Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- If you want more equality, you have to embrace the risk premium – VOX
- World’s wealthiest people just got 5.2% wealthier – The Guardian
- Institutional Investors are Delusional – Mark Faber
- The Long Boom: A History of the Future, 1980 – 2020 – Wired
- The biggest business story of the next five years – Washington Post
- EconoSpeak: The Rise Of Negative Interest Assets – econospeak.blogspot.com
- World Bank Cuts Global Growth Outlook as Rich Economies Stumble – Bloomberg
- Commodities Enter Bull Market, Ending Five-Year Selloff: Chart – Bloomberg
- Emerging nations’ catch-up set back ‘decades’ by commodities slump – FT
- Cheap Natural Gas Gives New Hope to the Rust Belt – WSJ
Americas:
- It’s time to admit Hillary Clinton is an extraordinarily talented politician – VOX
- How Hillary Clinton did it the second time around – Washington Post
- If You Think the Democratic Primary Race Is Close, the 2008 One Was Even Tighter – NY Times
- Clinton launches ‘Republicans Against Trump’ campaign – Politico
- There are now more Americans working for online-only outlets than newspapers – niemanlab.org
- Many in the GOP are now running away from Donald Trump – Boston Globe
- America’s Obesity Epidemic Hits a New High – NBC
- There’s a $6.6 trillion reason the US might be nearing a recession – Business Insider
- Latin America’s Rising Right – Project Syndicate
Europe:
- Avoiding another Eurozone Crisis: Part II – VOX
- Carney Says Graduates Are Entering a Lopsided Job Market – Bloomberg
- Public support for the EU plunges across Europe: survey – Reuters
- Painful choices still hang over Greece – FT
- French Bank Is Ordered to Pay Trader Who Almost Ruined It – NY Times
- France shuns Europe as Brexit revolt spreads – The Telegraph
- Mody: Brexit Won’t Send Britain Back To The Dark Ages – Bloomberg
- Euroskepticism Beyond Brexit – Pew Global
- Capital is not fleeing Britain because of Brexit – FT
Asia:
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- China is close to having its own Silicon Valley – Business Insider
- How Dependent Are US Consumers on Imports From China? – piie.com
- China’s May Reserves – Council On Foreign Relations
- China forex reserves fall to $3.19 trillion, lowest since Dec 2011 – Reuters
- Nomura Sued by Six Taiwanese Banks Over Soured Syndicated Loan – Bloomberg
- China gives U.S. investment quota for first time to deepen financial ties – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Work for the dole program failing as it delivers more cuts to payments than actual jobs: Researcher – ABC News
- Rent in Australia is falling at a record pace – Business Insider
- Has the Coalition presided over the most sustained fall in Australian living standards since records began? – The Conversation
- MPs giving taxpayer funds to Liberal Party-linked company and donor – The Age
- China’s soft power extends to politics, media and universities in Australia – The AFR
- Where could Australia genuinely innovate? – The Conversation
- It’s on for old and old: younger voters don’t stand a chance – The SMH
- China busts Australian coal myth – Herald-Sun
- Free-range egg shortage in Australia set to last two months – The SMH
- Labor pledges to review trade deals that let companies sue Australia – The Guardian
- Three big banks are accused of rigging rates. Here’s how it affects you – ABC News
- ASIC throws punches but yet to claim a knockout blow over rate rigging – ABC News
- Malcolm Turnbull insists bank inquiry unnecessary after fresh rate-rigging case – The Guardian
- Going for growth: A battle between old and new methods – The Drum
- Jobs, growth and other bedtime stories – The Drum
- This time it’s the Coalition promising things it can’t afford – The Age
- China’s Millionaire Migration – Dateline