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The best case scenario for Trump; the end of polling; AI's first major victim; breaking the science cartel; and incentives matter, retirement edition.

President Donald Trump 2.0; cutting HECS debt is a bad idea; what is the right size of government; Australia's tobacco and vape wars; AI (probably) won't take your job; and Europe against change.

A closer look at Dutton's housing policy; the magic of quantitative easing; Canada might soon be shrinking; the global demographic decline; AI snake oil is spreading; and what do voters care about.

What a strong jobs market means for inflation and growth; no, brickies don't cause inflation; landlord greed isn't driving rents; the problem with measuring skills shortages; and Victoria moves on housing.

China's stimulus under-whelms; the laws of mathematics trump the laws of Australia's former Prime Minister; what the future holds for AI and autonomous vehicles; protectionism and industrial policy are failing the world; and India's institutional limits under Modi.

Australia gets less productive; Qatar Airways flies over Qantas' protectionist wall; Xi Jinping's big bazooka; why so many kids have peanut allergies; fraud, fraud, everywhere; AI's huge boom and likely bust; and Australia's boys and young men are struggling.

Coles and Woolworths aren't to blame for inflation; the productivity impacts of artificial intelligence; how zoning makes housing less affordable and other bad stuff; China's monetary easing won't fix the mess its local governments have created; and who spends the most on healthcare.

Will we have an early election; in defence of Qantas; Amazon's attempt to regain productivity; are AI job losses inevitable; and how good are self-driving cars?

Dealing with the Greens might be worse than no deal at all; the student caps will come with large costs; has Strawberry revolutionised AI; what to do about Qantas; and European innovation in all the wrong places.

Jim Chalmers should do less talking and more reforming; Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy should heed his own advice; China's leaders are getting desperate; taxing unrealised gains on Super is a bad idea; and how to fix the housing crisis.