Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The False Promise of Negative Interest Rates – Project Syndicate
- Big Confusion on “Passive” Investing – Pragmatic Capitalism
- ’Stockbroker’s Bible’ Just Told Oil Industry To Accept Its Demise – Huffington Post
- Austerity policies do more harm than good, IMF study concludes – The Guardian
- Panama Papers May Inspire More Big Leaks, if Not Reform – NY Times
- Trends in oil supply and demand – EconBrowser
Americas:
- A Worrisome Pileup of $100 Million Homes – NY Times
- Hillary Clinton Struggles to Find Footing in Unusual Race – NY Times
- How America Lost Its Nerve – The Atlantic
- Yellen Says Fed Hike Probably Appropriate in ‘Coming Months’ – Bloomberg
- Venezuela Drifts Into New Territory: Hunger, Blackouts and Government Shutdown – NY Times
Europe:
- Greek crisis notes: The Greek government and the Institutions remain at odds over prior actions – Greek Crisis Notes
- We hate EU red tape – but others are tied up more than we are, and there’ll be no bonfire of it – Economics UK
- French finance minister rules out Google tax deal, more firms could be targeted – Reuters
- Three Days, 700 Deaths on Mediterranean as Migrant Crisis Flares – NY Times
- Between 700-900 migrants may have died at sea this week: NGOs – Reuters
- Major savages ’boorish Brexit’ – Mail Online
- Iceland pulled off a miracle economic escape – Business Insider
- Swiss mark opening of world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel – USA Today
Asia:
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- This industry helps Chinese cheat their way into & through US colleges – Reuters
- China Default Chain Reaction Threatens Products Worth 35% of GDP – Bloomberg
- China’s Incomplete Growth Strategy – Project Syndicate
- Along the new Silk Road, a city built on sand is a monument to China’s problems – Washington Post
- The Silencing of Japan’s Free Press – Foreign Policy
- Goldman Sees End of Yuan ‘Sweet Spot’ Spurring Fund Outflows – Bloomberg
- A Bad Year for China – paper-republic.org
Trans-Tasman:
- Tobacco tax collection has ‘fallen short’ – The AFR
- Australia’s debt problem looks worse than China’s, says Morgan Stanley – The AFR
- Is sugar the new tobacco? These companies are worried that it is – The AFR
- ‘Delusional’: NSW intergenerational report banks on rising coal output and royalties to 2056 – The SMH
- It’s time to expose the myths of the neo-liberal economic model – Greg Jericho
- Hole in company tax modelling exposed (TAI research on the proposed 25% company tax rate) – TAI
- How not to reduce government spending [Ross Gittins] – The SMH
- Mathias Cormann refuses to rule out Coalition governing with independents – The Guardian
- Secret Tape Reveals Why Climate Change Is Off The CSIRO’s Agenda – Buzz Feed
- Negative gearing is not preventing a fall in house prices. It’s already causing one. – The Guardian
- Profit slump hit to GDP outlook offset by rising wages, inventories – ABC News
- Here’s how the Medicare rebate freeze affects doctors – and patients – ABC News
- Shorten socks it to the banks – The Australian
- States swing against Coalition – The Australian
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New Zealand, big in the dark corners of the offshore finance world – Interest.co.nz
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Show us the infrastructure – Interest.co.nz
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Key to Council: ‘There will be no debate’ – Interest.co.nz