Macrodose

Nvidia Shares Fall

On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the latest on the AI bubble as shares fall for Nvidia (0:35), the first ever strikes at Taiwan’s semiconductor factories

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 was chaired

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 (0:46), how a

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 speech to

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 activist, Profess

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 project in

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 economic out

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 policy intro

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 lock on pens

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 policy, published

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 territory and bomba

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 Healey’s first m

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 boom is under

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 (0:33), and the

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 commercial

From 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, exhaustion, the in

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 coalmine (

Migration, 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 backgrounds. Th

The 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 contracts. Bu

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 season is incre