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Economist. Host of the weekly Macrodose podcast:
https://bsky.app/profile/macrodosepod.bsky.social
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Compass
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CHANGE: NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority
We need an organised, strategised, and substantial progressive agenda across parties - and the cooperation to make it happen. That’s why Compass and Progressive Economic Forum are hosting a day of d...
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Alameda Institute
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In the fifth episode of After Order, the Alameda’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Gabriel Tupinambá about popular sovereignty under conditions of growing instability. //
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MACRODOSE
20 days ago
Is social democracy dead? Was the post-war settlement just a historical exception? On this week’s AFTER ORDER,
@gabrieltupinamba.bsky.social
joins
@meadwaj.bsky.social
to explore the slow cancellation of the past - and what it means for politics today. Watch now 📺️
@alameda.institute
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Ed Poole
21 days ago
Economist James Meadway, Green Party local council candidate, talks about the Greens Organise pledge to oppose local council austerity. @greensorganise.bsky.socgree
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Pledge
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Full interview
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New blog at Verdant - hard truths and short supplies:
www.verdantthinking.org/blogs/au2mmg...
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Hard truths and short supplies — Verdant
Something I mentioned, speaking at Verdant’s “ star-studded ” launch last month was the need for a think tank to be able to speak “hard truths”. One of those new hard truths is that we live in a wor...
https://www.verdantthinking.org/blogs/au2mmgj2k3s1q9zomdgzemcte0w1ud
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Quinn Slobodian
24 days ago
great discussion between
@triofrancos.bsky.social
and
@meadwaj.bsky.social
about what happened to the Green New Deal moment and what underappreciated openings exist in the current often chaotic shift to state capitalism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFHh...
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Episode 2: The New Age of Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos
YouTube video by Alameda Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFHhD-dhXjM
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MACRODOSE
23 days ago
Breaking Big Tech’s grip won’t be easy - we’re all entangled. But it’s the only way to reclaim political power.
@paologerbaudo.bsky.social
@ceciliarikap.bsky.social
and
@meadwaj.bsky.social
on last week’s AFTER ORDER. Watch now 📺 Link in bio 🔗
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Nick Dearden
25 days ago
Now
@meadwaj.bsky.social
@nsrnicek.bsky.social
and Anita Gurumurthy of
@itforchange.bsky.social
on AI and the Politics of Power at Big Tech Empires
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Ketan Joshi
25 days ago
America is basically using gas as a weapon of war against Asia and Europe: their violent actions in the Middle East have pushed up the price elsewhere but *not* in the US.
www.csis.org/analysis/str...
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This is on May 12 and it’ll be good - if you’re in London, come on down!
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Citizen.Coping
27 days ago
Great conversation especially the part about extractivism of data centers and comparing them to military bases.
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MACRODOSE
27 days ago
Governments must extricate themselves from the web of Big Tech enclosures.
@meadwaj.bsky.social
@ceciliarikap.bsky.social
and
@paologerbaudo.bsky.social
on breaking Silicon Valley’s grip - and building a digital stack for people, not profit. Watch now 📺️ Link in bio 🔗
@alameda.institute
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MACRODOSE
28 days ago
“This is privatisation on a level we’ve never seen before” Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla and
@meadwaj.bsky.social
unpack the private capture of diplomacy, and how a profit-loss logic is now seeping into every aspect of the state machine. Link in bio 🔗
@alameda.institute
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30 days ago
Excellent conversation between
@edpoole1975.bsky.social
and
@meadwaj.bsky.social
, now the
@greenparty.org.uk
candidate for Bromley North, Tower Hamlets. essential listening if you want to understand the policy/ideology of MMT and aligned ideas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NByr...
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Ed Poole speaks to James Meadway
YouTube video by Amplify with Ed Poole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NByr1Wd54rU
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Ed Poole
about 1 month ago
I spoke to James Meadway, the Green Party candidate for Bromley North, Tower Hamlets about the upcoming local elections, Modern Monetary theory, the new think tank; Verdant, and fighting local austerity!
@meadwaj.bsky.social
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MACRODOSE
about 1 month ago
“We’re under no illusions about what it is we’re trying to challenge.” Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla joins
@meadwaj.bsky.social
to unpack South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ - and what it reveals about the myth of a “rules-based international order.” 📺️ 👇
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James Meadway
MACRODOSE
about 1 month ago
The green transition isn’t a “win-win.” Some will lose - and it should be the fossil fuel companies.
@meadwaj.bsky.social
and
@triofrancos.bsky.social
discuss the high point of Green New Deal organising, and what comes next. Listen now 🎧
@alameda.institute
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Thea Riofrancos
about 1 month ago
Was great to chat with
@meadwaj.bsky.social
@macrodosepod.bsky.social
about the energy transition, resource extraction, capitalism, global north-south inequality & Left strategy amid the polycrisis that accelerates daily. In collab with
@alameda.institute
. Listen
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Albert Pinto
about 1 month ago
Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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about 1 month ago
Essential listening from the Macrodose team with
@meadwaj.bsky.social
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How do we bridge the distance from where we are to where we need to be if we're to survive the biophysical tipping points that are coming? This has (some of) the answers.
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The New Age of Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos
Podcast Episode · Macrodose · 9 April · 46min
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/macrodose/id1646528688?i=1000760392775
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James Meadway
MACRODOSE
about 1 month ago
The old frameworks are breaking down. So where next for Political Economy in a world of disorder? Join Macrodose x
@alameda.institute
on May 12th for a live recording of After Order. w/ Juliano Fiori,
@chakrabortty.bsky.social
, Clara Mattei &
@meadwaj.bsky.social
Tickets👇
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James Meadway
MACRODOSE
about 1 month ago
Elon Musk owns 70% of all satellites in low-Earth orbit. He is creating a monopoly that could change the future of life on Earth. What’s driving this quest? And what can be done to stop it?
@meadwaj.bsky.social
meets
@quinnslobodian.com
&
@bentarnoff.com
Listen now👇
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David Timoney
about 2 months ago
New blogpost: Local and Global - On James Meadway's (
@meadwaj.bsky.social
) new Green party-aligned think tank, Verdant, and what we can expect in terms of both style and substance.
fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2026/04/loca...
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Local and Global
There's a new think-tank in town.
https://fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2026/04/local-and-global.html
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James Meadway
MACRODOSE
about 1 month ago
Why is Elon Musk obsessed with the UK? In the first episode of AFTER ORDER, authors
@quinnslobodian.com
and
@bentarnoff.com
discuss what they call "Muskism", and how the fantasy of a white supramecist world is shaping the geopolitical interventions of Big Tech.
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MACRODOSE
about 2 months ago
From the “woke mind virus” to the memeification of politics, what does Muskism tell us about the world after neoliberalism? In the first episode of AFTER ORDER,
@meadwaj.bsky.social
sits down with
@quinnslobodian.com
and
@bentarnoff.com
to unpack the contradictions of the US right. 🔗 Link in bio
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about 2 months ago
Short answer - 'yes, we do...' This new thinktank with
@meadwaj.bsky.social
and Deborah Doane is exactly what we need as we transition away from the death cult of predatory capitalism to something that isn't hell-bent on destroying the entire ecosphere
www.verdantthinking.org/blogs/Blog%2...
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Do we really need another think tank? — Verdant
Deborah Doane Over the past few months, I, along with my Verdant Co-Director, James Meadway, (or should I say now ‘work-husband?’) have been meeting with multiple people in media and philanthropy ask...
https://www.verdantthinking.org/blogs/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-3zaa9-zlxng-k6jd5
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James Meadway
The Autonomy Institute
about 2 months ago
EVENT: How can we guarantee essentials to all in uncertain times? Join a great panel of speakers to discuss expanding the horizons of social provision (
@meadwaj.bsky.social
@francesnorthrop.bsky.social
|
@liammullally.bsky.social
) This Weds at 18:30 Sign up 👇
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Natalie Bennett
about 2 months ago
There is a real buzz about the launch of the new Verdant think tank. It is bringing forward ideas that work within the limits of our planet while tackling the real pressures people face. Its ideas deserve serious attention.
#GreenEconomy
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The Autonomy Institute
about 2 months ago
NEW SPEAKER:
@meadwaj.bsky.social
joins our panel 'Guaranteeing the essentials in volatile times' next Weds 1st April (London) SIgn-up for free:
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Politics Theory Other
3 months ago
💥NEW PTO EXTRA!💥 -
@meadwaj.bsky.social
on the Green's historic electoral breakthrough in Gorton and Denton (and Labour's historic defeat).
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James Meadway on the Green's historic by-election victory | Politics Theory Other
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Global Justice Now
3 months ago
📢 Our line-up for Resisting Big Tech Empires just got even stronger. We’re excited to welcome Nick Srnicek (
@nsrnicek.bsky.social
, author of Silicon Empires) and Rosa Curling (
@foxglovelegal.bsky.social
) 📅 Sat 25 April, London 🎟️ Free tix:
www.globaljustice.org.uk/tech-empires
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Campaign against Climate Change
3 months ago
And you can follow all the speakers on Bluesky:
@aiarmsracebook.bsky.social
@meadwaj.bsky.social
&
@olliehayes.bsky.social
of
@globalactionplan.bsky.social
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Rupert Read
3 months ago
“…resource constraints and climate and nature crises…rather than human activity, will increasingly shape the world we inhabit. Flows of finance and stocks of wealth will matter less than stocks and flows of real material resources.”: READ…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The US is merely the latest to join the global rush to hoard critical minerals
JD Vance is seeking to create a ‘trading bloc’ as shortages and climate crises mean a kaleidoscope of rare earths are increasingly jealously guarded
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/16/critical-minerals-shortages-jd-vance-trading-bloc-analysis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The New Statesman
3 months ago
Britain is getting poorer, and angrier. We have become a precariat nation. By
@meadwaj.bsky.social
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Britain is getting poorer, and angrier
We have become a precariat nation
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2026/02/britain-is-getting-poorer-and-angrier?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1771235566-2
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Positive Money UK
4 months ago
"It is very worrying that banks feel able to use their influence to try and dictate elected government policy." Peter Mandelson was not an outlier - Government ministers continue to put the interests of banks above ours. Our Head of Policy and Advocacy, Simon Youel, on Sky News today 👇
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Tower Hamlets Green Party
4 months ago
Oh, please Labour, don’t tell our dad on us
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/28/o...
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Oh, please Labour, don’t tell our dad on us - Tower Hamlets Green Party
Most people on reaching adulthood do not go and tell someone’s parents when they have a problem with another grown up. Tower Hamlets Labour are the exception that proves the rule. Sirajul Islam, the p...
https://towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/28/oh-please-labour-dont-tell-our-dad-on-us/
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Caroline Russell
4 months ago
Gripped by a terrible drought now entering its sixth year, Iran’s cities are on the brink of what its meteorological organisation calls “water day zero” Well worth a read by
@meadwaj.bsky.social
in
@theguardian.com
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Isabella M. Weber
4 months ago
With the world's eyes on US oil interests, let's not forget who benefits: The richest of the rich. Our research shows: 50% of the record fossil fuel profits in 2022 went to the wealthiest 1% of US Americans, the bottom 50% only received 1%. Link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Citizen.Coping
5 months ago
A special lookback at the tumultuous year that was 2025
@meadwaj.bsky.social
is joined by Faiza Shaheen — author, economist and Exec. Dir. of Tax Justice UK — and Prof
@kojokoram.bsky.social
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
, host of Death in Westminster...
#Economics
pod
@macrodosepod.bsky.social
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The 2025 Review w/ Faiza Shaheen & Kojo Koram | MACRODOSE
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Pete Husky
5 months ago
Dear
@therestpolitics.bsky.social
Given Rory’s focus on economics policy, debt & austerity, you should get you get
@meadwaj.bsky.social
former shadow chancellor economic advisor on leading or on TRIP for an erudite balanced, credible, progressive economist perspective
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Green Alliance
6 months ago
💼Last week the Chancellor told the Bank of England to continue considering the materiality of nature related financial risks, as she did in 2024. 🌳But, despite publishing it’s big, twice yearly assessment of financial risks, the Bank did not mention nature once. (1/2)
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Complete agreement with Jo here.
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Transition Security Project
6 months ago
The arms race is undermining the green transition as critical minerals are diverted for the military. Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in
@theguardian.com
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www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
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Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report
Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
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Greens Organise
6 months ago
The people in this country need real, material improvement in their lives and they need it now. We need a politics that can flip austerity on its head and put the needs of the working class first.
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David Klemperer
6 months ago
Some astute budget commentary here from
@parth0.bsky.social
,
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social
,
@meadwaj.bsky.social
,
@louisehaighmp.bsky.social
, and
@morganj0nes.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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The Budget: our writers’ verdicts
Louise Haigh, Faiza Shaheen, James Meadway and others respond to the Chancellor
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/the-budget-our-writers-verdicts
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Dan Davies
6 months ago
tbh Polanski seems to have avoided most of the big MMT heffalump traps (allowing that "inflation doesn't go higher" was a misspeak), I'm relatively impressed at whoever's advising him.
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MACRODOSE
8 months ago
As sea ice melts, the Arctic is turning into a gateway for resources and trade—transforming our economy on a global scale. Returning from spending the summer writing his new book,
@meadwaj.bsky.social
looks back at the key economic stories of the summer along with some you may have missed 🎧👇
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The Natural Economy | MACRODOSE
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Climate Risk Economics
8 months ago
"Food inflation has been rising also in the rest of Europe as a result of increased commodity costs, often linked to climate change events"...
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Climate Risk Economics
8 months ago
"In mainstream economics, dealing with climate change is an issue of trade-offs: how much growth do we sacrifice today to limit damage tomorrow? But if tipping points are real and ecological damage is irreversible, the basis for this form of economic thinking is destroyed" -
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Make Them Pay
8 months ago
Online Rally tomorrow at 6pm! Billionaires, Polluters, Oligarchs. Let's take to the streets on 20th Sep to Make Them Pay. Join the online rally to hear why this is so important, plans for the day, and connect with people coming across the UK with
@patmillsuk.bsky.social
and
@meadwaj.bsky.social
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