Weekend Reading and Media Appearances

International Reads:

• The new middle-class retirement plan: Working into old age – CBS News
• CEO got big bucks as his hospital chain imploded. Here’s who suffered. – USA Today
• U.S. homes aren’t just more expensive. They’re also getting smaller – Fortune
• Price Gouging is Definitely Real, and We Should Definitely Do Something About It – Current Affairs
• US Economy Expands at Revised 3% Rate on Resilient Consumer – Bloomberg
• What Biden’s tariffs on Chinese EVs and other products mean for U.S. consumers, jobs – NPR
• Dollar General shares crater 25% as retailer cuts outlook, blaming ‘financially constrained’ customers – CNBC
• Bosses Are Finding Ways to Pay Workers Less – WSJ
• Why Economists Worry About Trumpflation – NY Times
• Average Chinese national now eats more protein than an American, UN says – SCMP
• Gen Z’s top financial priority is building good credit: study – Fortune
• Nvidia reports 122% revenue growth on surging demand for data center chips – CNBC
• Why the value meal is making a comeback – CNBC

Local Reads:

• Commonwealth Bank CEO labels Greens’ tax policy ‘insidious populism’ after firm’s $9.8bn profit – The Guardian
• Crisis, what (housing) crisis? Dutton to scrap 30,000 homes. – Michael West
• A Sydney property developer who helped “wash” money for a blackmailer convicted for threatening to expose tax fraud will have to cough up more than $11m. – The Guardian
• Unemployment is rising and Australia’s economy is weak – but don’t hit the recession alarm just yet – The Guardian
• Heatwave brings Australia’s winter weather to an abrupt end as climate change up-ends the seasons – ABC
• Car park wins out over affordable housing despite shortfall of 6,000 homes across inner Melbourne – The Guardian
• Qantas financial year profit falls to $1.25 billion, partly driven by fares moderating – ABC
• Woolworths profit falls as it grapples with unhappy customers – The SMH
• Adam Bandt pledges to boost corporate taxes to fund dental into Medicare – The Age
• Greens’ wild bid to tax banks, supermarkets more – News.com.au
• Summer blackout threat eases but AEMO warns risks remain as coal, gas plants retire – ABC
• New Zealand’s odd taxation of retirement savings is bad for the country – Interest.co.nz
• ANZ Business Outlook survey shows soaring business confidence – Interest.co.nz
• LNG imports and local gas could cover dry year risk while a renewable energy storage system is built – Interest.co.nz

MB Media Appearances and Videos:

Labor fails on international education reforms:

Australia’s $48 billion international student lie

Australian housing’s crisis of lies

Australia’s housing system is designed to fail

Australian housing: from boom to bust?

Good news on inflation. But no rate cuts.

Politicians make inflation problems worse