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  • Climate Popularism w/ Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read

    October 22, 2026 · 43 min

    This week on MACRODOSE we’re publishing a special bonus episode with former leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, and environmental philosopher and activist, Professor Rupert Read. Caroline and Rupert are the authors of ⁠Climate…

  • Trailing The Budget

    October 21, 2026 · 13 min

    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 project in Essex (5:47), and how falling tech stocks have shown the AI bubble…

  • The Defence Spending Debate

    October 14, 2026 · 16 min

    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 economic outlook report and what’s missing from it (7:08), and the ongoing unrest…

  • The Future Of Food Prices

    October 7, 2026 · 17 min

    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 policy introduced by the Greens at party conference (3:26), and an update on the…

  • Burnham's First Conference Speech

    September 30, 2026 · 8 min

    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 lock on pensions, and how he sets out his stall to solve the crisis in social…

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  • Healey's First Hurdle

    September 23, 2026 · 16 min

    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 policy, published and due for discussion at the party conference (9:16). Subscribe to…

  • The Houthis Hit Saudi Oil Hard

    September 16, 2026 · 15 min

    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 territory and bombardment of Saudi oil facilities (5:00, and the economic consequences…

  • Getting Out Of The Government Bond Game

    September 9, 2026 · 16 min

    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 Healey’s first major speech as Chancellor of the Exchequer (7:45), and the…

  • Dollar Dominance Tested Again

    September 2, 2026 · 15 min

    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 boom is under pressure with data centre power constraints to soaring chip prices…

  • Annual Jellyfish Invasion

    August 19, 2026 · 10 min

    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 (0:33), and the striking rise in government borrowing costs right across the world…

  • New Arctic Trade Routes

    August 12, 2026 · 13 min

    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 commercial opportunity for new freight routes due to melting ice in the arctic…

  • From the Streets to the Corridors of Power

    August 6, 2026 · 31 min

    "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, exhaustion, the invisibility, and the structures that keep these burdens in place. In…

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Your weekly fix of everything economics. Hosted by James Meadway.