Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Private Debt Crisis – Democracy
- Instead of Great Divergence, Central Banks Are Converging Again – Bloomberg
- New research suggests an aging workforce is holding back economic growth – VOX
- How ultralow interest rates could devastate pension funds, insurers – MarketWatch
- Stocks, Bonds Climb as Fed Buttresses Cheap-Money Era; Oil Jumps – Bloomberg
- A Mighty Wind Tries to Carry Rig Builders Through Oil Downturn – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Inside Hillary Clinton’s Outrage Machine, Allies Push the Buttons – NY Times
- Clinton: ‘Why aren’t I 50 points ahead?’ of Trump – Washington Post
- How A Decision In May Changed The General Election – Buzz Feed
- In Cranes’ Shadow, Los Angeles Strains to See a Future With Less Sprawl – NY Times
- The Problem of Black Unemployment: Racial Inequalities Persist Even Amongst the Unemployed – Cepr.net
- America Is Not the Greatest Country on Earth. It’s No. 28 – Bloomberg
- Greenspan Says He Would Like to See Dodd-Frank Bank Law Repealed – Bloomberg
- President Trump: What was once unthinkable has now become only mildly improbable – The Economist
- The Divided States of America – NY Times
- Obamacare Has Increased Insurance Coverage Everywhere – FiveThirtyEight
- Hugo Chávez’s dream is dead but his fanatics refuse to fade away – Bloomberg
- Puerto Rico Blackout Extends Into Second Day – WSJ
- Argentina: the upside is great but so is the downside – FT
Europe:
- German anti-immigrant AfD party gets 16 percent, highest ever, in new poll – Reuters
- 75% of UK businesses eye Ireland as post-Brexit home – Irish Times
- ECB Hands Banks $51 Billion in Zero-Interest Loan Program – Bloomberg
- Russia: Siberian spring – FT
- Swiss Pension Fight Pits Gourmet Pigs Against Lower Payouts – Bloomberg
- Selfish Britain should be grateful to Merkel – The Times
- Small businesses in negative mood for first time in four years – BBC
Asia:
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- China’s Tourism Puzzle Has Gone Mainstream – Council of Foreign Relation
- Chinese champ’s husband leaves tap running in ’attack’ on Japan:The Asahi Shimbun – Asahi
- China: lawyer for Ai Weiwei jailed for 12 years in ’severe retaliation’ – The Guardian
- ’No ghosts. No gay love stories. No nudity’: tales of film-making in China – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Liberal party to be penalised more than $500,000 after donations dispute – The Guardian
- Waleed Aly Yet To Apologise For New York Terrorist Attacks – The Shovel
- Let’s learn from the mistakes that created US poverty, not copy them – The Guardian
- On negative gearing and negative forecasts: The impact of the Reagan administration’s decision to abolish negative gearing shows how misconceived Australia’s debate has been – Inside Story
- Real estate: ‘Mum and dad’ developers sinking, distressed sales on the rise, broker warns – News.com.au
- ‘New South Wales threatens to publish full details of federal funding cuts to public schools’ – The Guardian
- NSW Liberal party received almost $600,000 in unlawful donations before 2011 election, Electoral Commission finds – ABC
- One Nation: Voting patterns show Pauline Hanson’s impact runs deep – ABC News
- Galilee basin coal must be left in ground as a ‘priority’ – new report – The Guardian
- FOI documents suggest Attorney-General George Brandis misled parliament – The SMH
- This Chinese website lets you choose an Australian apartment, put it in your shopping cart and checkout.– estar.com
- Lies, damned lies, and cold-blooded lies | The Liberal Party attempts to defend its election campaign – The Monthly
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