings
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how British supermarkets warn of the looming food crisis (0:34), how Japan could be the canary in the economic…
MacrodoseMigration, Gender, and the Fight for Dignity
"As a migrant working here… it's not easy, and it has never been easy." In many European countries, a staggering proportion of cleaners come from migrant…
MacrodoseThe Downward Spiral of Public Procurement
"The biggest problem is that they choose the lowest bid. That ends up being paid by the worker." Our taxes might be used to exploit cleaners through public…
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Monkey Market Collapse
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at who new prime minister Andy Burnham has chosen to be his Chancellor of the Exchequer (0:42), how wildfire…
MacrodoseThe Hidden Cost of Night Work and Split Shifts
"We are the invisibles. We clean when no one is around." Most people work during the day. But for nearly half of Europe's cleaners, the shift begins when…
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El Nino Profiteering
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the impact of the unholy pairing of the El Nino phenomenon and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz (0:46), how…
MacrodoseA Day In The Life of Europe's Cleaners
"The only time people notice what a cleaner does is when she doesn't do it." They disinfect hospital wards, scrub office floors, and sanitise the spaces we all…
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Data Centre Meltdowns
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how heatwaves are breaking data centres (0:33), how Trump is refusing to renew his own North American trade…
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High Cost Heatwaves
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the cost of extreme heat requires urgent attention from our political leaders (0:36), if Andy Burnham’s…
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Burnham's Plan For Britain
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at likely next prime minister Andy Burnham and his economic agenda for Britain (0.43), the current heatwave…
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Food As A Site Of Struggle w/ Jonas Marvin (Norwich Transformed)
James is away this week so we have for you an event recording from Norwich Transformed, a festival of socialist ideas and culture. Joining James is Jonas…
MacrodoseOil War w/ Laleh Khalili
Last night, after more than 100 days since the US and Israel went to war against Iran, the US and Iran reached a partial framework for peace. When the war…
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Godzilla El Nino Incoming
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the first signs of the incoming “Godzilla” el nino (6:29), how the big tech market crash could finally be…
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Hukou Overhaul
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how tech firms are cutting back AI spending after blowing budgets on it (0:42), how progressives are taking on…
MacrodoseLIVE: The BREAK—DOWN Issue 3: Airborne w/ Geoff Mann, Daniela Gabor and Oliver Eagleton
We're celebrating the launch of The BREAK—DOWN's spring issue, Airborne! On May 6th, The BREAK—DOWN hosted a live podcast where editor Adrienne Buller was…
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Adaptation Economics
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the question of adaptation to our changing climate has returned amidst Britain experiencing another…
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Burnham & The Bond Markets
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how talk of the bond markets is back after Andy Burnham announced his byelection candidacy and ambitions for…
MacrodoseLIVE: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters w/ Aditya Chakrabortty, Clara Mattei & Juliano Fiori
Today's episode is the final in Season One of AFTER ORDER. It was recorded as a live show in collaboration with the Alameda Institute at the Art House in…
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Starmer's Last Stand?
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the political turmoil around Starmer's ailing premiership is affecting the UK’s economic outlook (0:38)…
MacrodoseDomination Without Hegemony? w/ Juliano Fiori
Event Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters (May 12th) Welcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda institute exploring…
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Psychedelics - The New Frontier Of Profit w/ Kojo Koram
While James Meadway is away for the local elections, this week's Macrodose is guest-hosted by Kojo Koram - author of the upcoming book 'The Next Fix: The…
MacrodosePower in the Periphery w/ Gabriel Tupinambá
Event Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters (May 12th) Welcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute -…
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BP's Iran War Mega Profits
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at BP's mega-profits - this time as an inevitable result of the war on Iran (0:42), whether or not we could be on…
MacrodoseDigital Sovereignty vs Big Tech w/ Cecilia Rikap & Paolo Gerbaudo
Event Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters Welcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute - exploring power…
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Six Weeks of Fuel in Europe
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how Europe now has only six weeks’ worth of jet fuel supplies left (1:52), how the big six investment banks…
MacrodoseOrder as Fiction w/ Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla
Welcome back to After Order - a series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute - exploring power, sovereignty, and crisis in today's unstable world. Event…
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Starmer's Shifting Rhetoric
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at some changing rhetoric from Keir Starmer on the changing world we live in, and how it affects our economy. But…
MacrodoseThe New Age of Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos
Event Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters Welcome back to the After Order podcast - a series from Macrodose in collaboration with the Alameda…
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Cheaper Drones, Fewer Profits
TICKETS: Political Economy in a Time of Monsters On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at a surprising side effect of the war on Iran. As shares in…
MacrodoseNeoliberalism’s Last Man w/ Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff
Welcome to the After Order podcast - a new series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute. This series emerges from Alameda’s ongoing After Order research…
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A DOGE For The Left?
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the latest economics fall-out from the war on Iran (2:25), oil thieves in East Anglia, and how they are a…
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The Third Gulf War
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the ongoing Iran war forms part of a longer story of US decline (0:45), why a direct consequence of the…
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Warflation
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the disruption to global food supplies that surge in oil prices is now causing (2:01), how fossil fuel…
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Iran, Food & Fertiliser
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the how the US-Israel war on Iran will impact global food prices (3:07), and how data centres are the newest…
MacrodoseFree Gifts w/ Alyssa Battistoni
Capitalism is often defended on the basis of freedom — “free markets”, free choice, as well as being credited with producing the wealth and material abundance…
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The Illegal War On Iran
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the US and Israel’s illegal war on Iran (1:18), and the stark international economic constraints now facing…
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Trump's Tariffs Shot Down
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the US supreme court shooting down Trump’s tariff bonanza (1:00), how a global hotel chain is preparing for…
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Climate Change Shakes Food Security
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at fresh warnings that climate change is coming straight for your supermarket shelf (0:40), and a rare piece of…
MacrodoseBeyond Techno-Optimism w/ David Edgerton
In this episode of The Break–Down, Deputy Editor John Merrick is joined by historian and author David Edgerton to discuss how his historical work has shaped…
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Past Peak Coal
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how coal use has now passed it's peak since the industrial revolution (0:41), how far short the world is from…
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China's Global Reserve Currency Push
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how China is pushing for an end to the dollar’s domination as the global reserve currency (0:35) and how…
MacrodoseHow Wall St. Gambles on Your Future w/ Ann Pettifor
In the latest episode of The Break–Down, host Adrienne Buller is joined by renowned economist Ann Pettifor to discuss her new book, The Global Casino: How Wall…
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Mark Carney Drops Kayfabe
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s blockbuster speech at the World Economic Forum (0:57), the UK…
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Trump's Tariff Tantrum Over Greenland
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the worsening trade and tariff war over Trump’s plans for Greenland (1:24), some positive climate news from…
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Iran Crisis & Trump vs. The Fed
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the climate change context behind the current protests in Iran (1:05), and Donald Trump’s bustup with federal…