Weekend reading and MB media appearances

This week’s must-watch videos:

The truth about data centres:

The truth about the energy transition:

International Reading:

• We Did It! $40T in Debt! – CNBC
• US Public Debt Hits $40 Trillion, Raising ‘Doom Loop’ Risk – Yahoo
• Teenagers are shooting out over 50 applications and getting ghosted even for volunteer jobs: ‘I’ll take anything at this point’ – Yahoo
• ‘Extreme Caution’: Fox Business Guest Blares Alarm On Trump Economy – Huff Post
• Trump’s TACO nickname trends again as he announces last-minute U-turn on another threat – Irish Star
• ‘Many’ Fed officials think higher rates will be needed if inflation stays high – AP News
• U.S. retreat from global order ‘eroding’ European competitiveness, central bank boss warns – CNBC
• US treasury doubles debt buyback to steady bond market amid inflation fears – The Guardian
• Barron Trump, 20, Now Worth $150 Million — More Than Mom, Melania — From Crypto And $39 Energy Drink – Bar Chart
• The Daily Crime Report: Poll: 63 percent say inappropriate for Trump, family to profit from cryptocurrency – The Hill
• US Set to Cut Tariffs on Canadian Metals, Autos in Trade Deal – Bloomberg
• Ray Dalio Just Compared the AI Boom to 1929 and 2000 — And He’s Got the Numbers to Back It Up – Yahoo
• Employers are ghosting college grads and rescinding offers, destroying morale – SFGate
• Inflation is outpacing wages again. Many workers were already behind. – CBS News

Local Reading:

• Japan to test hypersonic missiles in Australia – Tapai Times
• Business leaders urge focus on skills not numbers in migration debate – ABC
• PALM worker exposes scheme gaps after being injured, homeless and left in visa limbo – ABC
• Public servants repay cash for inadvertent personal charges, including food and travel – ABC
• Labor resists widespread calls to ditch ‘cruel’ aged care funding algorithm – ABC
• Unions push for two-year rental lease minimum and massive new public housing build – ABC
• 3M knew for more than 50 years that its products could harm humans, Australian government alleges in court documents – The Guardian
• Federal government passes its NDIS overhaul to deliver ‘strong, safe and sustainable’ scheme – ABC
• Coalition MPs cross floor over ‘weak’ gambling crackdown as major parties strike deal – The Guardian
• The return of fiscal primacy – Interest.co.nz
• Tax talk of the town: Political parties scrap over taxes – Interest.co.nz
• ‘Independent economic umpire’ to assess councils’ role in urban land market competitiveness – Interest.co.nz
• High numbers of homes for sale and lacklustre sales volumes keep buyers in the driving seat through winter – Interest.co.nz

MB Media Appearances:

This interview with Sean Murphy at ABC Radio Upper Hunter analyses the prognosis for Australia’s regional property market.

This interview with Phil O’Neil at Radio 2GB/4BC discusses the collapse in Australian real wages and household incomes.

Treasury of Common Sense on Radio 2GB/4BC tackles the faltering renewable energy transition and Labor’s latest immigration lie.

My latest interview with Andrew Bolt on News24 discusses the housing market, economy, immigration and other topics of the day.