Weekend reading and media appearances

International Reads:

• Trump will plunge U.S. somewhere ‘between recession and depression’: MSNBC analyst – Raw Story
• 82 Nobel Prize winners endorse Harris for president, saying Trump would endanger science, technology and climate – Axios
• Kamala Harris vows to double federal minimum wage to $15 – Telegraph
• TSMC’s Arizona Chip Production Yields Surpass Taiwan’s in Win for US Push – Bloomberg
• 23 Nobel Economists Say Harris Plan ‘Vastly Superior’ to ‘Counterproductive’ Trump Agenda – Common Dreams
• TSMC’s Arizona Chip Production Yields Surpass Taiwan’s in Win for US Push – Bloomberg
• The US F-35 stealth fighter fleet has a readiness problem that 6 years and over $12 billion haven’t fixed, watchdog finds – Business Insider
• Boeing factory workers reject wage deal, extending strike – Yahoo
• Elon Musk says people should worry less about the cost of having children and ‘start immediately’ – Business Insider
• How Trump Could Bankrupt Social Security – NY Times
• Opinion: Voters are wise to Trump’s economic con. Harris’ plan for economy is far better. – USA Today
• GM’s profit nears a record a year after saying it couldn’t afford its workers’ pay demands – Yahoo
• The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis – The Guardian
• If you became rich, what luxuries would you want? – Market Watch
• US weekly jobless claims fall; continuing claims hit highest level in three years – Reuters
• Tech Stocks and Massive Market Shifts – Isn’t it Unfair for Retail Traders? – Medium

Local Reads:

• No-grounds eviction banned in NSW and rent increases capped at once a year – The Guardian
• Peter Dutton accuses Labor of ‘political interference’ after Michael Pezzullo stripped of Order of Australia – The Guardian
• Brisbane’s lord mayor has refused to return power to two homeless camps, vowing to crack down even harder on “anti-social behaviour” at the tent cities. – ABC
• Abortion is back in the headlines in Australia. The debates in the United States tell us why – The Conversation
• Pacific nations pressure Australia, UK and Canada over climate record – ABC
• Coles and Woolworths fight consumer watchdog over alleged misleading pricing campaigns – ABC
• Simon Birmingham floats new ‘disorderly conduct’ penalties after Lidia Thorpe’s protest against the king – The Guardian
• Woolworths and Coles blame suppliers and ‘outbreak of high inflation’ in fake discounts case – The Guardian
• Media union calls Peter Dutton’s response to two ABC reporters ‘unnecessarily aggressive’ – The Guardian
• Chaos as Qantas staff walk off the job at major Australian airports – News.com.au
• ‘Stop all time wasting’: Woolworths workers tracked and timed under new efficiency crackdown – The Guardian
• It’s steady as she goes for first home buyers as the market heads towards summer – Interest.co.nz
• ‘A sombre return to reality’ for consumer confidence – Interest.co.nz
• Mortgage figures show strong rises – Interest.co.nz
• Fewer new homes being built in Auckland as building work dries up – Interest.co.nz

Media Appearances:

Politicians cash-in as Aussie home ownership collapses

Why Australia’s birth rate is collapsing

Australia’s housing ponzi house of cards

Sydney’s impossible housing conundrum