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Wildfires, Smoke, and Inequality
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway unpacks: the wildfires in California and their potentially catastrophic economic fallout (1:20), a New York Times piece…
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India's Climate Crossroads
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway unpacks: India’s economic slowdown and how climate change is transforming traditional models of development (0:48)…
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[BONUS] On Climate Realism w/ Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Macrodose is on a winter break this week, but we’re excited to share a special recording from back in May 2024: the book launch of The Exhausted of the Earth…
Macrodose2024 - A Year in Review w/ Adrienne Buller
This week, Macrodose teams up with our partner show The Break Down for a special crossover episode. James Meadway and Adrienne Buller look back on the…
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Trump, China, and the New Cold War
On this week's MACRODOSE: James Meadway explores the new Cold War as Trump gears up to escalate US-China trade tensions (1:47) and examines the broader…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: After Overshoot w/ Andreas Malm
In 2024, we’re set to break a major climate threshold for the first time: this will be the first calendar year in which global average temperatures breach the…
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Can We Climate-Proof Our Food?
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway discusses the battle to develop climate-resilient potatoes (0:50), a new proposal on revamping Britain’s council farms…
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COP29 Review: The Trillion-Dollar Climate Shortfall
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway explores the disappointing outcomes of COP29 in Baku, focusing on the economics of financing green transitions in the…
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Farmers, Taxes, and Food Politics
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway examines the growing political battle over food policy as farmers protest inheritance tax changes (0:46), new forecasts…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: Climate Change as Class War w/ Matt Huber
In the wake of the US election, hot takes and autopsies of the Democrats’ fairly spectacular loss are a dime a dozen. Amid the swirl of diagnoses there has…
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Trump’s Climate Impact
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway dives into the fallout from the US election, exploring what another four years of Trump could mean for US climate…
MacrodoseUS Election Debrief w/ Alex Doherty
Today we're publishing a crossover episode with our friends over at the Politics Theory Other podcast. Alex and James discussed what the result means for the…
Macrodose[LIVE] Budget Breakdown w/ Carla Denyer MP, Faiza Shaheen & Grace Blakeley
Last week we celebrated our 100th episode of the show with another live event! James was joined by Co-Leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer MP, and…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: US Election Special w/ Kate Aronoff & Waleed Shahid
Amid the threat of “Project 2025”, ongoing genocide in Gaza, and a nation-wide battle over reproductive rights, to name a few major issues, the climate crisis…
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Budget Preview: Labour's "Pro-Growth" Agenda
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway looks ahead to this afternoon’s Autumn Budget, breaking down what you need to know about Labour's devoutly “pro-growth”…
Macrodose[Excerpt] Global Strategy in an Age of Crisis w/ Adam Tooze
FULL EPISODE: patreon.com/Macrodose Election Economics is back! Over the next few weeks, James will be joined by an array of expert thinkers to cover all…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: Keeping the Oil in the Soil w/ Andrés Arauz
In a 2023 referendum, the people of Ecuador voted 59% to 41% to stop exploiting oil in the Yasuní region, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, with more…
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Surveillance Tech and Price Gouging
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway dives into growing concerns over the use of surveillance technology by US supermarkets and how it’s being leveraged to…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: Reaping What We Sow w/ Sonali McDermid
We have become incredibly good at producing food. In doing so we have transformed our planet. Yet when we go to the supermarket or eat at a restaurant, the…
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Why MMT Won't Work
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway breaks down how climate change is wreaking havoc on Britain's harvests and threatening food security (2:04), why Modern…
Macrodose[Excerpt] What Was Bidenomics? w/ Andrew Elrod
FULL EPISODE: patreon.com/Macrodose Election Economics is back! Over the next few weeks, James will be joined by an array of expert thinkers to cover all…
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China’s New Stimulus Package
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: China’s economic slowdown and new stimulus package (1:39), and how much will it actually cost to fix…
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Storm Helene: Tech’s Hidden Threat
On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down the global economic impact of Storm Helene and how it could disrupt the tech supply chain (0:36), plus a…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: On Utopia and Crisis w/ Kim Stanley Robinson
Today's episode of The Break Down explores the idea and the power of utopian fiction with guest Kim Stanley Robinson, the acclaimed science fiction author…
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Private Squalor, Public Investment
On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: Rachel Reeves’ first speech as Chancellor at Labour Party Conference (0:46), the reopening of Three Mile…
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The Limits of Green Growth
On this week’s Macrodose James Meadway breaks down: the resurgence of US fossil fuel power and its impact on the energy transition (0:39) Feedback from last…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: Public Energy No.1 w/ Chris Hayes and Melanie Brusseler
Followers of Macrodose may remember our Roundtable episode from earlier this year, in which Adrienne spoke to James and the brilliant Brett Christophers about…
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Macrodose: A Theory
James returns after a Summer break! This week we're running a special episode on Macrodose theory, taking you behind the scenes to look at some of the…
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My Boss is a Robot w/ Craig Gent
On this week's Macrodose, Craig Gent explores algorithmic management. What is at stake when we speak of the creeping introduction of algorithms? Is it just an…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: The End of Liberalism? w/ Chris Shaw
As a listener of The Break Down, chances are you’re living in a political system that could be defined as “liberal”. But what does “liberalism” really…
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Democratising the Corporation w/ Isabelle Ferreras
In this episode of Macrodose, guest host Isabelle Ferreras delves into the often-overlooked contradiction at the heart of modern democratic societies: while we…
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Kamala Harris' War on Prices?
On this week’s Macrodose James Meadway breaks down: the big tech stock plunge at the start of August (2:30), a brief look at new inflation figures in the UK…
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Automate Laundry not Poetry! w/ Helen Hester
On this week's Macrodose, Helen Hester invites you to consider what the world will look like as work becomes increasingly automated. What will this mean for…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: Politics In a World On Fire w/ Geoff Mann
“To the question how shall we ever be able to extricate ourselves from the obvious insanity of this position, there is no answer.,” These words were written…
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Labour, Riots and Migration w/ Luke de Noronha
On this week's Macrodose, Luke de Noronha unpacks the political economy of migration and what we might expect from the new Labour government. In the context of…
Macrodose[LIVE] The Future of Global Politics w/ Verso & The Dig
Today we're publishing part two of our sell-out live event recorded at London's Union Chapel on July 26th. For this discussion we teamed up with our friends…
Macrodose[LIVE] The Future of Global Capitalism
This week we are very excited to bring you a recording of the live event we hosted with the Verso and Dig podcasts last Friday at the Union Chapel in…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: Net Zero Militarism w/ Khem Rogaly
If you listen to this podcast, chances are you’ve heard of the global target of “net zero emissions” by 2050. You’ve probably also heard about how off track we…
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The Political Economy of Prisons w/ Adam Elliot Cooper
On this week's Macrodose, Adam Elliot Cooper takes a close look at prisons. What can we learn when we begin to think about the prison through an economic lens?…
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Reclaiming AI for Public Good w/ Eleanor Shearer
On this week's Macrodose, Eleanor Shearer takes us in a deep dive into AI and the enormous processing power that goes into sculpting vast quantities of data…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: The Invisible Code of Capitalism w/ Katharina Pistor
Capitalism could not exist without the power and structure of the law — that’s the simple but radical argument made by my guest today, Katharina Pistor, law…
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Vive La Révolution? w/ Olly Haynes
This week on Macrodose, as James takes a summer break, Olly Haynes breaks down the weekend's French election results, in which the New Popular Front left…
MacrodoseElection Debrief: What Happens Next? w/ Ayeisha Thomas-Smith & Phil Burton-Cartledge
Today's episode of Election Economics is a post-election debrief - hosted by Ayeisha Thomas-Smith who is joined by Phil Burton-Cartledge. They touched on their…
MacrodoseUK Election Special w/ Politics Theory Other
Today's episode of Election Economics is a crossover show with Politics Theory Other, where PTO host Alex Doherty invited James Meadway and Richard Seymour to…
MacrodoseLabour's Corporate Lobbying Links w/ Polly Smythe
Today on Macrodose Election Economics, James is joined by Polly Smythe, to unpack her research on the links between oil, gas and arms companies and 31 Labour…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: What Economics Gets Wrong About Climate Change w/ Ha-Joon Chang
What would you say a human life is worth? According to the US government, for an American it’s about $7.2 million, compared with the global average of…
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Post-Pandemic Health Crisis
On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down a post-pandemic rise in diseases across the world, and how this overlaps with our ideas of health, work and…
MacrodoseFrench Elections: Far Right On The Brink Of Power w/ Olly Haynes
Today on Macrodose Election Economics, James is joined by Olly Haynes to talk through the upcoming French elections, the far-right’s resurgence, and how the…
MacrodoseWe Are The Economy w/ Maeve Cohen
Today on Macrodose Election Economics, James is joined by Maeve Cohen to discuss the We Are The Economy coalition project, and different ways to frame the…
MacrodoseAre Greens the Party of the Left? w/ Zack Polanski
Today on Macrodose Election Economics, James is joined by Zack Polanski to talk through the Green Party's current campaign, and their ideas for economic…
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Reform UK's Plan for Opposition
On this week’s Macrodose James Meadway breaks down what Reform UK’s “contract” for voters tells us about the future battlegrounds for economic policy (1:46), a…
MacrodoseNew Left Formations w/ James Schneider
Today on Macrodose Election Economics, James is joined by James Schneider to discuss the contradictions of a Labour government, the future of the left and…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: In Pursuit of Climate Justice w/ Fredi Otto
“The stakes could not be higher.” These are the recent words not of climate activists, but of a coalition representing major oil and gas companies in a letter…
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Is the European Central Bank Helping Drive the Far Right?
On this week’s Macrodose James Meadway breaks down how the European Central Bank is helping drive a far right vote across the EU (1:57) the rising price of…
MacrodoseSunak vs Starmer w/ Aditya Chakrabortty
Today on Macrodose: Election Economics, James is joined by Aditya Chakrabortty to discuss Sunak, Starmer and the long shadow of Nigel Farage in UK politics…
MacrodoseThe Far-Right Sweeps Europe w/ Yanis Varoufakis
Welcome to Election Economics, a Macrodose bonus series that we’re running in the lead up to the UK general election on July 4th. Over the coming weeks James…
MacrodoseThe Break Down (Extra): Oil, Palestine and the Climate Crisis w/ Adam Hanieh
At the time of this recording, over 35,000 Palestinians had been killed, 80,000 wounded and 1.7 million internally displaced as a result of Israel's assault on…
MacrodoseThe Turbulent Landscape of Scottish Politics w/ Laurie Macfarlane
Welcome to Election Economics, a Macrodose bonus series that we’re running in the lead up to the UK general election on July 4th. Over the coming weeks James…
MacrodoseThe Break Down: A World Made of Oil w/ Adam Hanieh
Over the coming weeks Macrodose will be co-publishing The Break Down - a new series created by our friends over at Common Wealth. This series is dedicated to…
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Mexico’s New President
On this week’s Macrodose James Meadway takes a look at Mexico’s new left wing president (2:05), and a listener question - what is national debt, do we need to…