Links 4 June 2014

North America:

• Obama’s Next Fed Fight – New Republic
• US apartments in debt deal rent for less – Financial Times
• How the American Prospect changed policy journalism – VOX
• Obama Unveils $1 Billion Europe Security Fund – Bloomberg
• Why We Still Can’t Afford to Fix America’s Broken Infrastructure – Five Thirty Eight
• Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Is Still Far From What It Should Be – Huffington Post
• ‘Income inequality’—the most boring debate in America – Fortune

Europe:

• Russia and China plan own rating agency to rival western players – Financial Times
• Merkel eyes IMF’s Lagarde for EU Commission chief – Reuters
• Europe stocks dip, euro gains as ECB seen poised to act – Reuters
• Dutch Caution Stalls Banks’ $12 Billion Hybrid Debt Plan – Bloomberg
• UK house prices rise as first-time buyers panic buy – The Telegraph
• Eurozon edges closer to deflation – The AFR

Asia:

• 25 years after Tiananmen, most Chinese university students have never heard of it – VOX
• Foreign journalists in China harassed over Tiananmen Square anniversary – The Guardian
• How Alibaba Is Reshaping Chinese Finance – Institutional Investor
• China’s Premature Power Play Goes Very Wrong – National Interest
• China’s economic boom leaves a trail of ghost cities – Market Place
• The complex causes of Pakistan’s horrific honor killings problem – VOX

Local:

• Budget measures Labor can back – The AFR
• QLD and ACT get behind asset recycling – The AFR
• Victoria in “constitutional crisis” – The AFR
• Brain drain risks are real – The AFR
• QLD stakes Budget on asset sales – The AFR
• Asset deals to cut debt by $25 billion – The Australian
• Abbott lines up tough anti-dumping measures – The AFR
• WA to take action to maintain surplus – The AFR
• Campbell Newman hopeful good times here again – The Australian
• Pyne: Uni changes to cost just $5 extra a week – The Australian
• Australian growth driven by exports in 2014 – The Australian
• Rebalancing the two-speed economy – The Australian
• QLD pensioners facing pain – The Australian
• Robb: We must grow the pie, not redistribute shrinking pieces – The Australian
• 30% of uni graduates to be out of work – Canberra Times
• Public backs turning back asylum seekers – Canberra Times
• Swan accuses Hockey of ‘Budget trickery’ – Canberra Times
• Pacoe: cooler weather for property? – Canberra Times
• Atlas iron ore hit by slumping price – Canberra Times
• Australia endures hottest two years – The Guardian
• A bad time for households to tighten purse strings – Business Spectator

Other:

• What Rich People Mean By “Beneficial” Use of Capital – Gawker
• Monetary Policy with Interest on Reserves – Worthwhile Canadian Initiative