Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Science of Flow Says Extreme Inequality Causes Economic Collapse – Evonomics
- A Quarter of the World’s GDP Is Undergoing Big Experiments – Bloomberg
- How Central Banks can use Interest on Reserve to Target Inflation – EconReporter
- Effects of the backhaul problem on global trade – VOX
- Crisis of capitalism? Perhaps, but don’t blame it on globalisation – CER
- The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding – Wired
- Double diversification – VOX
- Record $1 Trillion in Junk Debt to Mature in Next 5 Years – WSJ
Americas:
- Trump Foreign Policy Quickly Loses Its Sharp Edge – NY Times
- Why Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing – NY Times
- The Next American Farm Bust Is Upon Us – WSJ
- A top Putin critic on how to oppose Trump: “making him look like a loser is crucial” – VOX
- Congressman: Rarely used law could make Trump tax returns public – USA Today
- Stephen Miller: A key engineer for Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda – Washington Post
- ’Significant uncertainty’ about fiscal policy under Trump: Fed’s Fischer – Reuters
- For these Japanese Americans, an executive order stripped away their lives and dignity – fresnobee.com
- Trump’s two-year presidency – NY Times
- 160 Arrested Across Southern California In Immigration Crackdown – CBS Local
- Trump says he is considering ’brand new’ immigration order after setback – The Guardian
- The Last Days of the President – The Atlantic
- The Vulnerabilities in the Ninth Circuit’s Executive-Order Decision – New Yorker
- Election commissioner to Trump: Show evidence of voter fraud – The Hill
- Gerrymandering is the biggest obstacle to genuine democracy in the United States. So why is no one protesting? – Washington Post
- Made in America: Which Car Creates the Most Jobs? – Go.com
- Restricted Spyware Used to Hack Advocates of Mexico’s Soda Tax – NY Times
- Mexicans Vow to Fight Trump by Jamming U.S. Courts – WSJ
- Is Trump’s refugee crackdown threat pushing asylum seekers into Canada? – The Star
- Biggest Threat to Mexico’s Economic Well-Being Isn’t Trump, Say Some of the Country’s Economists – WSJ
- Venezuelans killing flamingos and anteaters to stave off hunger amid mounting food crisis – Fox News
- How Canada is trying to capitalize on Trump’s immigration executive order – Washington Post
Europe:
- Germany says 91 mosques were attacked in 2016 – AP News
- ’I thought I was smarter than almost everybody’: my double life as a KGB agent – The Guardian
- Brexit transitional deal will lock UK into EU court, says Verhofstadt – The Guardian
- Merkel Will Pay Migrants Millions To Leave Germany – Breibart
- Russian dossier on Trump gaining credibility with law enforcement – CBS News
- Theresa May faces public backlash over hard Brexit, poll finds – The Guardian
- Greece says bailout deal close, but will not accept ’illogical’ demands – Reuters
- ECB’s Nowotny: No need for the IMF to be part of Greek bailout – Greek Crisis Notes
- Euro zone, IMF reach agreement on a common stance on Greece: official – Reuters
Asia:
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- North Korea ’test fires ballistic missile’ – BBC
- New top U.S. diplomat plays central role in Trump’s China shift – Reuters
- Game on: why Japan’s arcades are still winning – FT
- Trump, Changing Course on Taiwan, Gives China an Upper Hand – NY Times
- After Silence From Xi, Trump Endorses One China Policy – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Government shows contempt for millennials, no wonder they’re not optimistic – The Guardian
- Millennial Australians pessimistic about house prices and terrorism threat – The Guardian
- Superannuation body argues ATO should be responsible for reuniting owners with $2.7b lost funds – ABC
- Thermal [gas] generators failed during South Australian blackouts: AEMO – ABC
- Why did energy regulators deliberately turn out the lights in South Australia? – The Conversation
- Operator finds “on” switch for S.A. gas plant, crosses fingers for NSW, Qld – Renew Economy
- Queensland’s electricity price spikes far worse than South Australia during ‘crisis’ – The Guardian
- Please stop ruining the planet for us: An open letter to the government, from young people – The Guardian
- The need for a new political party – The Saturday Paper
- NSW faces fire rating worse than Black Saturday – ABC
- National park in Victoria’s east could create 760 jobs, environmentalists say, give tourism boost – ABC
- Axing housing agreement would be ‘unmitigated disaster’ for homeless – The Guardian
- Silicon will blow lithium batteries out of water, says Adelaide firm – AFR
- WA Liberals seal preference deal with One Nation – ABC
- Victoria Starting Autonomous Vehicle Trials On Public Roads (Australia) – Clean Technica
- Top expert quits Climate Change Authority, blasts Turnbull’s capitulation – The Age
- Abbott’s climate change policy is bullshit – Malcolm Turnbull 2009 – The SMH
- Hard facts unmask the fiction behind Coalition’s ‘coal comeback’ – The Guardian
- Morale is up, but Malcolm Turnbull isn’t out of the woods yet – The Age
- Scott Morrison hauls in big bank chairs for governance talks – The Australian
- Private schools demand government release funding plans – Canberra Times
- High or low? Health insurance cost jumps 54% in a decade – Canberra Times
- Are there too many apartments in Canberra? – ABC
- Building of 2,900 Sydney houses paused amid congestion fears – ABC
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The interest rate-migration link that is critical to housing cycles – Interest.co.nz
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