Macrodose

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down France’s historic climate protests over new mega reservoirs (0:49), a new study on how the way we use our time has changed over the last 40 years (7:42) and the world bank publish their report on what’s happening to economic growth across the globe (11:41).

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 our recent episodes with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You’ll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with FT reporter Yuan Yang and academic and writer Gargi Bhattacharyya. Our guest today is Rosie Collington. Rosie is a political economist, writer, and researcher at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London. She is also the co-author, alongside economist Marianna Mazzucato, of the new book: the Big Con: how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies. I met up with Rosie recently over at UCL to talk all things public sector, outsourcing, and the political economy of the state.

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down the economics behind the current strikes in France (0:52), the Deutsche Bank share price crash amidst speculation it is hiding losses (6:30) and “shrinkflation” - how the current crisis is affecting the size of your Mars Bar (9:12).

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: Credit Suisse and the threat of another financial crisis (1:29) and what ecological breakdown means for our financial systems (13:09).

James is joined by former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell for a special bonus episode of Macrodose reacting to yesterday's Budget.  www.patreon.com/Macrodose

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: today’s budget, what to look out for and why the government is playing it down (1:28), and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, should we be worried (8:15)? https://www.patreon.com/Macrodose

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You’ll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with author Rosie Collington and FT reporter Yuan Yang. Our guest today is Tom Mills. Tom is a Lecturer in Sociology at Aston University, and author of The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service. A book about the past, present and future of the BBC, how it shapes our understanding of the economy and society, and why we urgently need to rethink our public digital media ecosystem. Tom is also chair of Media Reform UK, a campaign for a more democratic and accountable media, where diversity, public interest and ethical journalism come before the private gain of a few media moguls.

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down a new report showing the importance of involving fossil fuel industry workers in the green transition (0:48),  recognition from the Bank of England that it is capitalists, not workers, driving inflation (6:28) and a report on the dire consequences of Britain’s awful childcare provision on the gender pay gap (10:32).

On this week’s Macrodose James Meadway breaks down: the sudden disappearance of tomatoes and other fruit and veg from Britain’s supermarkets (0:45), how leading Tory ministers split are on the future of the economy (7:42) and the Labour Party's new plans for growth, do they really add up (11:00)?

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You’ll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with author Rosie Collington and FT reporter Yuan Yang. Our guest today is Professor Richard Wolff. Professor Wolff is Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University in New York City. He is a co-founder and active contributor of Democracy at Work and the host of the weekly show Economic Update with Richard Wolff which is syndicated on over 120+ radio stations in the US and available to stream online. He is also the author of numerous books, including, most recently, The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself.