Global Macro / Markets:
- Banking on the BRICS – Project Syndicate
- BHP Billiton to push ahead with demerger strategy – FT
- Coal stocks are showing signs of life. – Affraid to trade
- Gold miners are holding their own. Short side of long
- Secular stagnation: Facts, causes, and cures – Vox
Americas:
- The working class is sinking and dragging Walmart down with it – Slate
- Argentina Defaulted on Bonds No One Can Even Find – Bloomberg
- Brazil shaken by candidate’s death – FT
- War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing – ACLU
- The Forever Slump – Paul Krugman
- Barack Obama’s ‘vacation from hell’– Politico
- Banks, Financial Firms Load Up on Cheap Debt – WSJ
- Colombia as an investment is getting a tad too popular. – WSJ
Europe:
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- Europe is in an epic depression – and it’s getting worse – The Week
- Euro Zone’s Economy Fails to Grow – WSJ
- Ukraine officials awaiting paperwork before inspecting Russian convoy – WSJ
- Ukraine taps volunteers fueled by anger , bravado – WSJ
- Ukraine Says APCs Entered From Russia to Aid Insurgents – Bloomberg
- Putin’s Pipeline Bypassing Ukraine Is at Risk Amid Conflict – Bloomberg
- Putin to Meet Finnish President as Threat of Cold War Grows – Bloomberg
- The UK is growing at an impressive rate – BI
- EU shoots itself in the foot with Russian sanctions says Hungarian PM – Moscow Times
- Europe vs US divergence – Prag Cap
- Eurozone banks hold record amounts of sovereign paper – Walter Kurtz
- France rebels against austerity as Europe’s recovery collapses – Ambrose
Asia:
- South korea eyes Israels iron dome – The Diplomat
- Imran Khan convoy shot at in Pakistan – Al jazeera
- Alibaba – Crouching Tiger, hidden losses ? – WSJ
- A Chinese Internet Giant Starts to Dream – MIT Technology Review
Local:
- Hockey ‘genuinely sorry’ for saying poorest people don’t have cars or drive very far – ABC PM
- Billionaire says house prices in Melbourne and Sydney too hot – Irish Times
- Sydney housing commission to be sold in secret – AFR
- Rise in property debt in SMSF ‘problematic’ – AFR
- APRA says murray enquiry delays new rules – AFR
- Macquarie to contact clients over potential bad advice – Business Day
- One of the big clangers – Canberra Times
Other:
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- Iraq – A crisis for western elites ? or is it going to plan ?
- Ghana and the IMF – Time for thrift – The Economist
- Watch a thousand micro robots self-assemble themselves into wild shapes – Tech Crunch
- Enugu, Nigeria News: Ebola Virus Spreads From Lagos to Enugu, 21 Quarantined – Epoch Times
- Islamic State Said to Challenge Al-Qaeda for Leadership – Bloomberg
- The Islamic State (Full Length) – Vice
- Web Trolls Winning as Incivility Increases – NYT
- Lagarde, numerology… This is a bit old, but I got sent it this week.. and WTF?