Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Venture capital is a hell of a drug – Tech Crunch
- The rise of the corporate colossus threatens both competition and the legitimacy of business – The Economist
- Inclusive capitalism and the causes of discontent – FT
- Trade globalisation in the last two centuries – VOX
- Why the Stimulus from Low Oil Prices Never Really Boosted the Economy – WSJ
- Why Do So Many Rich People Work So Much? – The Atlantic
- Negative Interest Rates: A Useful But Limited Tool – PIIE
- The VIX and its derivatives – VOX
Americas:
- Donald Trump Scorns TV Networks. For Once, They Return the Favor. – NY Times
- Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton’s Bodyguards Should Disarm to ‘See What Happens to Her’ – NY Times
- As Trump rises in battleground states, Clinton moves to block his path to 270 – Washington Post
- How Hillary Clinton would be replaced if she quit the presidential race – MarketWatch
- Race tightens in projected U.S. Electoral College vote: Reuters/Ipsos – Reuters
- What San Francisco Says About America – NY Times
- Actually, Income in Rural America Is Growing, Too – NY Times
- The Fed’s Subprime Solution – NY Times
Europe:
- Visegrad Group of EU states ’could veto Brexit deal’ – BBC
- EU states set to veto any Brexit deal threatening free movement – The Guardian
- Central Europe would veto any Brexit deal limiting rights to work in Britain: Slovak PM – Reuters
- UK to veto EU ’defence union’ – EU Observer
- Britain to block EU army – The Times
- Germans and Austrians Protest E.U. Trade Talks With U.S. and Canada – NY Times
- Tens of thousands protest in Europe against Atlantic free trade deals – Reuters
- A Two-Mile Beer Pipeline Carries Belgium’s Lifeblood to Be Bottled – NY Times
- Tensions Rising in Germany – Weekly Standard
- Theresa May could begin Brexit process by February, says Tusk – BBC
- Russia is seriously running out of cash – CNN Money
Asia:
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- Philippine President’s Shift on U.S. Alliance Worries Military – WSJ
- China’s U.S. Treasuries holdings hit lowest since 2013 – Reuters
- China’s Housing Gets Scarily Expensive – Bloomberg
- Rush of Chinese Investment in Europe’s High-Tech Firms Is Raising Eyebrows – NY Times
- Japan’s Central Bank Splits Over Easing Program – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- All change at Reserve Bank, but Australia’s economy is still heading for the rocks – The Guardian
- Australian coal industry records large losses, experts advise against investing super funds in the industry – ABC
- Coal’s death would not kill economy: Australia Institute – ABC
- UN human rights office calls on Australia to end offshore detention – The Guardian
- Liberal MP John Alexander says Pauline Hanson’s ‘abhorrent’ racism must be rejected – The Age
- Crisis looms as Australians look to ditch private health insurance – Canberra Times
- Omnibus bill: How the $6.3b Budget cuts affect you – News.com.au
- Transfield’s $1.1b offshore processing contract farce – The Saturday Paper
- Julie Bishop says Australia will look elsewhere if US doesn’t pass trade deal – The Guardian
- Peter Dutton: Behind Australia’s tough border policies – Aljazeera
- George Christensen threatens to walk out on Turnbull Government over backpacker tax – Courier Mail
- Backpackers ‘manipulated into staying in expensive substandard housing’ to have farm work signed off – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t believe in marriage equality – he believes in majoritarianism – The Guardian
- Meeting Pauline Hanson’s voters: silent screamers find their voice – The Guardian
- The negotiator: Why Mathias Cormann is Malcolm Turnbull’s secret Senate weapon – The Age
- NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner says reducing childhood obesity rates is a ‘tall order’ – ABC
- Labor says Coalition gave ‘special treatment’ to banks when setting hearing dates – The Guardian
- Super bonanza for SMSFs – AFR
- Wealthy to dump billions into superannuation – The AFR
- The property earthquake epicentre – The AFR
- Counting the cost of banks breaking bad – Canberra Times
- Is the power of king coal overstated? – Canberra Times
- Coalition eyes lifelong welfare – The Australian
- Is private school worth it? – Canberra Times
- The great half-billion KiwiSaver home withdrawal – Sunday Star Times
- The missing piece of the Auckland housing puzzle – Stuff.co.nz
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New Zealand’s tax system: Internal coherence is not enough – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- What you eat when you’re sick may determine if you’ll get better – New Scientist
- The Difference Between Rationality and Intelligence – NY Times
- New Zika study warns of a ’global epidemic’ of birth defects – Vice
- How Drug Cartels Operate Like Silicon Valley Startups – Vice
- What Bloodline’s Cancellation Means for Netflix – Vulture