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On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: the United Auto Workers strike that’s got the US establishment worried  (1:15), the new era of capitalism: 15 years on from the 2008 financial crash (7:23) and a listener question - why is economic inactivity on the rise in the UK (12:10)?

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