Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Long-lasting effects of a socialist education – VOX
- How important are policy barriers to trade? – VOX
- Average working hours: New global dataset – VOX
- New superbugs could kill millions – Markman Capital
- Inside Vitol: How the World’s Largest Oil Trader Makes Billions – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Pushing racial boundaries, Trump draws rebuke from a fretful GOP – Washington Post
- Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message – Washington Post
- Clinton Finds an Effective Attack Against Trump – NY Mag
- And if Elected: What President Trump Could or Couldn’t Do – NY Times
- Alan Greenspan: “We’re Running To A State Of Disaster” – Zero Hedge
- Vancouver Homeowners Made More From Sitting On Their Assets Last Year Than The Entire Population Did By Working – Zero Hedge
- A Guaranteed Income for Every American – WSJ
- U.S. Houses Are Still Getting Bigger – WSJ
- Congratulations To Bolivarian Socialism: Now The Chavistas Riot For Food In Venezuela – Forbes
- ’We want food!’, Venezuelans cry at protest near presidency – Reuters
Europe:
- Top EU Court Judge Backs Workplace Headscarf Ban – Heatst.com
- Banks mulling special NPL vehicles, Yiannis Papadoyiannis – ekathimerini.com
- Our own bad habits have brought Britain to the brink of Brexit – The Guardian
- Britain has had enough of experts– FT
- EU referendum: Brexit ’could boost NHS by £100m a week’ – BBC
- The Swiss Are About To Vote ’No’ On Basic Income – FiveThirtyEight
- Sweden leads the race to become cashless society – The Guardian
- Greek Effort to Send Migrants to Turkey Goes Slowly – WSJ
- How ‘Economists for Brexit’ manage to defy the laws of gravity – VOX
Asia:
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- Remembering and Forgetting Repression in China – Dissent Magazine
- Democracy is nothing to fear, Taiwan tells China on Tiananmen anniversary – Reuters
- How China Fell Off the Miracle Path – NY Times
- Japan’s Debt Burden Is Quietly Falling by the Most in the World – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Adani Enterprises may walk away from $10 bn Carmichael mine project in Australia – First Post
- The forgotten part of the housing debate: renters’ rights – The Age
- Tanya Plibersek wants to focus on slow internet speeds – The Age
- Australia is the third-fastest growing vegan market in the world – The SMH
- Federal government to run $8m national security advertising blitz during campaign – Canberra Times
- Voting independent will lead to chaos: PM – Sky News
- Malcolm Turnbull facing 10% swing in Wentworth as his popularity plummets – The SMH
- International students being exploited in the cleaning industry – investigation by ABC Radio National – ABC
- Election FactCheck Q&A: is global demand for coal still going through the roof? – The Conversation
- Great Barrier Reef doomed but our dome will save us – Brisbane Times
- Fairfax And Sky News Have Signed A Deal To Push Chinese State-Run Media Propaganda – Junkee
- Company fined $272,850 for disguising employees as unpaid interns – The SMH
- Weak wages, private school flight belie Australian economic success – Reuters
- The anti-business Labor hyperbole is wrong. Just look at the facts – The Guardian
- Dodgy safety certificates under China Australia Free Trade Agreement – The SMH
- ChAFTA has opened door to unqualified workers – The SMH
- Is the government ripping off Australians with foreign partners? – SBS
- Malcolm Turnbull is losing it, one retreat at a time – The Age
- Tax-free super is intergenerational theft – The Conversation
- Apartments are going suburban – The AFR
- Why Malcolm Turnbull is his own worst enemy – Canberra Times
- The real drug problem that could cause a global catastrophe – Canberra Times
- Labor unveils $3 billion childcare plan in bid to win over families – Canberra Times
- Shorten’s boost for families – The Australian
- Banks back in love with property – Canberra Times
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Higher Australian household debt mounts to ‘unsustainable’ levels – The Australian
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NZ: Stuck in traffic – Interest.co.nz
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