Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Benefits of Free Trade: Time to Fly My Neoliberal Freak Flag High! – bradford-delong.com
- Central banks lurch from topsy-turvy 1970s to helicopter money – FT
- Perils of Globalization When Factories Close and Towns Struggle – NY Times
- The biggest force powering the stock market is starting to disappear – Business Insider
North America:
- Marco Rubio and other Republicans paved the way for Donald Trump’s ’narrative of bitterness and anger’ – Business Insider
- Trump has lit a fire. Can it be contained? – Washington Post
- Campaign 2016 is on a dangerous descent – Washington Post
- President Obama’s brutal assessment of the rise of Donald Trump – Washington Post
- Conservatives Face an Impossible Choice – The Atlantic
- Donald Trump’s ideology of violence – VOX
- As Americans Take Up Populism, the Supreme Court Embraces Business – NY Times
- Mass Exorcism Needed: Mexico Swept by Wave of Satanic Killings – sputniknews.com
Europe:
- The non-EU workers who’ll be deported for earning less than £35,000 – The Guardian
- ’Mama Merkel’ faces first test of migrant crisis handling as elections loom – The Telegraph
- Making ECB corporate bond buying ‘fairer’ and better targeted – longandvariable
Asia:
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- China Economic Data Paints Gloomy Picture – WSJ
- China pledges new push against ‘hostile forces,’ separatists – Global News Canada
- China’s weakening economy disappoints again as central bank moves to calm growth fears – ABC News
- China Weighs Letting Banks Sell Bad Debt to Investors – NY Times
- China’s PBOC flags stimulus restraint but says policy should be flexible – CNBC
- China coal protests highlight overcapacity tensions – FT
- Japan marks fifth anniversary of devastating 3/11 disasters – The Japan Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Cormann adds to election speculation – Canberra Times
- The Greens are like a ‘cancer’: Dastyari – Canberra Times
- ‘Tony’s Tradies’ package fails to deliver – Canberra Times
- City slicker Malcolm Turnbull hitches a ride – Canberra Times
- Cheer up: Australia is doing OK – Canberra Times
- Are the hedge funds having a lend? – Canberra Times
- Australian dollar hits eight-month high – Canberra Times
- Changing China is helping us – Canberra Times
- Time to bust some myths on refugees – Canberra Times
- ‘I’m not responsible for mass job losses’ – The Australian
- Housing market’s obscured views – The Australian
- Got $10m in super? Nearly 2000 people do – The AFR
- Have commodities hit bottom? Probably – The AFR
- Melbourne house prices just keep going up – The AFR
- Turnbull’s game of chicken with the Senate – The AFR
- Iron ore retreats from ‘insane’ advance – The AFR
- Budget to offer ‘modest’ tax cuts at best – The AFR