Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Coal Problems Being Made Worse by Global Slowdown, Glencore Says – Bloomberg
- Ethical investment can be surprisingly unethical – FT
- The Final Leaked TPP Text is All That We Feared – eff.org
- Kenneth Rogoff: World’s economic slowdown is a hangover not a coma – FT
- Inequality is the great concern of our age. So why do we tolerate rapacious, unjust tax havens? – The Guardian
- Margin Debt in Freefall Is Another Reason to Worry About S&P 500 – Bloomberg
- Summers: The global economy is in serious danger – Washington Post
- Is the world heading for its third global financial crisis? – Fortune
- Are global wages about to turn? – BBC
North America:
- The Families Funding the 2016 Presidential Election – NY Times
- Here Come the Republican Moderates – The Atlantic
- Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul – NY Times
- Ben Bernanke Has Had It With Stupid GOP Economics – US News
- S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index – spindices.com
- Fed officials seem ready to deploy negative rates in next crisis – MarketWatch
- The Minimum Wage: How Much is Too Much? – NY Times
- Faith in an Unregulated Free Market? Don’t Fall for It – NY Times
- A U.S. Recession Just Got a Little More Likely – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Russia backs bigger OSCE mission in Ukraine – Reuters
- Britain’s recovery will slow this year, warns George Osborne – The Telegraph
- How Osborne is preparing UK economy for the worst while enjoying vindication – This is Money
Asia:
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- Kim Jong Un: North Korea ready for ‘any kind of war’ against U.S. – Washington Post
- In a first, Chinese hackers are arrested at the behest of the U.S. government – Washington Post
- US warships to challenge Chinese claims in South China Sea – FT
- Graft-buster named as head of China’s spy agency as anti-corruption watchdog extends its power – SCMP
- China says must make $315 billion – $630 billion green investments per year – Reuters
- Smoking set to kill one in three young men in China, study finds – Reuters
Local:
- Penny Wong challenges Malcolm Turnbull to negotiate on China free trade agreement – Canberra Times
- Did Robb sell everything but the farm? – Canberra Times
- China eyes new coal curbs – Canberra Times
- 7-Eleven begins terminating franchises – Canberra Times
- Trade pact is no big deal – Canberra Times
- Home buyers pile on debt – Canberra Times
- Worst of commodity rout over: Pimco – Canberra Times
- The test of the TPP will be whether it divides or unites the Asia Pacific – The Australian
- Business rent-seeker supports ChAFTA labour conditions – The Australian
- Banks shy away from wholesale debt markets – The AFR
- G20 economies agree tax crackdown – The AFR
- Firstmac says no to mainland Chinese investors – The AFR
- Has Robb held firm on Big Pharma in TPP? – The Saturday Paper
- Turnbull: I want to be an infrastructure Prime Minister – SBS
- Malcolm Turnbull backs public transport – The Guardian
- Robb will listen to Labor on China FTA – Sky News
- Star Wars : Episode II : Return of the Fixer (with Christopher Pyne) – You Tube
- Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes ‘freedom of expression’ fears – The Guardian
Other:
- The Case for Getting Rid of Borders—Completely – The Atlantic
- Solar and Wind Just Passed Another Big Turning Point – Bloomberg
- Exxon’s Climate Concealment – NY Times
- What Exxon knew about the Earth’s melting Arctic – LA Times
- Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row – The Guardian