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MacroBusiness Friday, June 6, 2025 - 10:00 Source

The lifeless ferrous market refuses to die. The mix of growth is not changing. From Goldman: Taking stock of the current state of the economy, we have not seen a meaningful rotation in growth drivers from external to domestic demand. Export volume increased 13% yoy in April despite notably higher US tariffs. Retail sales growth

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MacroBusiness Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 16:30 Source

Stock markets were quite mixed in the Asian session today without a solid lead from Wall Street as concerns over rare earth metal supply held back Japanese equities while currency markets are awaiting tonight’s ECB meeting. Most of the undollar’s remain in a strong position vs the almost dethroned King Dollar with the Aussie about

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Cheeseburger Gothic Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 08:30 Source

I found myself home alone last night, and with my new Neff oven finally installed, I figured it was time to check out some features.

Earlier in the day, I’d picked up a small rolled pork loin, and I spent some time reading about the oven’s built-in meat thermometer and steamer function. I couldn’t quite figure out how to use the steamer and still crisp the pork crackling at the same time, so I put that aside for a future cook.

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Prosper Australia Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 14:24 Source

By Cameron Murray and Tim Helm This article was originally published on Fresh Economic Thinking. Posted here with permission. A recent working paper by Schuyler Louie, John A. Mondragon, and Johannes Wieland has been making waves in urban economics circles. The paper title might provide a clue as to why— “Supply Constraints do not Explain House Price […]

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George Monbiot Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 19:42 Source

Keir Starmer has accidentally given us four years in which to build a new political system. We should seize the chance.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th May 2025

This feels terminal. The breaches of trust have been so frequent, so vast and so decisive that the voters Labour has already lost are unlikely to return. In one forum after another, I hear the same sentiments: “I voted for change, not the same or worse.” “I’ve voted Labour all my life, but that’s it for me.” “I feel I’ve been had.”

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Club Troppo Friday, May 30, 2025 - 14:45 Source

I try to replicate my more substantial posts on Substack here, but forgot this from a few weeks ago. So I’m now making amends.

When it comes to Magna Carta clause 39 is the one hanging in the foyer.

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Club Troppo Saturday, May 24, 2025 - 00:44 Source

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Prosper Australia Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 16:39 Source
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Club Troppo Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 18:16 Source

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George Monbiot Friday, May 16, 2025 - 22:46 Source

Keir Starmer’s attack on our planning system is an almost-perfect repeat of Boris Johnson’s disaster. Why can’t he see that?

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th May 2025

The precedent is uncanny, and the failure to learn from it downright mystifying. Keir Starmer is rushing gladly towards the catastrophe Boris Johnson inflicted on himself in 2020. Had he set out to stymie Labour’s chances of re-election, he couldn’t be doing it better.

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Prosper Australia Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 17:01 Source
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George Monbiot Monday, May 12, 2025 - 17:17 Source

Dartmoor National Park is not dying; it is being killed, and these are the killers.

By George Monbiot, adapted from a Bluesky thread, 11th May 2025.

This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity.

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George Monbiot Monday, May 12, 2025 - 13:52 Source

The cottagecore, romantic path to starvation and environmental breakdown.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2025

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