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Trump’s wrecking ball is really hurting America

The latest economic numbers indicate that Donald Trump’s risky bet to “Make America Great Again” is proving to be very destructive.

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WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s wrecking ball is really hurting America

The latest economic numbers indicate that Donald Trump’s risky bet to “Make America Great Again” is proving to be very destructive.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s wrecking ball is really hurting America

The latest economic numbers indicate that Donald Trump’s risky bet to “Make America Great Again” is proving to be very destructive.

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The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s wrecking ball is really hurting America

The latest economic numbers indicate that Donald Trump’s risky bet to “Make America Great Again” is proving to be very destructive.

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Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Google just dodged a bullet and has new rivals to thank for it

Google just dodged a bullet and has new rivals to thank for it

Having been declared a monopolist by a court last year, Google faced having to sell its Chrome browser and Android operating system. Instead, it...

04.09.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Google just dodged a bullet and has new rivals to thank for it

Google just dodged a bullet and has new rivals to thank for it

Having been declared a monopolist by a court last year, Google faced having to sell its Chrome browser and Android operating system. Instead, it...

04.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Google just dodged a bullet and has new rivals to thank for it

Google just dodged a bullet and has new rivals to thank for it

Having been declared a monopolist by a court last year, Google faced having to sell its Chrome browser and Android operating system. Instead, it...

04.09.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Google just dodged a bullet and has new rivals to thank for it

Google just dodged a bullet and has new rivals to thank for it

Having been declared a monopolist by a court last year, Google faced having to sell its Chrome browser and Android operating system. Instead, it...

04.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Global debt surge puts markets on edge

Global debt surge puts markets on edge

Cracks are appearing in a US sharemarket hugely exposed to a handful of tech stocks as bond investors get nervous about debt levels, Donald Trump’s...

03.09.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Global debt surge puts markets on edge

Global debt surge puts markets on edge

Cracks are appearing in a US sharemarket hugely exposed to a handful of tech stocks as bond investors get nervous about debt levels, Donald Trump’s...

03.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Global debt surge puts markets on edge

Global debt surge puts markets on edge

Cracks are appearing in a US sharemarket hugely exposed to a handful of tech stocks as bond investors get nervous about debt levels, Donald Trump’s...

03.09.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Global debt surge puts markets on edge

Global debt surge puts markets on edge

Cracks are appearing in a US sharemarket hugely exposed to a handful of tech stocks as bond investors get nervous about debt levels, Donald Trump’s...

03.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s China threat shows how vulnerable America is

Trump’s China threat shows how vulnerable America is

The US president is growing increasingly nervous about the leverage China has over America.

02.09.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s China threat shows how vulnerable America is

Trump’s China threat shows how vulnerable America is

The US president is growing increasingly nervous about the leverage China has over America.

02.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s China threat shows how vulnerable America is

Trump’s China threat shows how vulnerable America is

The US president is growing increasingly nervous about the leverage China has over America.

02.09.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s China threat shows how vulnerable America is

Trump’s China threat shows how vulnerable America is

The US president is growing increasingly nervous about the leverage China has over America.

02.09.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s MAGA dream could end in disaster

Trump’s MAGA dream could end in disaster

The US president’s trade wars are the centrepiece of his economic strategy. If the US Supreme Court ends them, all the chaos, dysfunction and angst...

01.09.2025 5

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s MAGA dream could end in disaster

Trump’s MAGA dream could end in disaster

The US president’s trade wars are the centrepiece of his economic strategy. If the US Supreme Court ends them, all the chaos, dysfunction and angst...

01.09.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s MAGA dream could end in disaster

Trump’s MAGA dream could end in disaster

The US president’s trade wars are the centrepiece of his economic strategy. If the US Supreme Court ends them, all the chaos, dysfunction and angst...

01.09.2025 20

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s MAGA dream could end in disaster

Trump’s MAGA dream could end in disaster

The US president’s trade wars are the centrepiece of his economic strategy. If the US Supreme Court ends them, all the chaos, dysfunction and angst...

01.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

The world’s most valuable company again passed its Wall Street test, but there’s a big hole in its numbers.

28.08.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

The world’s most valuable company again passed its Wall Street test, but there’s a big hole in its numbers.

28.08.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

The world’s most valuable company again passed its Wall Street test, but there’s a big hole in its numbers.

28.08.2025 9

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

The world’s most valuable company again passed its Wall Street test, but there’s a big hole in its numbers.

28.08.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells

Trump’s diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells

The world’s most important central bank is under a direct assault from Donald Trump. Whether he succeeds or not, he has already caused serious damage.

27.08.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells

Trump’s diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells

The world’s most important central bank is under a direct assault from Donald Trump. Whether he succeeds or not, he has already caused serious damage.

27.08.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells

Trump’s diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells

The world’s most important central bank is under a direct assault from Donald Trump. Whether he succeeds or not, he has already caused serious damage.

27.08.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells

Trump’s diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells

The world’s most important central bank is under a direct assault from Donald Trump. Whether he succeeds or not, he has already caused serious damage.

27.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s Intel deal moves America to state-run capitalism

Trump’s Intel deal moves America to state-run capitalism

Who would have thought that America’s Republicans would be pursuing an economic strategy that echoes that of the Chinese model they routinely condemn?

26.08.2025 3

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s Intel deal moves America to state-run capitalism

Trump’s Intel deal moves America to state-run capitalism

Who would have thought that America’s Republicans would be pursuing an economic strategy that echoes that of the Chinese model they routinely condemn?

26.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s Intel deal moves America to state-run capitalism

Trump’s Intel deal moves America to state-run capitalism

Who would have thought that America’s Republicans would be pursuing an economic strategy that echoes that of the Chinese model they routinely condemn?

26.08.2025 4

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s Intel deal moves America to state-run capitalism

Trump’s Intel deal moves America to state-run capitalism

Who would have thought that America’s Republicans would be pursuing an economic strategy that echoes that of the Chinese model they routinely condemn?

26.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

Jerome Powell’s highly nuanced speech highlighted the Trump-inspired uncertainties in the US economy even as Trump ramped up his efforts to gain...

25.08.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

Jerome Powell’s highly nuanced speech highlighted the Trump-inspired uncertainties in the US economy even as Trump ramped up his efforts to gain...

25.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

Jerome Powell’s highly nuanced speech highlighted the Trump-inspired uncertainties in the US economy even as Trump ramped up his efforts to gain...

25.08.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

Jerome Powell’s highly nuanced speech highlighted the Trump-inspired uncertainties in the US economy even as Trump ramped up his efforts to gain...

25.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The door is open for Trump to create more chaos

The clock is ticking as Donald Trump gets set to make two key appointments that pose a serious risk to America’s economy.

07.08.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The door is open for Trump to create more chaos

The clock is ticking as Donald Trump gets set to make two key appointments that pose a serious risk to America’s economy.

07.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The door is open for Trump to create more chaos

The clock is ticking as Donald Trump gets set to make two key appointments that pose a serious risk to America’s economy.

07.08.2025 10

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The door is open for Trump to create more chaos

The clock is ticking as Donald Trump gets set to make two key appointments that pose a serious risk to America’s economy.

07.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The multitrillion-dollar ‘bubble’ that could sink markets

Unimaginable sums of money are being sunk into AI by some of the world’s most valuable companies. Is this a re-run of the 1990s dot-com and tech...

06.08.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The multitrillion-dollar ‘bubble’ that could sink markets

Unimaginable sums of money are being sunk into AI by some of the world’s most valuable companies. Is this a re-run of the 1990s dot-com and tech...

06.08.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The multitrillion-dollar ‘bubble’ that could sink markets

Unimaginable sums of money are being sunk into AI by some of the world’s most valuable companies. Is this a re-run of the 1990s dot-com and tech...

06.08.2025 8

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

The multitrillion-dollar ‘bubble’ that could sink markets

Unimaginable sums of money are being sunk into AI by some of the world’s most valuable companies. Is this a re-run of the 1990s dot-com and tech...

06.08.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump dealt a blow as the world is flooded with oil

The OPEC oil cartel is trying to take back control of the market with a strategy that might be self-destructive. It also undermines a key plank of...

05.08.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump dealt a blow as the world is flooded with oil

The OPEC oil cartel is trying to take back control of the market with a strategy that might be self-destructive. It also undermines a key plank of...

05.08.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump dealt a blow as the world is flooded with oil

The OPEC oil cartel is trying to take back control of the market with a strategy that might be self-destructive. It also undermines a key plank of...

05.08.2025 6

The Age

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump dealt a blow as the world is flooded with oil

The OPEC oil cartel is trying to take back control of the market with a strategy that might be self-destructive. It also undermines a key plank of...

05.08.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Welcome to Donald Trump’s dystopian world

There’s a quote in George Orwell’s 1984 that seems appropriate after Trump’s shocking move to fire the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics...

04.08.2025 10

WA Today

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Welcome to Donald Trump’s dystopian world

There’s a quote in George Orwell’s 1984 that seems appropriate after Trump’s shocking move to fire the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics...

04.08.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz