Queens birthday holiday links

Global Macro / Markets:

• How the world’s largest hedge fund operates – Wall Street Journal
• Fast money: the battle against the high frequency traders – The Guardian
• Capital controls in the 21st century – VOX

North America:

• Larry Summers on America’s House of Debt – Financial Times
• Charting how the Recession Reshaped the Economy – New York Times
  
• Good News on Jobs. Why Aren’t We Happier? – New York Times
• Private Jobs Have Recovered. Government Jobs Still Lag – New York Times
• What Americans (Don’t) Know about Student Loan Collections – New York Fed
• Where is the wage growth? – aie.ideas.org
• Mortgage rates have fallen, so why hasn’t housing demand perked up? – Wall Street Journal
• In U.S., Standard of Living Index Climbs to Six-Year High – Gallup

Europe:

• IMF tells UK to build more homes – Daily Mail
• The ECB promises much and delivers little – Financial Times
  
• ECB has travelled far, but not far enough – Financial Times

Asia:

• China’s Xi says fiscal reforms urgent – The AFR

Local:

• PM’s office hits back at “no friends” barb – The AFR
• Buyer’s dirty auction tricks exposed – The AFR
• Cashed-up Chinese students turn to OZ – The AFR
• Beautiful economic data masks big job ahead – The AFR
• PM’s climate promises and all that gas – The AFR
• Ore ramp-up locks juniors out of funding game – The AFR
• Door open for foreign chefs, brickies – The Australian
• It’s still the Budget, stupid – The Australian
• Simple lessons to plug welfare drain – The Australian
• Australia Post to axe 900 jobs – Canberra Times
• Retirees moving abroad due to rising cost of living – Canberra Times
• Fears of US-style health by stealth – Canberra Times
• Mining boom not as loud as it sounds – Canberra Times
• Melbourne’s sinking suburbs – The Age
• My nightmare home – The Age
• Apps offer a way to deal with taxi frustration – The Age
• City planning shrouded in secrecy – The Age
• First home buyers grant cap lifted – The SMH
• This Budget is fundamentally unfair – The Guardian
• Why renewables will fail without a carbon price – Business Spectator

Other:

• Dawn of a robot revolution as army of machines escape the factory – Financial Times
• Uber CEO Travis Kalanick: We’re Doubling Revenue Every Six Months – Wall Street Journal
• Meet the Uber Rich – Fortune
• What Happens When the Economy Baffles Economists? – Bloomberg
• The four lessons of happynomics – Financial Times
• This map reveals exactly where Silicon Valley gets its talent – Venture Beat