‘Coast Road’ Dorrit Black, 1942, Art Gallery of South Australia
Macro & Markets
- A New Global Monetary Order Is Being Built Before Your Eyes – Bloomberg
- The Suez Mishap Is a Foretaste of the New Cold War Stakes – Bloomberg…good read…
- The changing face of globalization – Asia Times
- Fear of Inflation Finds a Foothold in the Bond Market – NY Times
- US-China struggle is unlike the old Cold War – Asia Times
- American overreach in Anchorage points to conflict with China – Pearls and Irritations, Hugh White
- Diversify or risk unrest, oil producers warned in report – Guardian
- Suez blockage sets shipping rates racing, oil and gas tankers diverted away – Reuters
- Egypt races to dislodge giant vessel blocking Suez Canal – AP News
- Biden pledges to prevent China from becoming the world’s ‘leading’ country – SCMP
- Suez Canal blockage shows vulnerability of world’s trade choke points – SCMP
- Suez Canal container ship accident is a worst-case scenario for global trade – The Conversation
- Suez canal gridlock could raise oil prices and shipping costs – Guardian
- Suez blockage is holding up $9.6bn of goods a day – BBC
- In Suez Canal, Stuck Ship Is a Warning About Excessive Globalization – NY Times
- Central bankers’ crypto experiments should put investors on alert – FT.com, Tett
Americas
- Unemployment Claims Are Lowest Since Pandemic Began – NY Times
- Larry Summers Warned About Inflation. Fed Officials Push Back. – NY Times
- Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public – NY Times
- Fed says restrictions on bank dividends and buybacks to end – AP News
- Powell likens Fed’s pandemic response to British at Dunkirk – AP News
- Lendlease vows to improve US military housing after ‘slumlord’ criticism – Ninefax
- In shift, oil industry group backs federal price on carbon – AP News
- What ‘blame Chinese’ crowd missed about Vancouver home prices – Asia Times
- Canada risks becoming house-rich and everything else-poor – Financial Post
- Despite soaring prices in pandemic, CMHC says housing market is only ‘moderately’ vulnerable – CBC
- While the World Still Struggles, the U.S. Can Power Ahead – Bloomberg
- Will ‘Running the Economy Hot’ Really Help Workers? – Bloomberg
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Asia
- Taiwan reports largest ever incursion by Chinese air force – SCMP…starting to get serious over the Taiwan Strait…
- Canada calling? Hong Kong residents shift billions abroad after clampdown – Reuters
- China’s SWIFT joint venture a ‘defensive move’ in US financial war after Alaska talks underlined ongoing tensions – SCMP…or is it about closing down capital flight from China?….
- China coal: Australia ban continues to weigh on supply, imports down 40 per cent even as Russia moves to fill gap – SCMP
- Cheer up China naysayers, bond defaults have benefits too – Nikkei Asia
- China warns regional banks to brace for tidal wave of bad debt – Nikkei Asia
- China rare earths extend surge on worries over Myanmar supply, inspection threat – Reuters
- Bank of Japan eyes shift to ‘hands-off’ approach on bond buying – Reuters
- China faces risk of hot money outflows: ex-central bank adviser – Business Times
Europe
- Amsterdam bet its post-Covid recovery on ‘doughnut’ economics — more cities are now following suit – CNBC
- UK retail sales rise 2.1% in February – Reuters
- Ukraine poised for take off – BNE Intellinews
- How the USSR’s collapse is remembered in Russia today – BNE Intellinews
- Chinese sanctions threaten EU investment pact – Deutsche Welle
- Why Europe should not worry about COVID-fueled inflation – Deutsche Welle
- Russia sanctions — easy to announce, hard to implement – FT.com….VVP and co would be thanking the sanctions they had imposed in 2014…
- New central banking calls for a European Credit Council – VoxEU
- The EU’S Pandemic Reversal of Fortune – The Atlantic
Terra Specufestorus
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- There’s a sense Scott Morrison’s edifice of processes is teetering. Will it come crashing down? – ABC, Tingle…there is a very real sense this government is cornered and mortally wounded, and we are just waiting for something to deliver the coup de grâce…
- Housing’s threat to the future of start-ups – AFR…start ups? Is anything starting up but the Ponzi?…
- No Peace Dividend in Lurid Politics Down Under – Bloomberg
- Australia floods raise alarm on Sydney’s great housing gamble – Nikkei Asia
- Good fortune and marketing briefs can’t save Morrison from his recent fumblings – Pearls and Irritations
- AUSTRAC muzzled by Canberra as Australia defies global money-laundering authorities – Michael West
- Australia’s economy is more reliant on iron ore than ever – Guardian
- Australian envoy reportedly describes China as ‘vindictive’ – AP News
- China-Australia relations: Beijing halts some hay imports, putting US$121 million export market under threat – SCMP
- China-Australia relations: exploding Australian wheat exports step up to meet high demand despite tensions – SCMP
- Australian lithium miner ready for ‘dynamic shift’ in EV battery supply chain amid US-China tensions – SCMP
- New Zealand businesses must adapt to a fragmented post-COVID global economy – The Conversation
- The worst is not over in the crisis tearing at Scott Morrison’s government – The Conversation
- Kiwis are behind New Zealand’s runaway house prices. Not buyers from China or Singapore – SCMP
- ACCC calls for major overhaul of ‘outdated’ Murray-Darling Basin water markets – ABC
- ‘Unless you’re wealthy, don’t come back’: dismay over new rules for returning to NZ – Guardian
- Australian wine industry expecting China to lock in tariffs for five years – ABC
- Shareholders reap millions from top companies pocketing JobKeeper, new analysis finds – ABC
- What happens when you free unemployed Australians from ‘mutual obligations’ and boost their benefits? We just found out – The Conversation
- It’s great to want wage growth, but the way we’re going about it could stunt the recovery – The Conversation
- Just 609 young Australians have been hired under jobmaker scheme, Treasury reveals – Guardian
- Crocodile tears no mask for Coalition’s economic war on women – Michael West
- Disadvantage accelerates as private school funding rises six times public schools over the decade – Michael West
- UK conservatives are willing to tax the rich to repair their budget, Morrison will only take from the needy – Pearls and Irritations
- Employer groups have abandoned the industry funds they part-own – New Daily, Kohler…Kohler is right…
- Beijing officially slaps duties on Australian wine after concluding anti-dumping probe – SCMP
…and furthermore…
- China airfares rebound in potential rehearsal for global recovery – Reuters
- China sanctions Britons after EU move on Xinjiang – AP News
- Has climate change opinion reached a ‘social tipping point’? Yes, evidence suggests – SCMP
- ‘Yes or no?’ U.S. lawmakers fume over Big Tech’s answers on misinformation – Reuters
- China’s Central Bank Estimates Potential Growth of Under 6% – Bloomberg
- The latest must-have among US billionaires? A plan to end the climate crisis – Guardian
- Coronavirus: A death sentence for China’s live animal markets – Deutsche Welle
- Suez Canal still blocked as frustrations grow – Deutsche Welle
- Learning to code ‘will seriously change your life’ – BBC
- Frozen pizza sales are red hot, with increased sales expected to outlast the pandemic – CBC
- Student debt “feels like quicksand.” Is loan forgiveness the answer? – CBS News
- Oil nations tipped for political instability if the world moves away from fossil fuels – CNBC
- The Robots Are Coming for Phil in Accounting – NY Times…accounting is dead in the water…
- Goldman Sachs junior bankers report ‘inhumane’ working conditions – El Pais
- Amazon Has Transformed the Geography of Wealth and Power – The Atlantic
…Various ad hoc workplace psychology readings…
- Bullies, thieves and chiefs: the hidden cost of psychopaths at work – The Conversation…there’s a lot of psychopaths out there, especially in large workplaces…
- The Disturbing Link Between Psychopathy And Leadership – Forbes
- 1 in 5 business leaders may have psychopathic tendencies—here’s why, according to a psychology professor – CNBC
- Do psychopaths really make better leaders? – BBC
- Psychopaths in the C-Suite? – American Psychological Association
- The Devil in the Boardroom: Corporate Psychopaths and Their Impact on Business – Western Oregon University
- The 10 professions with the most psychopaths – Business Insider
- Not all psychopaths are criminals – some psychopathic traits are actually linked to success – The Conversation
- “Corporate Psychopaths” in Public Agencies? – California State University
- Adaptive Traits Associated with Psychopathy in a “Successful,” Non-Criminal Population – Snyder, Yale University
- Executive Psychopaths – Harvard Business Review
- The Pros to Being a Psychopath – Smithsonian
- The 5 types of toxic narcissists at work – Fortune
- 10 Signs Your Co-Worker or Colleague is a Narcissist – Psychology Today
- How to Work with a Narcissist (When you Have No Choice) – Medium
- How to Work for a Narcissistic Boss – Harvard Business Review