Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- A Conservative Case for Climate Action – NY Times
- A Conservative Answer to Climate Change – WSJ
- Q&A with Nasdaq’s black belt CEO – Bloomberg
- Global financial safety net hits snag in regional finance – Central Banking
- The Major Blind Spots in Macroeconomics – NY Times
- The Becalming of Stock Volatility – Bloomberg
- Where Markets Fail: Markets Assume a Context – CFA Institute
Americas:
- Trump offers his own oral argument defending travel ban – Politico
- Senate confirms Sessions as attorney general – The Hill
- Big Investors Cut Back on Commercial Property as Bull Market Loses Steam – WSJ
- Newest GOP Obamacare plan: ’Reconciliation Plus’ – CNN
- ’America First’: From Charles Lindbergh To President Trump – NPR
- Big Pharma Is Pointing Fingers, and Hoping Trump Will Listen – Bloomberg
- How President Trump could gut America’s consumer watchdog – CNBC
- Canada foreign minister will oppose U.S. border tariffs – Reuters
- Canadians want Trudeau to stand up to Trump, even if it leads to trade war: poll – Globe & Mail
- Brazil, Argentina push for closer trade with Mexico in Trump era – Reuters
Europe:
- Brexit vote: Clive Lewis quits shadow cabinet as MPs back bill – BBC
- Worries Grow Over Euro’s Fate as Debts Smolder in Italy and Greece – NY Times
- Brexit four times worse for UK economy than previously thought, say MIT economists – The Independent
- European People-Smugglers Are Using Garlic To Sneak Illegal Immigrants Into The UK – heatst
- Greece’s crisis flare-up couldn’t come at a worse time – Business Insider
- Dutch Say Greek Program Involvement Contingent on IMF Support – Bloomberg
- EU faces crisis as IMF warns Greek debts are on ‘explosive’ path – The Telegraph
Asia:
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- Lawyer Sues Beijing TV for Making Fun of Henan Province – SixthTone
- China Approaches Breaking Point – Daily Reckoning
- Samsung’s Note 7 Battery Supplier Has Fire at China Factory – Bloomberg
- Countdown: Bitcoin Will Be a Legal Method of Payment in Japan in Two Months – Bitcoin
- Russia Shows Why China Should Just Stop Burning Up Its Reserves – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- High energy prices? Blame fossil fuel generators, not renewables – Renew Economy
- Coal-reliant NSW faces rolling blackouts as accusations fly in South Australia – Renew Economy
- Powershop reveals cash for renewable projects from customers who paid more – The Guardian
- Millennial survey shows youth feeling aggrieved, frustrated by the way country is being run – ABC
- Turnbull and Shorten to settle differences in Maccas carpark – Chaser
- Ian Macdonald likely to oppose scrapping of Life Gold Pass – ABC
- Centrelink: Debt-recovery ‘monumental mess’ to be investigated by Senate committee – ABC
- COLES self checkouts to be limited to 12 items – News.com.au
- ‘He doesn’t have a fair dinkum bone in him’: Turnbull doubles down on Shorten attack – The SMH
- Childcare reforms tied to welfare cuts for disadvantaged and unemployed. – The SMH
- Young people to lose access to unemployment benefits as part of welfare reforms – News.com.au
- Comment: There is no real prospect that Malcolm Turnbull or Bill Shorten can create jobs – The SMH
- There’s a way out of Turnbull’s economic problems – not embracing Bernardi – Peter Martin – The SMH
- Volkswagen asked to explain lack of compensation for Australian drivers over emissions scandal – ABC
- Cory Bernardi defection sounded the death knell of ‘moderate Malcolm’. He won’t be back – The Age
- Crown Melbourne to build Australia’s tallest tower at Southbank – ABC
- Scott Morrison Brought A Lump Of Coal And Waved It Around In Parliament – Huffington Post
- Housing won’t go away as an issue – Interest.co.nz
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