Weekend reading and media appearances

International reads:

• Donald Trump’s allies are preparing Americans for higher prices if he wins – News Week
• BREAKING: Democrats escalate probe into Big Oil’s alleged price-fixing collusion with OPEC – Landmark World
• Elon Musk Says That If Trump Wins, He’ll Cause the Economy to Crash – Yahoo
• Trump’s incredibly dumb economic mistake:Donald Trump wants to impose a 10 percent tax (though sometimes he says 20) on all imported goods. Bad idea. Does not make sense. – Slow Boring
• The US economy is in for a double shock if Trump is elected president, Nobel economist Paul Krugman says – Business Insider
• America’s Class Politics Have Turned Upside Down – The Atlantic
• Millions of low-cost homes are deteriorating, making the U.S. housing shortage worse – NPR
• Gen Z and young millennial employees are missing the equivalent of one day’s work every week due to mental health – Fortune
• Donald Trump threatens to make trade more expensive for ‘all the nice European little countries’ – Fortune
• Dentists are pulling healthy and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn – CBS News
• 23 Nobel Prize-winning economists call Harris’ economic plan ‘vastly superior’ to Trump’s – CNN
• Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory – New Republic
• US inflation falls to 2.1%, almost hitting Federal Reserve target – The Guardian
• Chinese EV Maker BYD’s Quarterly Sales Overtook Tesla’s for the First Time – CNBC
• How the crypto industry took over the 2024 election – MSNBC
• US Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are Faltering – Bloomberg

Local Reads:

• Woolworths employee on $26 an hour confronts board at AGM over millions paid to executives – The Guardian
• Peter Dutton’s office asked Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting for flight on private jet – The Guardian
• More than 1,200 large companies paid no tax, ATO reveals, as it vows to fight profit shifting – ABC
• University of Sydney, NSW Liberal Party to investigate after students tear up sexual assault report – ABC
• ACCC suing Optus alleging it engaged in unconscionable conduct when selling phone products to vulnerable customers – ABC
• Gina Rinehart throws lifeline to MinRes as company awaits outcome of probe into tax evasion allegations – ABC
• ‘Republicanism by stealth’: questions over redesign of Australia’s Great Seal without reference to monarch – The Guardian
• National anti-corruption watchdog boss Paul Brereton’s future in question after Robodebt decision – ABC
• Australian online retailers found to be selling outdated phones made useless by 3G network shutdown – 7News
• Australian home prices hit record high during spring rush but Sydney records small slip – The Guardian
• Business credit defaults and liquidations on the rise – Interest.co.nz
• Housing market swamped with new listings in October – Interest.co.nz
• Median dwelling values dropped another 0.5% in October – Interest.co.nz
• Housing mortgage pile grows by biggest amount since early 2022 – Interest.co.nz

MB Media Appearances:

Australians face decades of economic stagnation

Australian housing confronts “perfect storm”

Australia’s inflation war is far from over