Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Global Trade: Drivers Behind the Slowdown – VOX
- Border Tax Could Upend Global Markets, but Investors Shy Away From Any Bets – WSJ
- Socialism Is Bad – Forbes
- Oil and gas discoveries dry up to lowest total for 60 years – FT
- Instead of draining the swamp, Trump has become Wall Street’s best buddy – The Guardian
- America’s Biggest Creditors Dump Treasuries in Warning to Trump – Bloomberg
- Update: “Scariest jobs chart ever” – Calculated Risk
- Bubbles are rarer than you think – The Economist
Americas:
- Jack Ma: America has wasted its wealth – WEF
- Something that ’usually only happens in recessions’ is popping up in the US economy – Yahoo
- G.O.P. Lawmakers Like What They See in Trump. They Just Have to Squint. – NY Times
- GOP Grand Scheme On Obamacare Repeal & Tax Reform Quickly Going South – Forbes
- Are Democrats Falling Into Trump’s Trap? – NY Times
- Trump’s White House eyes potential foes in 2020 election – NY Post
- When a Pillar of the Fourth Estate Rests on a Trump-Murdoch Axis – NY Times
- Trump’s Gold Lining – NY Times
- Behind The Rise Of The Anti-Trump Twitter Conspiracy Theorists – BuzzFeed
- Can This Presidency Be Saved? – NY Times
- Mexico Is Key Cog in GM’s Profit Machine – WSJ
- Donald Trump Needs to Start Talking About America’s Poor – Fortune
- Trump Concerned There Are Too Many “Goldman Guys” On His Team – Zero Hedge
- Trump’s job approval rating hits a new low – The Hill
- Trump impeached? You can bet on it – Politico
Europe:
- Finland has a word for getting drunk in your underwear at home – Indy 100
- IMF’s Stand on Greek Bailout Unnerves Europe – WSJ
- Parliament has diminished itself at this turning point in our history – The Guardian
- Paris riots escalate as police face investigation for alleged rape – FT
- What Germany can teach the US about democracy – FT
- Hundreds evacuated at Hamburg Airport; toxic air suspected – AP
- Where does the Brexit vote leave the cause of an independent Scotland in the EU? – Jon Worth
- Move Over Brexit: Standoff With Athens Revives 2015 Grexit Talk – Bloomberg
- Germany’s New Trump-Critic President Sees Stormy U.S. Ties Ahead – Bloomberg
- Angela Merkel, Squeezed by Far Right, Now Faces a Rising Left, Too – NY Times
Asia:
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- Japan’s Economy Grows 1% as Global Demand Drives Exports – Bloomberg
- North Korea test-fires ballistic missile – CNN
- Beijing Newspaper Investigated for Links to Tycoon – Caixin
- People in Singapore don’t read much literature. Can these tiny books change that? – Washington Post
- Forget the statements, China’s capital outflow is still enormous – SCMP
- 75 years after World War II internments, Japanese Americans hope history will not repeat – fresnobee.com
Trans-Tasman:
- Peta Credlin admits the climate change policy under Julia Gillard’s Labor government was never a carbon tax, but the coalition used that label to stir up brutal retail politics. – The West
- The simple truth: Coal-fired generators have no future in Australia – ABC
- Oz consumer watchdog: ‘up to’ speeds shouldn’t be in broadband ads – The Register
- Energy policy: no room for partisan politics, 18 groups tell government – Joint statement says years of finger-pointing have destroyed investor confidence in Australia’s energy sector – The Guardian
- Why did energy regulators deliberately turn out the lights in South Australia? – The Conversation
- Scott Morrison and Ray Hadley laugh about coal prop: ‘Great stunt’ – The Guardian
- Turnbull installs battery storage at home, but has minister take lump of coal to parliament – Renew Economy
- Alcohol leads to more violence than other drugs, but you’d never know from the headlines – The Conversation
- Claiming Coal Can Be Clean Is Like Saying Smoking Can Be Healthy – Huffington Post
- Barnaby Joyce condemns WA Liberals’ preference deal with One Nation – WA Today
- One Nation preference deal could cost Liberal Party WA election, Barnaby Joyce warns – ABC News
- Cory Bernardi’s future doesn’t look so bright – The SMH
- 3.8 Million Aussies Fear Their Job Being Stolen By A Robot – Gizmodo
- Complementary medicines with unproven benefits being sold to Australian consumers – ABC
- Push for banks probe set to test Nats’ resolve – The Age
- Morrison links welfare and PPL changes to NDIS funding – The Age
- Morrison pledges $3 billion NDIS boost if savings package passes – ABC
- Baby boomers spending kids’ inheritance on adventure and self-discovery – The SMH
- Labor’s proposal to clean up political donations draws scorn from Coalition – ABC