On Macrodose this week: @meadwaj.bsky.social talks the looming food crisis, the US bailout of Japan's yen, and how heat is making nuclear power unreliable.
James Meadway
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Economist. Host of the weekly Macrodose podcast: https://bsky.app/profile/macrodosepod.bsky.social
DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...
And @meadwaj.bsky.social has been warning about the impact of global warming on nuclear power plants for so long on @macrodosepod.bsky.social The water needed to cool them down is impacted by hot temps and droughts. So even our solutions are barely outrunning #CimateChange
FRANCE 24@france24.com · 2d agoConséquence de la #sécheresse en #Europe : le niveau du #Danube est historiquement bas, empêchant les centrales nucléaires qui en dépendent de fonctionner normalement
"As a migrant working here… it's not easy, and it has never been easy." In today's episode of our podcast "Unsung: Cleaners", we hear from Kwasi from Ghana who cleaned the London offices of one of the world’s largest investment banks for 20 years. Listen now @macrodosepod.bsky.social.
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
For this week’s New Economy Brief, we take a deep dive into the challenges facing Britain’s seaside towns and villages, and ask whether revitalising domestic tourism is a route to restoring some of Britain’s most deprived areas: www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/t...
I disagree with 'most importantly, inflation is caused by the balance between supply and demand' other than in the most trivial sense. Inflation is caused by incompatible claims on output leading to increases in nominal wages and prices and/or by shifts in the terms of trade or exchange rates.
Chris Giles@chrisgiles.ft.com · 2w agoshould avoid. Number 1 is something the new PM seems unable to grasp... www.ft.com/content/9df2...
New post: On Burnham's cabinet choices, early announcements and changes to No 10. They show we have a much more politically astute PM and one who has disagnosed at least some of the problems with govt. But also the challenges to come. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/a...
A theory of power
Burnham's cabinet choices and changes to No. 10
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Quick statement from me on John Healey being appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Are you sure you want to endorse countries paying climate damages sir
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on Canada: “They should pay us some damages or something”
Some thoughts on the potential direction of travel for Andy Burnham's political economy. The interesting ideas on the left relate to with the supply side -- ownership, control and distribution -- and offer scope for action. The macro constraints still bind however. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Will Andy Burnham’s political economy be any different? | LSE British Politics
Andy Burnham is about to become Prime Minister having signaled he wants to break with the political economy of the past 40 years. At the same time, he has committed to sticking with Rachel Reeves' fis...
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. @meadwaj.bsky.social picks up some threads from my recent @lrb.co.uk piece on Burnham and runs with them www.verdantthinking.org/blogs/the-ba...
The Bank of England is a Glaring Hole in Andy Burnham’s Plans for the Economy — Verdant
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On this week's @macrodosepod.bsky.social @meadwaj.bsky.social: - Looks at how heatwaves are breaking data centres - Examines nuclear power plants closing due to extreme heat - And answers a listener question on why the UK borrows rather than prints New episodes every Wed wherever you get podcasts.
High Cost Heatwaves
Podcast Episode · Macrodose · 1 July · 14min
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Also features @vickyspratt.bsky.social on devolving technical education and skills, @meadwaj.bsky.social on a 'Doge of the left', @pollymackenzie.bsky.social on welfare reform as industrial strategy and @jamesomalley.co.uk on freeing the Postcode Address File. www.arguably.uk/p/20-ideas-f...
20 ideas for Andy Burnham’s 100 days
Policy experts on how the next Prime Minister can turn the UK around
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On this week's Macrodose: @meadwaj.bsky.social considers the costs of extreme heat, reflects on the Andy Burnham speech that laid out more of his economic vision, and looks at the still incoming effects of The Strait of Hormuz's closure open.spotify.com/episode/3hDj...
High Cost Heatwaves
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Agree. And, as should be apparent by now, also illustrates the fact that the interesting economic ideas on the left -- and the prominent ideas in Manchesterism's soon to be expanded universe -- are to do with the supply side: devolution, nationalisation, industrial policy, green transition etc.
David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · last mo.This is an extremely good piece making a point that many commentators are unable, or unwilling, to see. The politics of place, community and belonging matter.
NEW. The £ impact on UK families from conflict in the Middle East modelled for first time. On avg. families to see disposable income (after housing costs) fall by 1.7% (~£740/yr), 2024-2029. Worst outlook at any point since general election, and would be the worst parliament on modern record. 1/
Good from @meadwaj.bsky.social on the welcome signs of a change in direction under Burnham —- and on the new challenges on the supply side that remain as yet unanswered. www.verdantthinking.org/blogs/andy-b...
Andy Burnham tells us how he will deal with our old problems. But what about the new ones? — Verdant
James Meadway Andy Burnham, presumptive Prime Minister in waiting, has set out his vision for the country once he finally arrives in Downing Street, perhaps as soon as mid-July. There’s a great de...
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Thanks to all who joined our London Climate Action Week event in Victoria yesterday: Data Centres: Powering AI or costing the earth? @foxglovelegal.bsky.social was joined by economists, lawyers & activists working to ensure data centre development doesn't come at huge cost to communities & planet.
Climate emergency cancels Reform's "cancel the climate emergency" meeting - council members were due to vote on Thurs on a Reform motion to rescind the climate emergency.
The first season of After Order podcast concludes with a live-recorded conversation exploring the central premise that has run through the series: that we are not living through an interregnum between stable systems, but through a period of sustained disorder.
🎤 What would it mean to reclaim digital infrastructure? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and Paulo Gerbaudo recently spoke about Digital Sovereignty in the age of #BigTech with @meadwaj.bsky.social on the 'After Order' podcast. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/PSUj5sJ
Only about 10 tickets left for our London Climate Week event next week on data centres! Sign up now if you're planning to come. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-centr... @globalactionplan.bsky.social @meadwaj.bsky.social
Data Centres: Powering AI or costing the earth?
The AI power grab nobody voted for — Big Tech is cashing in. Communities and the climate are picking up the bill. Time to fight back.
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Martha Dark @marthadark.bsky.social · 2mo ago🚨 Are you at London Climate Week? Join @foxglovelegal.bsky.social @globalactionplan.bsky.social, Housing Assembly Legal Resource Centre, @meadwaj.bsky.social & at our event: Data centres: powering AI or costing the earth? Limited tickets availably sign up here. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-centr...
On this week's Macrodose @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by Jonas Marvin to talk about the economics affecting the food in a changing global climate open.spotify.com/episode/4C2r...
Food As A Site Of Struggle w/ Jonas Marvin (Norwich Transformed)
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I’m in @foreignpolicy.com taking a big swing (but not a hot take): Trump’s defeat in Iran is a bigger US defeat in strategic terms than the US loss in Vietnam foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/16/i...
Iran Is a Bigger Defeat Than Vietnam
A war of choice has turned into a strategic disaster for Washington.
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🚨 Are you at London Climate Week? Join @foxglovelegal.bsky.social @globalactionplan.bsky.social, Housing Assembly Legal Resource Centre, @meadwaj.bsky.social & at our event: Data centres: powering AI or costing the earth? Limited tickets availably sign up here. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-centr...
Data Centres: Powering AI or costing the earth?
The AI power grab nobody voted for — Big Tech is cashing in. Communities and the climate are picking up the bill. Time to fight back.
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Crazily bad take. Tower Hamlets Greens went from 0 to 19k votes for mayor; won 50% council targets; beat Labour on boroughwide council vote; ran Aspire v close across TH (see map); GP membership now up from 500 to 2,600. Greens well-placed to win Tower Hamlets Parliamentary seats at general election
OUT NOW! We sat down with economist @meadwaj.bsky.social to discuss how progressives can be trusted on the economy and how we re-commit to environmentalism is this fragmented age. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
Interesting interview with former Corbyn adviser James Meadway, one of the smarter recent Green Party acquisitions (including why Corbynism doesn’t work now for the left) substack.com/@georgeeaton...
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Where do the Greens go now? I interviewed @James Meadway for Arguably on a Burnham premiership, his new think tank Verdant, public ownership and how Britain adapts to becoming a hot country.
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