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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 taking a look back at,

first, the strikes that are taking place in Britain this week

and why they might be on the verge of a victory.

Second, a look at how those strikes fit into the emerging picture

globally of a labour up surge.

And finally, a report by the BBC

that finds its own reporting of economics over the last decade

fell short of what was needed.

On to our first story. We're producing this episode the evening before what looks set to be

one of the biggest single days of strike action in the UK for a decade, in the midst of what

is very clearly the largest wave of strikes this country

has seen since at least the late 1980s. Obviously, I hope those on strike or contemplating going

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