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Arkaroola Landscape, Elisabeth Cummings, 1994, Art Gallery of NSW
Macro & Markets
- Sex Pistols-style anarchy threatens world economy – AsiaTimes
- Eight minutes that could change the world – AsiaTimes
- What US-China decoupling does and doesn’t mean – AsiaTimes
- Is Libya the new Syria? – BNE Intellinews
- How the protests swept the world – New Statesman
- The new age of autarky – New Statesman…good read, more autarky is where the world is going….
- Rising hunger threatens famines as coronavirus crashes economies, leaves crops to rot in fields – DW
- US-China rivalry will shape post-coronavirus world order while India and the EU struggle to keep pace – SCMP
- China’s Patchy Air Travel Recovery Portends Lasting Pain for Oil – Bloomberg
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Americas
- U.S. lawmakers ask Zoom to clarify China ties after it suspends accounts – Reuters
- Why US hopes for a quick economic recovery from the coronavirus are pure fantasy – SCMP
- Bannon tells Asia Times: US election is all about China – AsiaTimes
- Why Democrats shouldn’t assume that a bad economy will sink Trump – Vox
- Sobering Jobs Outlook: ‘We’re Expecting a Long Haul’ – NY Times
- The government says there’s no inflation — except for the things people are actually buying – MarketWatch
- A month into reopening, no clear turn for U.S. economy or pandemic – Reuters
- Is Trump in trouble for stance on US race relations? – BBC
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Asia
- Japan’s $94 billion reserve to combat pandemic sparks ire as PM Abe’s ‘pocket money’ – Reuters
- China’s factory prices continued to fall in May, but consumer inflation slowed – SCMP
- US is waging financial war to stop China’s rise, says veteran politician – SCMP
- Indonesia’s grand plan to sink world’s richest mine – AsiaTimes
- China may punish Australia with trade curbs — but it can’t stop buying iron ore from Down Under – CNBC
- Japan enacts record extra budget to address pandemic fallout – Japan Times
- India, China standoff needs a political solution – AsiaTimes
- Bond investors watch PBoC for more stimulus – AsiaTimes
- Singapore May Re-Open Practically Entire Economy This Month – Bloomberg
Europe
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- It’s Russia’s cheapest crisis ever and the CBR is still accumulating cash – BNE Intellinews
- Next Generation EU: A recovery plan for Europe – VoxEU
- COVID-19 and UK public finances – VoxEU
- UK economy shrinks by record 20.4% in April lockdown – Reuters
- How worrying is Britain’s debt? Surprisingly, we economists say: not very – Guardian
- Bank of England ‘ready to act’ as economy shrinks record 20% – BBC
Terra Specufestorus
- Punishing the ‘undeserving’ – the robo-debt fiasco – Pearls and Irritations
- China warns Australia to keep new foreign investment policy ‘fair and non-discriminatory’ to Chinese firms – SCMP
- As China tensions mount, Australia’s dovish voices calling for engagement are fading away – SCMP
- The white elephants of NSW – Pearls and Irritations
- China’s Consumers Increasing the Price of Provoking the Dragon – Pearls and Irritations
- ‘Hammer drop’: 2.3 million people facing virus welfare cut in September – Ninefax
- An understated and yet a most influential and famous Australian – Pearls and Irritations
- ‘White elephant’ fears for Crown Sydney casino as China warns citizens not to travel to Australia – Guardian
- Australia is 100 days from an economic cliff – ABC
- ‘Discourse control’: Political leaders’ language changes after signing up to Belt and Road, Clive Hamilton says – Ninefax
- ‘Use super to offset mortgages’: Liberal MP calls for housing changes – Ninefax
- Sydney needs 1 million new homes by 2041 – Ninefax
- China, Australia and the US are using racism as a political football – SCMP
- China seems intent on using its economic heft to intimidate Australia — but the Government is eyeing off a new plan – ABC
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…and furthermore…
- How a vaccine made of mosquito spit could help stop the next epidemic – Reuters
- Health inequalities: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – Pearls and Irritations
- Universities as businesses: a cultural disaster – Pearls and Irritations
- The stupidity of Artificial Intelligence – AsiaTimes
- The Millennial Mental-Health Crisis – The Atlantic
- Rats Have Not Changed. We Have. – The Atlantic
- Could hibernation be induced in humans? – Japan Times…with the right intoxicants, hallucinogens, other humans and a good supply of movies anything is possible…
- Saudi Arabia Isn’t Just Raising Taxes – The Atlantic
- Economics, Dominated by White Men, Is Roiled by Black Lives Matter – NY Times
- “The old normal was bad for people’s health”: Ex-NHS chief calls for a healthcare New Deal – New Statesman…could justify an awful lot of government expenditure after infrastructure is spent out…
- Public Health Is Political – Slate
- How the coronavirus outbreak is roiling the film and entertainment industries – Vox
- The treasure trove hidden in discarded computers – BBC
- Knowing how your news is made – AsiaTimes
- Luxury food industry turns sour amid global coronavirus lockdowns – Reuters
- Coronavirus may have huge impact on property markets – BBC
- COVID-19, asset prices, and the Great Reallocation – VoxEU
- Historical figures reassessed around globe after Floyd death – AP
- First-time share market investors take a punt on coronavirus recovery – ABC
- Why there’s far more at risk than not seeing Fawlty Towers again – Ninefax
- Absurd and shameful’: Winston Churchill statue sealed in steel ahead of protests – Ninefax
- With interest rates so low what tools does the Reserve Bank have to support the economy? – ABC
- First element in periodic table: Why all the fuss about hydrogen? – DW
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