Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Currency, Conflict, and Global Order – Project-Syndicate, Norrlof
- Drought threatens this year’s French grain harvest that will fuel global food inflation – BNE Intellinews
- Fed’s rate hike lags are about to bite – Reuters
- Mexico replaced China as America’s top trade buddy — and it shows how the global economy is rapidly transforming – Yahoo
- Emerging markets ‘decoupling’ narrative may have some truth to it after all – SCMP
- Remote work could wipe out $800 billion from office buildings’ value by 2030 — with San Francisco facing a ‘dire outlook,’ McKinsey predicts – Business Insider
- ‘More’ or ‘better’ capitalism cannot save the system; more greed will not make us happier — neoliberalism has brought us to the brink of collapse. – Antonio Melonio
- A global subsidy war? Keeping up with the Americans – Irish Times
- What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply – Conversation
Americas:
- Canadians to pay for governments’ pandemic overspending with their tax dollars: report – Financial Post
- Millions of Gen-Xers have almost nothing saved for retirement, researchers say – CBS
- The art of vassalisation: the new middle kingdom of the United States – Pearls & Irritations
- US Treasury starts spying on Russia’s neighbours for sanctions compliance – BNE Intellinews
- Why Florida’s inflation is now the worst in the U.S. – Newsweek
- America’s Student Loans Were Never Going to Be Repaid – NYT
- Inflation has slowed a lot — great. Here’s what is not so great. – MarketWatch
Europe:
- Russia accused of ‘cynical brinkmanship’ over delays to grain deal renewal – Guardian
- US Treasury starts spying on Russia’s neighbours for sanctions compliance – BNE Intellinews
- ‘It was like in world war one’: the foreign volunteers fighting in Ukraine – Guardian
- Warning public debt could soar as population ages – BBC
- Ukraine left in limbo – BNE Intellinews
- Germany plans to scrap ‘tax breaks’ for married couples – DW
- Russia and the Long Shadow of Versailles – Project-Syndicate, Eichengreen
- Foreign firms in Russia continue to help fund Putin’s war – DW
- Drought threatens this year’s French grain harvest that will fuel global food inflation – BNE Intellinews
Asia:
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- Chinese exports plummet, except to Russia – DW
- Solomon Islands says Chinese police to assist cyber and community security – CNBC
- South Korea’s population anticipated to decline by 27% from its present 52 million to 38 million by 2070 – AA
- China’s dream of a smooth post-pandemic economic recovery has already turned into a nightmare – Business Insider
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia picks first female central bank head to shepherd through reform – Reuters
- Australia’s central bank loses chief to public ire over rates – Reuters
- NAB offers staff 17.5% pay increase over four years to ease anger over return-to-office edicts – Guardian
- Auckland’s bold housing reforms an example for Australia’s unaffordable market – SCMP
- Work-from-home deal ‘groundbreaking’, but business groups warn of CBD ‘death knell’ – ABC
- Pesticides authority boss and chair resign, after inquiry triggered by APVMA worker who allegedly urinated on colleagues – ABC
- Is Michele Bullock the right choice as RBA governor? The experts are divided – ABC
- How to make sure RoboDebt could never happen again: ditch Westminster, embrace the republic – Michael West, Rex Patrick
- Robodebt and Robododger: PwC’s consulting operation revealed – Michael West
- The RBA wants to raise unemployment to fight inflation – but who will that hurt the most? – Guardian, Jericho
- ‘Everything’s going up’: what happens to Australia’s shops when customers cut back? – Guardian
- Parliament launches new inquiry into City sexism after scandals – Guardian
- Deloitte admits misuse of government information as scandal engulfing PwC widens – Guardian
- Accountability’ of the Public Service: The Robodebt Royal Commission highlights personal responsibilities – Pearls & Irritations
- Food prices remain ‘worryingly high’ after 12.5% annual increase – Stuff.co.nz……there have been 9.99 and 8.99 per kg tomatoes near me recently…
- After robodebt, here’s how Australia can have a truly ‘frank and fearless’ public service again – Conversation……draw a line between APS6 & EL1, cull 33% of those above the line, test the remainder for numeracy and literacy, and screen them all for psychopathy. Open a ‘dob in a chief hotline’…
Other:
- Want to fix productivity? Kill KPIs – they reward executives for cutting costs and delivering poor customer experience – Michael West, Peter Mills
- GM food: The best way for sustainable food production? – DWArtificial sweetener aspartame is possibly carcinogenic, WHO says – MarketWatch
- Why we study black holes and gravitational waves – DW
- IOC does not plan to invite Russia and Belarus to Olympics-2024 – Pravda
- Is Robert Kennedy Jr a genuine threat to Joe Biden? – New Statesman
For those who missed it on Thursday this weeks Nucleus pod was – after a few technical glitches early – well worth a watch and listen.
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