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‘The Hikers’ 1957, James Cook, Art Gallery of NSW
Macro & Markets
- Worst Shipping Crisis in Decades Puts Lives and Trade at Risk – Bloomberg
- The next wave of the global recovery could send commodity prices soaring – CNBC
- Fed’s Kashkari says pandemic aid was also ‘banking bailout’ – Reuters
- U.S.-China investment flows slide to nine year-low as bilateral tensions escalate – Reuters
- Central Banking’s Next Act – Project-Syndicate
- Interest Rate Cuts Are Dead. Long Live Rate Cuts – Bloomberg
- Milton Friedman Was Wrong. Look at Income Inequality. – Bloomberg
- Is This The Final Nail In Coal’s Coffin? – OilPrice
- Why America Is Afraid of TikTok – The Atlantic
- Trump Administration to Ban TikTok and WeChat From U.S. App Stores – NY Times
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Americas
- U.S. current account deficit surges 52.9% in second quarter – Reuters
- Canada has abandoned free-trade talks with China, says foreign minister – SCMP
- Fed’s Kashkari decries ‘absurd’ U.S. financial system that needs bailout every 10 years – Market Watch…that’s not a flaw, that’s a feature…
- “Reopening” isn’t enough to save bars and restaurants — the US needs a bailout – Vox
- West Coast fires will cost US economy dearly – DW
- The U.S. economy is hurting, and the outlook from the central bank is bleak – CBC
- New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States – ProPublica
- US ruling on China’s alleged yuan undervaluation could stoke further rift in relations – SCMP
- US ban on China’s Xinjiang cotton ‘would wreak havoc’, leading apparel group says – SCMP
- US technology embargo list gives China a blueprint for home-grown innovation over the next decade, top science official says – SCMP
- The U.S. Is on the Path to Destruction – The Atlantic
- What Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Means for America – The Atlantic
- Why inflation in the US has been so stable since the 1990s – VoxEU
- Joe Biden’s latest pandemic plan: At least $3,000 in cash to parents for every child – Vox
- U.S, details up to $14 billion in new aid for farmers – Reuters
- Fed officials tussle over practical meaning of new inflation policy – Reuters
- Argentina’s honeymoon with IMF about to get a reality check – Reuters
- How the 1970s Changed the U.S. Economy – Bloomberg
- The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure – Time
Asia
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- In a US-China war, whose side is Southeast Asia on? Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia ponder the unthinkable – SCMP
- Japan’s new leader wants Suganomics to take off immediately – Nikkei Asian Review
- Yuan resumes climb on August jump in domestic demand – Asia Times
- China’s mask diplomacy: Political and business ties facilitate access to critical medical goods during the coronavirus pandemic – VoxEU
- China’s ‘dual circulation’ plan is bad news for others’ exports – Bruegel
- China’s university students escape online to rail against the nation’s growing inequality – SCMP
- This Chinese cockroach farm houses a billion roaches, kept contained by a moat filled with hungry fish – ABC
- China urged to flex long-arm jurisdiction to protect its companies from foreign hostility – SCMP
- Beijing hoses down its own vaccine propaganda – Asia Times
- Foreigners not as wanted as before in Singapore – Asia Times
- Asian economic recovery in 2021 under threat: ADB – Asia Times
- Asian economies to shrink for first time in 60 years – DW
- China’s wolf warrior overreach draws comparison to Imperial Japan – Nikkei Asian Review
- Japan exports fall 15% in August as pandemic pummels trade – AP
- China announces regulations for ‘unreliable entity’ list – AP
Europe
- Rising virus rates threaten economy, warns Bank – BBC
- U.K. Housing Is a Sick Canary in the Economic Coal Mine – Bloomberg
- European powers weigh wading into South China Sea – Asia Times
- Post-pandemic debt sustainability in the EU/euro area: This time may (and should) be different – VoxEU
- EU climate plan could see bloc’s carbon price double this decade – Reuters
- Non-summit shows EU-China ties at new low – Bruegel
- Bank of England eyes sub-zero rates in face of virus, Brexit – AP
- Germany’s Economy Is Sicker Than You Think – Bloomberg
- The ECB Needs Italy and Spain to Help Themselves – Bloomberg
- Banks in Britain ready for Libor milestone next month: BoE – Reuters
- It’s ‘back to the 50s’ as day trips replace the UK rail commute – Guardian
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Terra Specufestorus
- The Government’s backing of a new power plant is a gas-fired distraction – ABC, Tingle
- Angus Taylor says Australia has the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. Here’s what he’s not saying – ABC
- Coronavirus changed our expat Facebook group into a lifeline for those stuck overseas – ABC
- Unemployment fall might be caused by return of gig economy jobs, economists say – ABC
- Budget wait for JobSeeker boost, but supplement likely for new year – Ninefax
- Low taxes, airport rail will put Victoria back on track – Ninefax…another scion of NeoLiberlaism touting low taxes, corporate profits and poverty for the many…
- Super for first-home buyers: a safe future for young Australians or just a boost for property prices? – Guardian
- Robodebt court documents show government was warned 76 times debts were not legally enforceable – Guardian…we want a Royal Commission…
- Morrison says you’re either for gas or against it. Of course it’s not as simple as that – Guardian
- ‘Struggling’: NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro takes four weeks’ mental health leave – Guardian…he could spend it in his own B&B watching Friendly Jordies videos…
- Lord Sugar tweets about flight to Sydney, angering Australians unable to enter country – Guardian
- Australia’s aged care system needs ‘fundamental reset’, Brendan Murphy tells inquiry – Guardian …it needs private sector funds extraction from the public teat to be ended….
- Gas Gush: the toadies of mainstream media trot out government’s fossil fuel fracking campaign – Michael West
- Ugly numbers of Trump’s tax cuts serve a warning for Scott Morrison – Michael West
- What happens when we treat aged care residents as “consumers” – Pearls and Irritations
- Which Australian universities are most at-risk due to coronavirus? – Canberra Times
- Public servant accused of lying to Senate committee – Canberra Times
- New Zealand enters recession amid record drop in GDP – DW
- Tasmania’s tax system is broken: here are three ways to fix it – The Conversation, Eslake
- Does Scott Morrison have any idea what a big battery can actually do? – Reneweconomy
- This Pacific Island province is so frustrated with China’s presence that it’s pushing for independence – CNN
…and furthermore…
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- Coronavirus: constantly surprising virus found to be heat tolerant, self-healing and very resilient in lab tests – SCMP
- ‘They used my picture and I should’ve got paid for it’ – BBC…not paying is a metastasizing business model…
- The Little Short: What happened when I decided to bet against the Dow—and the financial services industry tried to stop me. – Slate
- What Animal Penises Tell Us About Our Own – Slate
- The intergenerational transmission of wealth in rich countries – VoxEU
- Importing inequality: Immigration and the top 1% – VoxEU
- International friends and enemies: Modelling the evolution of trade relationships since 1970 – VoxEU
- Withering cash: Sweden seems special rather than ahead of the curve – VoxEU
- A living rain: How one planetary scientist imagines life on Venus – Vox
- What facial recognition technology means – New Statesman
- Africa: The big rip-off in arms deals – DW
- How Poverty Reduction Can Survive Deglobalization – Project-Syndicate
- The Holy Grail of Endless Energy: Harvesting Blackholes – OilPrice
- Deluded, with reason – Aeon
- From adenoviruses to RNA: the pros and cons of different COVID vaccine technologies = The Conversation