James Meadway
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Nov 1, 2026
BenPANELIST
Like, I'm saying realistically, you can go for – for example, you can – without freaking out the markets too much, you can go for taxes on banking profits.
BenPANELIST
And James Meadway was saying, like, the bankers are worried about this.
BenPANELIST
Because interest rates going up has meant that banks have been making more and more in profit for not doing anything different.
BenPANELIST
Because interest rates go up, the banks just make more money from all the lending they do.
Michael WalkerHOST
So that's the amount that banks pay over and above the usual corporation tax on their profits.
Michael WalkerHOST
I was joined a short time ago by director of the Verdant Think Tank and friend of the show, James Meadway, to discuss the budget.
Michael WalkerHOST
And I started by asking him to explain the headlines from today's announcements.
James MeadwayGUEST
John Healey, his allies, everybody around the sort of senior upper echelons of the Labour Party have talked up for some weeks now that this would be a low-key budget, that it would be a few bits and pieces of presumed help for workers.
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James MeadwayGUEST
So this adds up to kind of quiet and economically, well, may you live in interesting times as the old curse has it.
James MeadwayGUEST
And here we are.
Michael WalkerHOST
James Meadway, thank you very much.
Michael WalkerHOST
Interesting times and interesting conversation as always.
Owen JonesHOST
Look, again, is it unreasonable to use his bar? I'm going to talk with an expert about whether four years of neoliberalism is really coming to an end.
Owen JonesHOST
The brilliant James Meadway, who is an economist and also presents Macrodose, brilliant podcast on economics, obviously, and also director of the think tank Verdant.
Owen JonesHOST
This is a annual tradition.
Owen JonesHOST
We go through budgets, Tory and now Labour.
Hannah PeakerHOST
So is it enough for the Chancellor to give us breathing room? How will Healey's measures affect you when energy prices rise yet again this winter? And will this budget be enough to get Andy Burnham through the next general election? Welcome to a special crossover episode of the New Economics podcast and Macrodose.
Hannah PeakerHOST
I'm Hannah Peaker and I'm very pleased to be here today with James Meadway, the host of Macrodose and Chris Hayes, Chief Economist at Commonwealth.
Hannah PeakerHOST
This episode will also be going out on Macrodo's podcast feeds.
Hannah PeakerHOST
And if you're not subscribed to Macrodo's podcast already, please make sure you check them out.
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James MeadwayHOST
Hello and welcome to Macrodose, a podcast hosted by me, James Meadway, that brings you your weekly fix of everything economics in a quick 15-minute roundup.
James MeadwayHOST
In today's episode, we'll be looking at, first, the trailing from the treasury of next week's budget has begun in earnest.
James MeadwayHOST
Second, Microsoft have pulled out of a data center project in Essex.
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James MeadwayHOST
Hello and welcome to Macrodose, a podcast hosted by me, James Meadway, that brings you your weekly fix of everything economics in a quick 15-minute roundup.
James MeadwayHOST
In today's episode, we'll be looking at, first, should the UK really commit to an arbitrary 3.5% target for defence spending? Second, the IMF's World Economic Outlook report and what's missing from it? And third, the ongoing unrest and protests against conditions in the French education system.
James MeadwayHOST
Our first story this week looks at a brilliant and timely report from Kevin Cashman and Kem Rogali at the Transition Security Project that shreds the ridiculous non-debates we've been forced into over defence spending.
Megan KenyonGUEST
I think she spoke to me about that at the start of September and said, we need to do this even before the conference had taken place.
Megan KenyonGUEST
And you've got, you know, you've got other people, you've got like James Meadway, who is ran in the local elections in Tower Hamlets, but I don't think was successful, but also is like, you know, quite a well respected economist.
Megan KenyonGUEST
And then, yeah.
Megan KenyonGUEST
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James MeadwayHOST
Macro Dose.
James MeadwayHOST
Hello, and welcome to Macro Dose, a podcast hosted by me, James Meadway, that brings you your weekly fix of everything economics in a quick 15-minute roundup.
James MeadwayHOST
In today's episode, we'll be looking at, first, an update on the road ahead for food prices as El Nino builds; second, the Green Party conference, some much needed economic policies have been introduced; and third, how the year ahead might be a moment of massive divergence in the world economy.
James MeadwayHOST
[upbeat music] Our first story this week is all about food prices, which last month hit their highest level in nearly four years as a very strong El Nino builds.