Ontario plans to launch a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign against US tariffs, targeted at Republican-held districts and using the words of late President Ronald Reagan

BTW let's appreciate the sheer bathetic comedy of Trump's threats sliding from WE'RE GOING TO BAN ALL CRITICAL SOFTWARE WE WILL BRING YOUR ECONOMY TO A HALT down to WE'LL MAKE OUR OWN COOKING OIL SEE IF WE DON'T.

Was at an EIU conference once and they gave out free copies of Malcolm Gladwell’s latest. Saw a guy start reading it at the top of the escalator to the lobby only to then put it in the bin conveniently located at the bottom of the escalator.

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

Queue at the Martin Place gold bullion dealer now almost as big as the residual in my gold valuation model

Big three US carmakers expecting a $7 billion tariff-related hit to earnings in 2025 on.ft.com/48mfM25

I just don’t talk enough about how @simonlester.com brought IEL folks together and how his business continues to inform us and offer a steady blogging platform for engagement. We need a place to build those long forms and accommodate central rapid discussion. A Goldilocks forum. Hope we get there.

”..trade war is suddenly hotter than it’s been since Mr. Trump’s infamous Liberation Day announcement in April. Mr. Trump retreated from those border taxes after markets staged a meltdown, and investors have thought the worst was over. Maybe not.”
🇺🇸🇨🇳
www.wsj.com/opinion/trad...

US Treasury intervenes in fx market to buy Argentine pesos and finalises a USD 20 billion currency swap facility after Argentina burned through its fx reserves www.ft.com/content/778e...

When the only young people at the public consultation are in the wall painting…

“Catherine Rampell is joining The Bulwark, where she will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter while contributing to the company’s podcasts and YouTube channels.

‘Catherine is one of the best…We’re beyond thrilled she’s decided to join us.’”

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

more than a whiff of self-censorship in markets at the moment. No-one wants to call BS on, ya know, everything, for fear of angering the president

on.ft.com/4pRyTHp

Happy to be celebrating the life and work of Professor Donald Shoup today at UCLA. In addition to transforming the way we think about parking, he was a great man and a generous mentor!

this is Heritage's former DPRK guy

China and Malaysia governments in talks for rare earths refinery project, sources say – Reuters: ‘Beijing is ready to swap its technology for access to Malaysia’s untapped rare earths reserves, seeking to limit competition from Australian rival Lynas Rare Earths’

The director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute: "Their words should leave no doubt in anyone’s mind that the civilian leadership intends to use the threat and actuality of violence to infringe on Americans’ constitutional rights."

I don't understand how you could make a whole movie like this without anybody involved even skimming a couple of wikipedia articles about how any of this stuff works.

The nominations of EJ Antoni at BLS and Brian Quintenz at the CFTC are done
www.ft.com/content/6e0e...

I have known about this plaque in Sacramento for nearly ten years, but every time I visit it I’m staggered in disbelief

Breaking WaPo:

Military leaders have raised serious concerns with the Trump admin's new defense strategy — exposing a divide between the Pentagon's political and uniformed leadership.

The critiques from multiple top officers, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

There’s no way they’re going to prevent Trump from firing Lisa Cook.

@jonobri.com hits the grey elephant in the new city debate - that the vast majority of regional towns and small cities are determined to avoid growing any larger than they currently are.

As a proud Canberran, and being regional New South Welsh by birth, I agree with this.

It's taken a century to build Canberra - a city built to solve a specific problem, not for housing - into a real city. Let's not repeat that.

We need to interrogate the mindset of large towns versus small cities.

2026 is another "fire horse" year. Leo Lewis speculates on the implications for Japanese fertility: www.ft.com/content/ffa1...

There were big dips in births in the previous "fire horse" years of 1906 and 1966, but also some recuperation in the period immediately following.