Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- World Bank admits some have lost out from free trade – BBC
- Why Referendums Have Been Backfiring – Time
- Two big hedge funds are backing away from bets against Deutsche Bank’s stock – Business Insider
- Risks Mount for World’s Biggest Wealth Fund – Bloomberg
- Do our money managers really believe this will end well? – Bawerk
- Reversing globalisation would be a backward step for world’s economy – The Times
- Gold loses shine as Fed feelings lift dollar – Reuters
- Oil Glut? Here Comes Some More! – NY Times
- What is CFD trading? cfdtradingo
Americas:
- Trump blows off debate tune-up – Politico
- Giuliani’s daughter is for Clinton – Politico
- Florida governor says state won’t extend voter registration, rebuffing Clinton campaign – CNN
- Former GOP congressmen lash out at Trump – Politico
- As president, Trump would have huge trade powers – USA Today
- How much damage could a President Trump do? We can only begin to imagine. – Washington Post
- Donald Trump’s Family-Friendly Policies Come at Substantial Cost, Report Finds – WSJ
- Six Reasons Conservatives Should Not Vote for Donald Trump – The Ringer
- Asian-American voters continue to shift to the political left – Washington Post
- Donald Trump’s greed helped ruin Atlantic City. Is the rest of the country next? – Washington Post
- Obama approval hits new high – CNN
- Striking new research on inequality: ‘Whatever you thought, it’s worse’ – Washington Post
- The State of American Jobs – Pew Associates
- Venezuela Is Pawning Pieces of Iconic American Brand Citgo to Survive – Bloomberg
Europe:
- ECB signals intention to push on with stimulus as growth sluggish – Reuters
- Spanish flag will fly in Gibraltar “sooner than chief minister thinks” – elpais
- Monetary policy transmission in the euro area – European Union
- Britain for the British: Theresa May leads a new nationalist government – The Spectator
- Russia’s Bombing of Aleppo Must End – Open Society Foundation
- Angela Merkel: No exception for Britain on freedom of movement – Politico
- Theresa May faces backlash from European leaders over plans to curb migration – The Telegraph
- Angela Merkel urges German firms to back tough stance in Brexit talks – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong warned to avoid problem topics in speech to Thai students – SCMP
- How has the Singapore’s National Service changed you as a person? – Quora
- China’s Housing Boom Looks a Lot Like Last Year’s Stocks Bubble – Bloomberg
- Japan Michelin-star sushi house defends foreigner rules – Yahoo
- Xi Jinping May Delay Picking China’s Next Leader, Stoking Speculation – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- First farm to grow veg in a desert using only sun and seawater is in SA – New Scientist
- Ford closure: Blue-blooded families farewell manufacturing in Australia – ABC
- Turnbull confirms Government will establish banking tribunal – ABC
- ‘Don’t feed the trolls’ really is good online advice – ABC
- The Government is “not going to rule out” fucking giant storm as cause of SA blackouts, says renewable energy is still primary suspect – The Shovel
- We don’t know why South Australia’s wind farms stopped working, so hold off on the blame game – The Conversation
- If you lied on your mortgage application, you’re far from alone – ABC
- Interest rates will stay ‘very low for a long time’, says leading economist Warren Hogan. – ABC
- The unravelling NBN: how Turnbull failed to download the nation’s network solution – The Guardian
- Labor gives OK to South China Sea exercise – 9News
- Cops Are Cracking Down on Your Avocados-as-Onions Supermarket Trick – VICE
- Why free trade is good for you – The Age
- College collapse as VET scrapped – The Australian
- Rate cuts fail to spark retail spending – The Australian
- Help the young unemployed – The Australian