Macrodose
Hosted by James Meadway · Planet B Productions
5.0from 337 ratings
- 283
- Episodes
- 197
- Transcribed
- 337
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 1970
- First episode
- 6K
- YouTube views
About Macrodose
Your weekly fix of everything economics. Hosted by James Meadway.
- Publisher
- Planet B Productions
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jan 1970
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
197 of 283 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Healey's First Hurdle
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Houthis Hit Saudi Oil Hard
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Getting Out Of The Government Bond Game
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Healey's First Hurdle
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The first, the stability rule, says day-to-day costs must be met by revenues so that the government only borrows to invest, as the phrase has it. The second, the investment rule, says public sector net financial liabilities, which is a measure of government debt, should be falling as a share of GDP by 2029-30. The headroom, everyone quotes, is measured against the first of these rules. So the rules demand a certain path for spending, taxing and borrowing over time. The difference between what Healy could do inside his own rules and what the forecast says he will do is the headroom. When it is big, he has a lot of space inside his rules, according to the forecast. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Macrodose
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Khadija Hiati
- Herrie Hoogenboom
- Valery Alzaga
- Zeynep Bicici
- Kwasi Agyemang-Prempeh
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 6,475
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 31 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 306 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 67
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James Meadway host the show. Published by Planet B Productions.
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