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 talked about the widespread grievances and sporadic pro...
8 Dec 202241min
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' Union that Britain is sleepwalking into a food crisi...
7 Dec 202217min
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 Wall Street Won the World (and How We Win it back)....
4 Dec 20221h 3min
Macrodose - Episode 2: Strike Economics
On this week’s episode of Macrodose James Meadway breaks down the economics behind the strikes that are spreading across the U.K, from the railways, to teachers to nurses and oilworkers (0.49s). We ta...
30 Nov 202214min
Macrodose - Inflation, austerity and the wage-price spiral
On the first episode of Macrodose James Meadway breaks down the the OECD warning that the UK’s growth prospects are the worst of all the G7 countries (1:06); the austerity 2.0 measures of Rishi Sunak’...
23 Nov 202218min
Excerpt - Richard Seymour on the climate movement we need
Richard responds to the questions that were sent in by listeners on the seeming demise of Twitter, the Democrats' surprisingly strong showing in the US mid-terms, and Cop27 and where the global climat...
22 Nov 20222min
Excerpt - Richard Seymour responds to listener's questions
Richard responds to the questions that were sent in by listeners on the seeming demise of Twitter, the Democrats' surprisingly strong showing in the US mid-terms, and Cop27 and where the global climat...
19 Nov 20222min
Why capitalism is not 'an economy' w/ Nancy Fraser
Nancy Fraser joins PTO to talk about her new book, 'Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It'. In the book, Nancy argues that we nee...
13 Nov 202247min
