Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why the Middle East Fell Behind – jaredcrubin.com
- The Bear Market That Nobody Talks About – The Irrelevant Investor
- Young people are tolerant of other people, except others’ intolerance – The Economist
- Hedge fund Night Square to shut, founders move to Citadel – Reuters
- Scientists discover massive reservoir of greenhouse gases – Mail Online
- The TPP lives — maybe – Washington Post
- Brexit and Trump are fundamentally a failure of the political right – Mainly Macro
Americas:
- Why More Democrats Are Now Embracing Conspiracy Theories – NY Times
- Latest Data Signal Solid Momentum for U.S. Economy – WSJ
- Americans are seriously stressed out about the future of the country, survey finds – Washington Post
- Janet Yellen and House Republicans Clash Over Fed’s Performance – NY Times
- Fed’s Tarullo: Demand, Not Supply, is Crimping Lending – WSJ
- A public finance case for keeping the Fed’s balance sheet large – MacroMania
- Why the Trump Organization Was Cited in a Brazil Corruption Probe – Bloomberg
- President Trump’s Boris Yeltsin Moment – Bloomberg
- Is This Trump’s Watergate? – WSJ
- What is NAFTA, and what would happen to U.S. trade without it? – Washington Post
- A bleak week for Obamacare – Politico
- U.S. Traffic Deaths Rise for a Second Straight Year – NY Times
Europe:
- Russian spy ship lurks off Connecticut coast – CNN
- Russia charges four top intelligence officials with treason – Upi.com
- Everything you need to know about Theresa May’s Article 50 nightmare in five minutes – Politico
- Number of EU nationals working in the UK starts to fall – FT
- Russia Urges Trump to Keep Pledge on Relations Amid Crimea Row – Bloomberg
- 13 things you didn’t know about Brexit – Politico
- UK fishermen may not win waters back after Brexit, EU memo reveals – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Chinese students in the US are evoking “diversity” to oppose a graduation speech by the Dalai Lama – Quartz
- BOJ’s Kuroda warns low rates may sow seeds of new financial crisis – Reuters
- Tata in turmoil: the battle inside India’s biggest business – FT
- Toyota Only Sold One Prius in China Last December – Bloomberg
- Japan must form a bulwark to protect globalisation – VOX
- North Korean Dictator Ordered Brother Killed, South Korean Spy Chief Says – WSJ
- China awards Trump valuable new trademark – AP
Trans-Tasman:
- One Nation candidate advocated killing Indonesian journalists, attacked gays, Muslims and blacks – The SMH
- One Nation Considering ‘Extreme Vetting’ Of Their Own Candidates – SBS [Satire]
- Kim Beazley lashes WA Liberals, says One Nation is a threat to national security – ABC
- Not good enough: Labor slams Centrelink robo-debt changes – The SMH
- Centrelink debt letters need to end: ACOSS – News.com.au
- Liberals eye more private sector prisons, hospitals to cut WA debt – ABC
- New survey uncovers widespread fear and anxiety in Australia’s private rental market – The SMH
- How good is renting in Australia? – ABC
- Aussie renters ‘living in fear’ – News.com.au
- Mining report finds 60,000 abandoned sites, lack of rehabilitation and unreliable data – ABC
- Why is Labor so hopeless at defending renewables policy? – Renew Economy
- Is this the dumbest thing ever written by Murdoch media on climate? – Renew Economy
- S.A. Load Shedding last week: dud forecasts, lousy software, failing gas plants – Renew Economy
- Rural business owner tells Government to ‘grow a set’ as gas shortage looms – ABC
- Government moves to crack down on ‘Mediscare’ tactics with new law on impersonating Commonwealth entities – The Age
- Glimmer of hope for 10,000 refugees left stranded by Australia’s inaction – The Guardian
- Country of Origin Labelling reforms hit the shelves – Stop Foreign Ownership in Australia
- Coral bleaching threatens Sydney and returns to Great Barrier Reef amid unusually warm waters – Brisbane Times
- Food industry’s voluntary codes failing to reduce junk food ads viewed by children – The SMH
- Why have our ministers got it in for the unemployed? – The Age
- Global clean energy scorecard puts Australia 15th in the world – The Conversation
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Joyce keeps door open to tax cuts – Interest.co.nz