Investing

Bleijie’s decision to block a wind farm won’t just affect ‘clean business’, but all business in Queensland.

Trump’s unpredictability threatens global investment with chaos, zero-sum thinking, and rent-seeking, even if he winds back his tariffs.

Why you should ignore pundits, Google breaks its brain (or how to slowly ruin a good business), Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency released data that are about as useful as tits on a bull, and is Joe Biden too old?

Here are a few short takes for you to chew over on the weekend, from the week’s happenings that probably didn’t need a full post. 1. Protecting us from ourselves # I was scrolling through the AFR last Sunday, as one does, and noticed the following headline: Labor to overhaul ‘sophisticated investor’ test. Great, I thought – they’re finally going to make it possible for retail investors to buy higher-risk, higher-return products! How wrong I was: