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Macrodose - Davos, US in debt, and deadly heatwaves
On this week’s episode of Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down talk of a “poly crisis” at the World Economic Forum in Davos (00:50), the threat of de…
3 years, 5 months ago
2023 Crisis is the new normal w/ James Meadway
James Meadway returns to discuss his predictions for the world economy in the year ahead, and why the notion of the polycrisis - while in some ways u…
3 years, 5 months ago
Macrodose - 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 ou…
3 years, 5 months ago
Excerpt - What happened to China's new Tiananmen moment? w/ Jane Hayward
Jane Hayward returns to PTO to discuss the situation in China following the scaling back of the zero-covid measures and the resulting decline in publ…
3 years, 6 months ago
Macrodose - 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 cont…
3 years, 6 months ago
Interregnum - Britain unravelling
Richard Seymour discusses Britain's fraying public infrastructure and the wave of strikes that are taking place, including the first ever nationwide …
3 years, 6 months ago
Macrodose - 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 (0.50s), Sunak’s move to further deregulate finance (8:27), and the in…
3 years, 6 months ago
China's protests and the end of zero-Covid w/ Jane Hayward
Jane Hayward joins PTO to talk about the protests in China that have resulted in Xi Jinping's loosening of the country's zero covid strategy. We talk…
3 years, 6 months ago
Macrodose - 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 (1.46), the warning from the National Farmers' U…
3 years, 6 months ago
Hegemony Now (part three) - w/ Jeremy Gilbert
Jeremy Gilbert returns to PTO for the final part of our conversation on his new book, co-authored with Alex Williams, Hegemony Now: How Big Tech and …
3 years, 6 months ago