Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Real GDP per capita over time – Our World in Data
- The Chimera of Stock-Market Short-Termism – Project Syndicate
- Economic insecurity rises around childbirth, explained in four charts – Washington Centre for Equitable Growth
- Cities spent millions on fast gigabit networks. No one is sure what they’re good for. – VOX
- Iran to Boost Oil Output as OPEC Plans Cut – Bloomberg
- Where next for monetary policy? – Episode
Americas:
- 1,000 more people shot in Chicago compared with same time last year – Chicago Tribune
- Men Are Treating 2016 As A ‘Normal’ Election; Women Aren’t – Five Thirty Eight
- Stop Saying A Trump Win Would Cause A Recession – Five Thirty Eight
- The US just bombed Yemen, and no one’s talking about it – The Guardian
- The New Protesters Defying Donald Trump: His Customers – NY Times
- Donald Trump Might Not Be Running for President – NY Mag
- Showing Confidence, Hillary Clinton Pushes Into Republican Strongholds – NY Times
- Sympathetic Canadians Have a Message for Americans: You Guys Are Great – NY Times
- Hillary Clinton’s email problems just came roaring back – Washington Post
- Here’s how much New Yorkers hate slow walkers – NY Post
- At the low end, homeowners are even more leveraged than they were during the bubble – MarketWatch
- Infant Mortality Soars in Venezuela – WSJ
- Puerto Rico’s Governor Warns of Fiscal ‘Death Spiral’ – NY Times
Europe:
- Bank of England sees little immediate harm from pension fund deficits – Reuters
- Euro ‘house of cards’ will collapse, monetary union architect warns – rt.com
- UK admits it spied illegally for 17 years, is sorry, won’t stop – Verge
- U.K. Gilts Trail Peers With Yields Climbing to Post-Brexit High – Bloomberg
- City of London’s reliance on EU ’passport’ exaggerated – think tank – Reuters
- U.K. Proposes Strengthened Anti-Money Laundering Law – WSJ
- Brexit, the pound and the UK current account – Bruegel
Asia:
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- Your brilliant Kickstarter idea could be on sale in China before you’ve even finished funding it – Quartz
- S&P: China’s credit growth is weighing down its sovereign rating. – Bloomberg
- What does an Indian city sound like? The answer is hauntingly beautiful – Quartz
- Creeping signs of deflation overshadow BOJ’s optimism on economy – Reuters
- After 20 years of studying and exams, even South Korea’s smartest graduates are struggling to find a job – Quartz
Trans-Tasman:
- I Stopped Eating Smashed Avocado And Now I Own A Castle – SBS
- Essential Poll: Labor 53-47 over the Coalition in 2PP – 9 News
- I could get outraged by this boomer-millennial war, but I’d rather look at the evidence | Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- Scott Morrison’s claim ABCC will boost wages shows it is fast becoming a magic pudding – The Guardian
- The Price of Australia’s Real Estate Boom – NY Times
- Q&A panellist Grace Collier says people without jobs should start businesses – ABC
- I’m speaking, but nothing’s coming out: The PM needs to get better at answering questions – The Monthly
- Did you know that more than one in 10 Australians are carers? – ABC
- Tony Abbott ‘disturbed’ by reports Turnbull trading off Adler gun laws for ABCC vote – The Guardian
- There is one way to put a stop to BHP’s tax avoidance – The Conversation
- Penny Wong: the politician you really don’t want to cross during an estimates hearing – The SMH
- Unemployment rate only telling half the labour market story – ABC
- No common risk culture: APRA – The Australian
- Costello lashes BCA company tax cut plan – The AFR
Other:
- The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill – The Economist
- What If the Newspaper Industry Made a Colossal Mistake? – Politico
- Netflix shakes off weak subscriber growth and its stock is… – TechCrunch
- Why billionaires have more sons – BBC