Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Trump Risks May Impact Global Outlook – Bloomberg
- Not all macroeconomic problems are recessions – EconLog
- What defines a nation’s identity – The Economist
- In Bank Rules Debate, Capital Matters—and Words, Too – Bloomberg
- Hedge Fund Investor Letters Show Managers Are Stumped by Trump – Bloomberg
Americas:
- How Stephen Miller’s Rise Explains The Trump White House – The Atlantic
- Meet the Bush-nominated federal judge who halted Trump’s executive order – Washington Post
- Trump is targeting up to 8 million people for deportation – LA Times
- Trump Officials Move to Appeal Ruling Blocking Immigration Order – NY Times
- Trump’s border tax plan has one problem – Business Insider
- The Deep Denialism of Donald Trump – New Yorker
- Marijuana lobby goes mainstream – The Hill
- Elizabeth Warren Gives Progressives In Congress A Rousing Call To Arms – Huffington Post
- Dem lawmaker suggests Trump needs ’mental health exam’ – The Hill
- Donald Trump might be more popular than you think – Politico
- America’s system of checks and balances might struggle to contain a despot – The Economist
- “Insane”: The head of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on Trump’s plan to undo bank regulation – Quartz
- Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls – Politico
- G.O.P. Hurries to Slash Oil and Gas Rules, Ending Industries’ 8-Year Wait – NY Times
- Argentina’s Trump-Like Immigration Order Rattles South America – NY Times
Europe:
- Macron offers refuge in France to U.S. scientists, entrepreneurs – Reuters
- EU leaders round on Trump and reject May’s bridge-building efforts – The Guardian
- Romania to withdraw corruption decree after mass protests – BBC
- This Is Why Romania Is Witnessing Its Largest Protests Since The Fall Of Communism – BuzzFeed
- Putin’s Intelligence Crisis – NY Review of Books
- UK food industry fears Brexit exodus of EU workers – FT
- Come to EU. It’s huge. It’s the greatest EU in the world! – Every Second Counts
- Marine Le Pen: There was no invasion of Crimea – CNN
- Le Pen’s French debt plan would trigger default, S&P tells Economist – Reuters
- Europe Is Trolling Trump with Wickedly Funny Parody Videos – Vanity Fair
- Britain to draft laws slashing tax to show EU leaders they are serious about threat to become ’new Singapore’ – The Telegraph
- Is Germany a Currency Manipulator? – PIIE
- The IMF Should Get Out of Greece – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China’s Parachute Generation – NY Times
- US will defend contested Senkaku Islands on Japan’s behalf – Stripes
- China Gains on the U.S. in the Artificial Intelligence Arms Race – NY Times
- Mattis says no need for dramatic U.S. military moves in South China Sea – Reuters
- Steve Bannon: ’We’re going to war in the South China Sea … no doubt’ – The Guardian
- Donald Trump’s closest advisor Steve Bannon thinks there will be war with China in the next few years – The Independent
- Trump Aide’s Deal With Chinese Firm Raises Fear of Tangled Interests – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- United States to Australia: Get Lost – NY Times
- ‘Clean coal’ would push up power bills more than wind, solar or gas: analysts – Canberra Times
- ‘Goodbye, my darlings’ – remembering the trauma of Australia’s last execution – The Guardian
- It’s about time someone attacked Australia. Thank you, President Trump. – Washington Post
- Alibaba: China’s online retail giant new Melbourne HQ will put squeeze on local retailers, industry group says – ABC
- Making more cancer drugs affordable for all Australians – Health.gov.au
- Green v Mundine: How two blokes outsmarted Foxtel and why it should get on board – ABC
- Beyond beef: Rockhampton a city revitalised – with laneway developments to prove it – Brisbane Times’
- Turnbull government looks to trim funding growth for ‘over-funded’ schools – The Age
- Tony Abbott warns Malcolm Turnbull: don’t break your promise on same-sex marriage – The SMH
- ‘Betrayal’: Conservative Coalition MPs push back on same-sex marriage free vote – The SMH
- Does time really go faster as you get older? – ABC
- Coffin demand as sure as death and taxes, but size is a different matter – ABC
- Pauline Hanson says One Nation would introduce mandatory prenuptial agreements – The Guardian
- Company tax: big business already pays less than 30% rate, ATO data shows – The Guardian
- Older Australians reject calls to include family home in pension test – ABC
- Labor will never trade preferences with One Nation, says Tanya Plibersek – The Guardian
- Mining’s economic contribution not as big as you might think – Canberra Times
- What could derail NZ’s growth train – Interest.co.nz
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