Weekend Reading and MB Media Releases

International Reads:

• Homes are unaffordable in 80% of larger U.S. counties, analysis finds – CBS News
• Apartments Could Be the Next Real Estate Business to Struggle – NY Times
• Americans feel the economy is working against them. How we can speed up economic growth. – USA Today
• We’re passing through ‘the worst housing affordability crisis’ ever seen, former Housing Secretary says – Fortune
• Maryland sold over $1.1 billion worth of cannabis in the first year of legal recreational sales – Cannabis Industry Data
• Baby boomers living on $1,000 a month in Social Security share their retirement experience: ‘I never imagined being in this position.’ – Business Insider
• Bitcoin Pushed Below $58K as Market Awaits Mt. Gox Payouts – BitDegree
• Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks – FT
• China’s BYD Inaugurates First Plant in Thailand as It Expands Reach Into Southeast Asia – US News
• What next for Britain and its ailing economy? – Globe & Mail
• America’s swimming pool bust echoes cooling economy – Axios
• A global tax war is looming. It could hit Big Tech hard – A Global Tax War

Local Reads:

• Usman Khawaja accuses Peter Dutton of ‘fuelling Islamophobia from the very top’ – The Guardian
• Vape sale crackdown in Australia chaotic as regulators unprepared, fear organised crime – The Age
• Why doesn’t Australia have a human rights act? – SBS
• Extension cord running across a footpath to charge an EV sparks fierce debate – ABC
• Hybrid sales are outstripping EVs, sounding alarm for emissions reductions – ABC
• Fatima Payman to quit Labor and become an independent – ABC
• Bruce Lehrmann to stand trial on two rape charges alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, in October 2021 – The Guardian
• Pro-Palestine protesters on roof of Parliament House – News.com.au
• How a family was left ‘shattered’ by a Homesafe contract on their single mother’s home – The Guardian
• ANZ named and shamed for charging dead clients – New Daily
• Government goes to tender on major water buybacks to help envrionment in Murray-Darling Basin – ABC
• More first home buyers getting into homes and the average price they’re paying is dropping – Interest.co.nz
• Rise in Kiwis’ pension assets offsets renewed falls in housing values – Interest.co.nz
• New housing rules will push down property prices, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says – Interest.co.nz
• Increase in property values in late 2023/early 2024 a ‘dead cat bounce’, CoreLogic says – Interest.co.nz

MB Media Appearances:

Labor’s unbelievable banking competition failure

Australia’s economy is a corporate oligarchy

Australia has “zero chance” of meeting housing targets

Australians suffer from Ponzi ‘rat wheel’ economy

Australians face bleak economic future