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📣 Your weekly economics fix with @meadwaj 🌏 A podcast from @planet_b Subscribe to THE FIX 👇
Joined October 2023
🌍 2024 has been a whirlwind – every week packed with a decade’s worth of news. Here are some of our favourite episodes, key stories and themes we’ve tackled this year. 🧵
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In today's edition of THE FIX, Life-long New Yorker and labour historian Michelle Chen (@meeshellchen) writes on Zohran’s momentous victory. Read now 👇 https://t.co/heuSx1pQzR
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While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty. Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵 https://t.co/DDhjd4Xizm
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WATCH BACK: The Politics and Policies We Need | @macrodosepod live 👇 📢 @schneiderhome / @johnmcternan / @AyeishaTS / @chilledasad100 / @tweetingantonia
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I feel like a stuck record, but: - climate change isn’t some big distant threat but an immediate experience - all future politics and economic questions will be fundamentally shaped by this fact - nearly all current politics and economic thinking has failed to grasp any of this
Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk https://t.co/506kEtzif3
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*ONE TO LISTEN TO* @Overshootpod in today's @thetimes Environment newsletter 📰👇 https://t.co/VOprCFiV1t
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During WWII, Britain ran 2,000+ state-subsidised public restaurants serving hot meals for the equivalent of £1.50 today – but we've almost forgotten them! The latest episode of the Public Luxury podcast looks at the legacy of public dining 👇 https://t.co/Tp5HO39tae
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📢episode 3 is out now We meet the pensioner who looked into her pension fund's due diligence on climate change What she found was shocking... Ft @CarbonBubble, @ProfSteveKeen, @CampanaleMark, @JosephEStiglitz and many more Listen now: https://t.co/asVnA0oyxm
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*PICK OF THE WEEK* Our four-part documentary series, @Overshootpod is the Guardian's podcast 'pick of the week' 💥 Listen now 👇 https://t.co/z9vkpoEvjR
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*ON SALE NOW* ANDREAS MALM in conversation with ADRIENNE BULLER Marking the release of his book 'The Long Heat', Malm leads this vital discussion on the climate crisis and how we can act and come together for change. @VersoBooks
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Best-selling author and activist Andreas Malm leads a vital discussion on the climate crisis, exploring how we can act and come together with hope for change.
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“This powerful series exposes how our economic system is driving the climate crisis, while lifting up the courageous people charting an alternative path.” - @jasonhickel Find out more on https://t.co/NoRdcI0urD Episode 1 & 2 available now
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ALSO: Listen now to Laurie's new four-part documentary series 'Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C'
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Science Podcast · In 2015, the world agreed to limit global heating to 1.5°C. Ten years later, temperatures are spiralling beyond this and climate chaos is wreaking havoc across the globe. How did we...
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"The only industry in the world that has moved a similar scale of mass as 5 billion tons...is surprise, surprise: the petroleum industry." THIS WEEK: @meadwaj is joined by @laurielaybourn to discuss climate overshoot, carbon sucking and data centres. https://t.co/JWj4mBWMAA
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Madness, absolute madness. Hyperscale data centres typically are: - hugely resource intensive (typical equivalence would be 30-50k homes’ water use) - of limited impact on productivity - create very few jobs - depreciate rapidly - you’re building a white elephant. Paper below
EXC: Environmental and planning rules would be pared back to drive the building of giant artificial intelligence data centres under plans being considered by ministers New AI bill being drawn up where applications automatically approved unless ministers object
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Episode 1: Uncharted Territory If the world didn’t win, has it lost? We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next. Listen to episode one now:
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Really pleased to see @ZackPolanski raising the issue of huge sums being paid to the Bank of England for notional “losses” on its reserves - £20bn and upwards a year taken from the government! Can’t leave Reform and Tice to make case for monetary reform. (Link below.)
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*EXCLUSIVE* This week, we have a preview from Wim Carton and Andreas Malm’s latest book, 'The Long Heat' – out next week from our friends at @VersoBooks 📚 Read now👇 https://t.co/d8uP7Bw5Wu
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An exclusive extract from Wim Carton and Andreas Malm’s latest book, The Long Heat, out 7 October from Verso Books.
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Returning from spending the summer writing his new book, @meadwaj looks back at the key economic stories of the summer along with some you may have missed 🎧👇 https://t.co/EYR03pQ2i0
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As sea ice melts, the Arctic is turning into a gateway for resources and trade—transforming our economy on a global scale.
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Renewables helping to *cut* electricity costs in Spain
NEW ANALYSIS | Spain is successfully decoupling electricity prices from gas power costs 🇪🇸⚡️ Spain reduced the number of hours where electricity prices exceed gas costs by 75% since 2019. As a result, Spain's electricity prices were 32% lower than the EU average in H1-2025.
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