International Reads:
- Biden wants to give 500,000 Americans money to buy homes – News Week
- CNN poll: Large majority of US adults and half of Republicans agree with Biden’s goal to slash climate pollution in half by the end of the decade – CNN
- The truth and the spin of Biden’s economic recovery – MSNBC
- ‘Greedflation’ study finds many companies were lying to you about inflation – Fortune
- It’s ‘infrastructure decade,’ Biden says while touting high-speed rail funding in NV – Nevada Current
- How good is the U.S. economy? It’s beating pre-pandemic predictions. – Washington Post
- Ronald Reagan’s Policies Continue to Exacerbate the Racial Wealth Gap – Time
- Jeep-owner Stellantis announces mass layoffs, blames California – Electrek
- Mortgage Rates Send Americans Scrambling to Refinance Loans – News Week
- Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting – NY Times
- Even Fox News is having trouble trashing Biden’s economy – Daily Kos
- The American Way of Economic War (Paul Krugman) – Foreign Affairs
- Solid US job growth, drop in unemployment rate underscore labor market resilience – Reuters
- House Republicans have once again voted to poison you and cost you trillions – Elektrek
Local Reads:
- Communities are trying to chase pokies out of Australian towns. Their victories are inspiring others – The Guardian
- Carbon Captured: Santos emails reveal gas giant orchestrated “Environment Protection” laws – Michael West
- The federal government will unveil a strategy to return immigration to sustainable levels but allow the nation to acquire the workforce skills it needs, Anthony Albanese says – SBS
- Kind of lazy and an idiot: the Bruce Lehrmann trial – Saturday Paper
- Australia’s freedom of information system ‘dysfunctional and broken’, inquiry finds – The Guardian
- Locally grown garlic can be bought by Australian consumers all year round after decades of work – ABC
- ‘My whole world revolves around cash’: why some Australians fear being left behind by a cashless future – The Guardian
- Interest rate hikes are hurting households but there’s a way bigger drain on our finances going unnoticed — your tax bill – ABC
- Cyclone, heatwaves and flooding dominate Australia’s weekend weather of extremes – ABC
- Foreign investors to be slapped with huge penalties for leaving homes vacant – ABC
- Cost of living pressures tighten Christmas budgets, but Aussie families find ways to make ends meet – ABC
- 2023 – The year of the recession we…er, didn’t have – Interest.co.nz
- Adrian Orr gets his Christmas wish, one year late – Interest.co.nz
- NZ versus the world: How house prices have changed, here and overseas – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances last week:
LVO talks immigration and living standards on Radio 2GB:
LVO talks interest rates and inflation on Sky News:
LVO talks immigration madness with Cameron Murray.
DLS talks interest rates and national accounts on Radio 2GB:
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