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You are now listening to Macrodose.

Hello and welcome to Macrodose. The MacroDose. MacroDose. Hello and welcome to MacroDose, a podcast hosted by me, James Meadway, that brings you your weekly fix of everything economics and a quick, 15-minute roundup. Each Wednesday morning, we bring you the key stories making the news and the analysis you need to make sense of them.

On today's episode, we'll be looking at the strikes that are spreading across the UK, from the railways, the teachers, to nurses and oil workers.

First, we'll look at the economics of the strikes themselves.

And then, in part two, we'll put this movement into a historical perspective

because it helps show the real importance of what's happening,

away from the media hype.

And finally, for a third story of the week,

we'll reflect on the UK's worsening energy crisis

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