Reads
- All those naked Greeks…Men in ancient Greek art exercise, fight battles, pursue lovers and mourn lost friends, all without their pants on. Why? – Aeon
- Is artificial intelligence a threat to journalism or will the technology destroy itself? – Guardian
- Victorians are still waiting for answers to simple questions on the Commonwealth Games – ABC
- The Russian war economy: macroeconomic performance – Bruegel
- Globalisation and automation as sources of labour-market competition, and support for European Union unemployment insurance – Bruegel
- Artificial intelligence and jobs: Evidence from Europe – VoxEU
- Geopolitical fragmentation and trade – VoxEU
- UN Security Council: Food insecurity tops agenda – DW
- Sea surface temperature hotter than ever before – DW
- Flight to climatic safety – VoxEU
- The ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong – The Conversation
- Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’ – The Conversation
- The Exponential Age Will Transform Economics Forever – Wired
- Oil sanctions have failed after budget revenues surge as Russia completes the switch from European to Asian markets – BNE INtellinews
Listens
MacroVoices #387 Jeff Snider: On Deflation and Soft Landing – a good listen
Watches (and Listens)
How Martin Wolf Understands This Global Economic Moment
State of the global economy: Slowing growth, rising risks
How BlackRock CONTROLS The World Economy | Beyond The Headlines
Skills Wars Are The New Trade Wars | Economics Explained
David Mattin & Michael Clark: Data as an Emerging Asset Class
and some real listening…….
J J Cale, Crazy Mama
Kris Kristoffesson, Me and Bobby McGee
Joe Henry, You can’t fail me now
Max Merritt, Coming Back
Glen Campbell, Galveston
Toots & the Maytals, Country Roads
Elvis, Suspicious Minds
The Band, The Night they drove old dixie down……..vale Robbie Robertson….
Neil Diamond, Dry your eyes