The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.

June 10, 2021 Edition ----- The biggest news globally is the G7 meeting agreeing to a global tax regime which will prevent lots of tax evasion and help fund the pandemic. In the US we see the pandemic ebbing and the US economy recovering and a lunatic judge in California tossing out a 30 year ban on assault rifles saying the are good for home defence and deterring invasion of the US. In the UK we see the delta virus is growing as a worrying pace! In OZ the delta COVID strain is off and rolling while the PM is practicing a range of political backflips on a range of policy issues. ----- Major Issues. ----- https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/closed-borders-are-the-new-protectionism-20210527-p57voy Closed borders are the new protectionism The long-term economic damage from hiding behind closed borders is as true for the virus as it is for the trade barriers that kept down living standards until the 1980s. Saul Eslake Contributor May 30, 2021 – 12.47pm This year’s budget papers made the... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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