Weekend reading and MB media appearances

International Reading:

• Yes, It’s Time to Tax the Rich – Common Dreams
• Trump’s DOJ Makes Shocking Settlement With Michael Flynn. The Justice Department is forking over tons of taxpayer dollars to President Trump’s former national security adviser. – New Republic
• Trump Team Examines What Oil as High as $200 a Barrel Would Mean – Bloomberg
• Senate blocks third attempt to stop Iran war – Stripes
• Germany Is Drafting Plan to Hit US Companies in Next Trump Clash – Bloomberg
• White House Scrambles to Downplay Shockingly Well-Timed Bets – Daily Beast
• USPS slapping 8% surcharge on packages to help cover rising transportation costs – The Mirror
• Summer Airfares Up 17% As Iran War Squeezes Airlines And Passengers – Forbes
• A top Citi banker warns AI could mean a ‘tragic end’ for capitalism if we don’t act now – Business Insider
• Iran War Could Be Making of the Petroyuan, Deutsche Bank Says – Bloomberg
• JPMorgan has started monitoring the keystrokes, video calls, and meetings of its junior investment bankers—and they say it’s for employee well-being – Fortune
• The economy has a Strait of Hormuz deadline for Trump: Two weeks – CNBC
• France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed – France 24
• Microsoft Is Having Its Worst Start to a Year Since 2008. Is That a Red Flag or a Once-in-a-Decade Buying Opportunity? – Yahoo
• Larry Fink says the Iran war ends in one of two extremes: Abundance, growth, and oil at $40 a barrel, or a global recession and years of oil at $150 – Fortune
• Poland’s wealth gap to EU average narrows to record low level – Notes from Poland

Local Reading:

• Andrew Hastie open to 25% tax on gas profits and says multinationals have ‘had a really good run’ on Australian wealth – The Guardian
• PM calls second emergency national cabinet meeting over fuel crisis – ABC
• Australia’s Fuels Dependence Turns Into a Crisis – Oil Price
• Australia claims it is ‘on track’ to save nature. We disagree – The Conversation
• Hard time for renters as landlords squeeze tight market – ABC
• Qantas ramps up services to Europe as travellers avoid Middle East stopovers – ABC
• TGA proposes reforms to sunscreen regulation including new testing technologies – ABC
• Residents in Melbourne’s west complain of ‘dead rat’, ‘rotting flesh’ smells – ABC
• From the Gulf War of the 1990s to the 2020 pandemic, global crises generally follow a predictable path – ABC
• ‘Fight will continue’ without change, say ABC workers amid 24-hour strike – ABC
• Roads, housing, stadiums face multi-million-dollar blowouts due to fuel crisis – ABC
• First home buyers very active in February but a bit more cautious in price – Interest.co.nz
• Bank mortgage switching frenzy subsides – Interest.co.nz
• ANZ economists predict 2% drop in house prices this year – Interest.co.nz
• Westpac sees further house price falls – Interest.co.nz

MB Media Appearances:

DLS writing in News.com.au: ‘Recession imminent’: Expert sounds alarm | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

LVO interviewed in News.com.au: US ships ‘coming to our rescue’ in fuel crisis | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

LVO interviewed by Radio 2GB/4BC:

LVO interviewed by Radio 2GB/4BC:

Last week’s podcast with Catherine Cashmore from Land Cycle Investor: