Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Oil investment crashes to 60-year low, incubating next energy shock – The Telegraph
- Technoglobalism and Its Discontents – The American Interest
- The Meaning of Work in the 21st Century – Bloomberg
- Visualizing the Warmest August in 136 Years : Earth Matters : Blogs – NASA
- The One Question That Clients Aren’t Asking Reveals Complacency in the Bond Market – Bloomberg
- Trying to Get Rich Can Be Highly Volatile – Bloomberg
- Ray Dalio and Tim Geithner on an End of the Cycle World – Institutional Investor
Americas:
- Edward Snowden makes ’moral’ case for presidential pardon – The Guardian
- Why Are The Media Objectively Pro-Trump? – NY Times
- Gender Wage Gap Narrows to Smallest on Record – WSJ
- Good News! We’re as Rich as We Were in 1998 – New Yorker
- Trump Asked For Obama’s Help In A Trade Dispute With China – Huffington Post
- American families got a huge raise in 2015 – Washington Post
- Average Americans Just Got a Huge Income Boost – Huffington Post
- Poverty Among Seniors Has Dropped – Time
- Things are getting a lot better for the working poor – Washington Post
Europe:
- Russian scientists trapped in Arctic by polar bears face month-long wait for rescue – The Guardian
- Jean-Claude Juncker: EU is facing existential crisis – The Guardian
- Reformed Greek appeals panel upholds Syrian refugee’s deportation – The Guardian
- Brexit and the Pound in Your Pocket – Project Sydnicate
- Russian Communists Rebrand to Attract Young Supporters – WSJ
- German economic growth to be slower in second half of 2016: ministry – Reuters
Asia:
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- Hostile Neighbors: China vs. Japan – Pew Global
- N. Korean ally China told about nuclear test plan beforehand:The Asahi Shimbun – Asahi
- 30 giant Chinese infrastructure projects that are reshaping the world – Tech Insider
- A Chinese professor is using facial recognition to gauge how bored his students are – Quartz
- China’s private companies are not investing in future growth, leaving Beijing to pick up the slack – Quartz
- Chinese Debt Soars Into Space – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Greens push to outlaw all mining in Great Australian Bight – The Guardian
- NZ internet about to leave Australia in the dust – NZ Herald
- Fluoride in water reduces tooth decay, WA study confirms – ABC
- Peter Dutton defends Immigration Department in wake of damning audit report findings – ABC
- One year on, Liberals dismiss any prospect that Tony Abbott could lead again – The Age
- Next generation of Melbourne’s train fleet unveiled – Urban Melbourne
- $24 million SA Government gas grant to benefit producers, not consumers – Adelaide Now
- One-third of Australians avoiding the dentist due to cost, AIHW report finds – ABC
- Dickensian approach to residential tenants lingers in Australian law – The Conversation
- High-rise apartment boom may be risky to economy: Westpac – Westpac
- Deakin University scientists closing in on ‘exercise pill’ – ABC
- The three things putting the brakes on the NSW economy – The SMH
- Risky interest-only loans on the rise again – The AFR
- Walkouts during Hanson’s fiery maiden speech – Canberra Times
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A long hot summer in the housing market – Interest.co.nz
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Taxpayers to cough up half the cost of Auckland rail loop – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The Case Against Journalistic Balance – Politico