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00:13:11

The Limits of Green Growth

Macrodose ·

2024/09/18

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 week's theory episode, on the role of technology in combating the rising costs of climate change (5:17)For more content and to support the show, visit: https://www.patreon.com/macrodose Got a question or a comment? Reach us at macrodose@planetbproductions.co.uk For more about the work we do at Planet B Productions, go to

00:55:36

The Break Down: Public Energy No.1 w/ Chris Hayes and...

Macrodose ·

2024/09/12

Followers of Macrodose may remember our Roundtable episode from earlier this year, in which Adrienne spoke to James and the brilliant Brett Christophers about the many and varied reasons why — despite all the hype about how cheap renewables have become — the transition to renewable energy cannot be left to the market and the profit motive. What that conversation didn't leave us with, however, was an answer to the obvious question: if not the market, then what?Here to make the case for a simple

00:17:26

Macrodose: A Theory

Macrodose ·

2024/09/11

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 theoretical building blocks of how we put the show together (1:23). What is Macrodose, why are we doing it, and who are the thinkers we should be reading to understand the world we now live in today? READING LIST Michael Kidron 'Failing growth and rampant costs': https://www.marxists.org/archive/kidron/works/2002/xx/ghosts.htm Jason W

00:16:17

My Boss is a Robot w/ Craig Gent

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2024/09/04

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 inevitable fact of the long march toward progress? Or does it open a new frontier that we need to take seriously and strategically?Craig Gent is a writer and researcher and the North of England Editor at Novara Media. He’s also the author of a new book Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work,

00:47:12

The Break Down: The End of Liberalism? w/Chris Shaw

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2024/08/29

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 describe? Is it about democracy? Free markets? The protection of individual freedom? Ask ten different people, and you’re likely to get ten different answers. According to Chris Shaw, liberalism can boiled down to a system oriented around the “bourgeoisie” or, to put it more simply, the “middle classes”, in which technocratic governance is preferred

00:20:54

Democratising the Corporation w/ Isabelle Ferreras

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2024/08/28

In this episode of Macrodose, guest host Isabelle Ferreras delves into the often-overlooked contradiction at the heart of modern democratic societies: while we live in democratic states, our workplaces are far from democratic. Isabelle explores the concept of "economic bicameralism" as a solution to bridge this gap and extend democratic principles into the workplace. She argues that if we truly value democracy, we must reconsider how power is distributed in the firms where we spend the

00:22:16

Kamala Harris' War on Prices?

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2024/08/21

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 (12:33) and Kamala Harris’ recent rhetoric on price controls (16:07).A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. If you have the means and enjoy our work, head over to ⁠⁠patreon.com/Macrodose⁠⁠ and subscribe today. Find our socials, newsletter and more here:⁠⁠⁠⁠

00:17:49

Automate Laundry not Poetry! w/ Helen Hester

Macrodose ·

2024/08/14

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 people whose job involves looking after people? What about the domestic caring work that is often unpaid and tends to fall most heavily on women and racialised minorities? How do we envision a world after work?Helen Hester is a professor of gender, technology and cultural politics at the University of West London. She is also the author of

00:53:35

The Break Down: Politics In a World On Fire w/ Geoff...

Macrodose ·

2024/08/08

“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 fifty years ago by philosopher Hannah Arendt, but are just as relevant to the present moment, in which our political leaders and systems continue to fail to grapple with climate and ecological crisis at the scale or urgency they demand. The degree to which these systems are failing has led many to question whether capitalism, democracy or even

00:18:03

Labour, Riots and Migration w/ Luke de Noronha

Macrodose ·

2024/08/07

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 the recent spate of far-right riots, it's more important now than ever to understand how we got to this point and to unmask the “legitimate concerns about migration” that have supposedly fuelled such racist violence.Luke de Noronha is an Associate Professor at UCL and the author of Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of Deportation

01:26:17

[LIVE] The Future of Global Politics w/ Verso & The Dig

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2024/08/05

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 over at Verso Books and the Dig Podcast for a podcast extravaganza. Eleanor Penny of the Verso Podcast and Dig host Daniel Denvir sat down with writer and academic Laleh Khalili and the freshly re-elected, newly independent, MP Jeremy Corbyn, to talk about the past present and most importantly the future of Internationalism. We talked

00:47:47

[LIVE] The Future of Global Capitalism

Macrodose ·

2024/07/31

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 Islington. The Union Chapel is the most beautiful venue and it was a joy to share the evening with so many of you.Thank you to Dalia Gebrial who chaired the event and our panelists James Meadway, Thea Riofrancos and Asad Rehman. A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very

00:46:55

The Break Down: Net Zero Militarism w/ Khem Rogaly

Macrodose ·

2024/07/25

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 are from meeting it. But what if I told you we’re even more off track than you might think, because thanks to some effective lobbying, governments don’t have to count the emissions from their militaries, despite their being some of the world’s foremost consumers of fossil fuels. Like me, you might be wondering how that happened, and what

00:20:33

The Political Economy of Prisons w/ Adam Elliot Cooper

Macrodose ·

2024/07/24

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? What is the role of mass incarceration in our economy? And what can the relationship between crime and capitalism tell us about the world we are living in today?Adam Elliot-Cooper is a lecturer in public and social policy at Queen Mary University, London. He is also the author of Black Resistance to British Policing tinyurl.com/54e5yhsn

00:14:12

Reclaiming AI for Public Good w/ Eleanor Shearer

Macrodose ·

2024/07/17

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. How does the ownership and control of computing power define the very nature of our digital economy? What can we realistically do to prevent the monopolisation of compute by Big Tech? And is there a role for the government in sculpting the landscape of AI development - remaking tech for people, not for profit?Eleanor Shearer is a senior

00:47:55

The Break Down: The Invisible Code of Capitalism w/...

Macrodose ·

2024/07/11

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 professor at Columbia University, and the author of The Code of Capital: How The Law Creates Wealth and Inequality. On today’s episode, we break down how the law ‘encodes’ capital and invisibly structures our world, from giving corporations the rights of a person, to obscure treaties that allow fossil fuel giants to sue governments when they

00:12:32

Vive La Révolution? w/ Olly Haynes

Macrodose ·

2024/07/10

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 alliance surprisingly emerged as the largest party ahead of Le Pen's RN and Macron's Ensemble.Olly unpacks how the French left snatched a tentative victory from the jaws of defeat, potential outcomes of the gridlock, and a mixture of hope and warning signs for the future of France. A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon

00:38:26

Election Debrief: What Happens Next? w/ Ayeisha...

Macrodose ·

2024/07/05

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 immediate reactions and analysis of the results, if the Tory losses were inevitable, what next for a Labour government, and the openings & contradictions of the new political UK landscape.Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is host of the New Economics Podcast for the New Economics Foundation and Executive Director at NEON, the New Economy

01:09:49

UK Election Special w/ Politics Theory Other

Macrodose ·

2024/07/01

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 discuss their outlooks on the post-election political horizon in the UK. They discussed potential new right-wing formations between Reform and the Conservatives, the echoes of populism and anti-populism in this campaign, the left-wing purges of the Labour party and the nuances of the current overlapping ecological and social crises

00:18:14

Labour's Corporate Lobbying Links w/ Polly Smythe

Macrodose ·

2024/06/28

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 MP candidates. They also touch on the upcoming organizing and union ballots with Amazon workers in the UK.Polly is a writer and journalist, and currently the labour movement correspondent for Novara Media. You can read Polly's full pieces for Novara here:

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