Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why only some credit booms end in crises – VOX
- Why We Think We’re Better Investors Than We Are – NY Times
- European equities revisited – AMP Capital
- The Seven Countries Most Vulnerable To A Debt Crisis – Forbes
- The gloomy profits story underlying the stock market isn’t getting better – Yahoo
- Make elites compete: Why the 1% earn so much and what to do about it – Brookings
- Why Global Voters Will Stay Angry – Bloomberg
- Oil’s Decline Takes Toll on Saudi Conglomerate – WSJ
- Coming to the Oil Patch: Bad Loans to Outnumber the Good – WSJ
- Bubbles Spread Like a Zombie Virus – Bloomberg View
Americas:
- Who is Ted Cruz? How a determined nerd ended up as Donald Trump’s last rival – NY Times
- In Donald Trumps world view, America comes first and everyone else pays – NY Times
- The Trade Deficit Isn’t a Scorecard, and Cutting It Won’t Make America Great Again – NY Times
- Deal reached to boost California’s minimum wage to $15, avoiding ballot box battle – LA Times
- This Theory Explains Why the U.S. Economy Might Never Get Better – Time
- Behind U.S. GDP Data Is Reason for Recession Worry: Weak Profits – Bloomberg
- Contract Workforce Outpaces Growth in Silicon-Valley Style ‘Gig’ Jobs – WSJ
- How Trade Made America Great – WSJ
- 12 Things Americans Are Suddenly Buying More Than Ever – Time
- Mocked and forgotten: who will speak for the American white working class? – The Guardian
- Brazil’s Boom-Era Missteps Now Haunt Economy – WSJ
Europe:
- French journalist Florence Hartmann jailed by war crimes tribunal – The Guardian
- Brussels Is Latest Target in Islamic State’s Assault on West – NY Times
- Gallows humour in Brussels as EU gloomily awaits British vote – Reuters
- Brexit would be as bad for families as the financial crisis – Finbuzz
Asia:
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- Japan’s elderly turn to life of crime to ease cost of living – FT
- China’s banks and bad debt: where from here? – Medium
- China-backed bank says more than 30 countries await membership – Reuters
- China’s biggest broker spent more on bailing out the stock market than it earned in 2015 – Quartz
- China ’detains 20 over Xi resignation letter’ – BBC
- 16 people are missing after a Chinese news site ran a letter asking Xi Jinping to resign – Quartz
- Causes and consequences of China’s shadow banking – VOX
- Shanghai rolls out tightening measures to cool home market – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
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The empty homes of Sydney – The Canberra Times
- Liberal senator Sinodinos copied into emails in which party officials boasted about a large property developer donation – The SMH
- Submarine makers vie to impress Australia – The SMH
- Religion tax breaks cost taxpayers $350m – The SMH
- Wage rorts a national disgrace – The SMH
- What would you pay for prestige? – The Canberra Times
- Bus growth stuck in the slow lane – The Age
- Vic Govt demands $6.3 billion share of infrastructure cash – The Age
- Dozen seats in danger for PM – The Australian
- Turnbull must frame his plan – The Australian
- Costello: Super tinkering hurts confidence – The Australian
- Iron ore rally runs out of puff – The Australian
- The average home buyer cannot affordably purchase the majority of homes in three-quarters of Sydney, research shows – The AFR
- Turnbull to boost public transport – The AFR
- Australians are choosing medium-density housing over free-standing houses – The AFR
- McGrath Turkey a market flop – The AFR
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