Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The global diffusion of ideas – VOX
- Bank competition at the zero lower bound – VOX
- Synchronisation in business cycles – VOX
- Helicopter money and fiscal rules – VOX
- Market deregulation and optimal monetary policy in a monetary union – Science Direct
- Why are so many bankers committing suicide? – NY Post
- The rise of low-cost managers like Vanguard should be celebrated – The Economist
- Fintech Is Ending Money Management as We Know It – Bloomberg
- Jobs Threatened by Machines: A Once ‘Stupid’ Concern Gains Respect – NY Times
Americas:
- Terror in Orlando: 50 killed in shooting rampage at gay club; gunman pledged allegiance to ISIS – Washington Post
- Orlando Nightclub Shooter Called 911 to Pledge Allegiance to ISIS: Sources – NBC
- Islamic State claims responsibility for Orlando nightclub shooting – Reuters
- Terrorists Are Turning To Guns More Often In U.S. Attacks – FiveThirtyEight
- ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens – The Onion
- Response From Council on American-Islamic Relations – NY Times
- Mass Shooting Tracker – massshootingtracker.org
- Meet the 45 Senators Who Blocked Background Checks – Mother Jones
- GOP blocks bill to stop terrorists from buying guns – MSNBC
- Five threats to American prosperity tie the hands of its banker-in-chief – The Guradian
- Backlash in Cuba – Politico
- Toronto is poised to become the next great producer of tech – Tech Crunch
- ’We want food!’ Looting and riots rock Venezuela daily – Reuters
Europe:
- Italy’s coastguard says 1,230 migrants rescued on Sunday – Reuters
- Russia: Magnitsky’s bitter legacy – FT
- Britain succeeds in the EU: we’d be daft to leave it – The Times
- Britain faces seven years of limbo after Brexit, says Donald Tusk – The Guardian
- EU referendum: Cameron issues Brexit pensions warning – BBC
- Britain does very well in the EU – Economics UK
- David Cameron: ‘I’ll pull UK out of the single market after Brexit’ – Politico
- Britain’s Truthiness Moment – Foreign Policy
- Germany’s Gabriel compares anti-immigrant AfD party to Nazis – Reuters
Asia:
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- Life in the People’s Republic of WeChat – Bloomberg
- Rebalancing China: International Lessons in Corporate Debt – IMF
- China Takes Steps to Widen Access to Its Financial Markets – WSJ
- How a 143-Year-Old Swiss Bank Took a Quick Road to Ruin in Asia – Bloomberg
- China’s $10bn propaganda push spreads Down Under – FT
- China’s Hidden Unemployment Rate – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Hypocrisy: Thy name is Greens – Canberra Times
- Labor’s big NBN play: faster at no extra cost – Canberra Times
- Abbott’s ‘chaotic, dangerous’ MH17 plan revealed – Canberra Times
- $1 billion funding promise for Great Barrier Reef – Canberra Times
- Opposition promises cuts to DFAT – Canberra Times
- Blow to Greens as Libs put Labor first – Canberra Times
- Shorten promises $2b for hospitals – Canberra Times
- Real election issue is our politicians – Canberra Times
- Lib turmoil looms if they lose – Canberra Times
- Amazon eyes Oz grocery deliveries – Canberra Times
- Australian banks face NZ loan curbs – Canberra Times
- Low rates not the magic bullet – Canberra Times
- Alarm bells are ringing for super – Canberra Times
- Fake Medicare cards, no questions – The Age
- It’s not the economy, stupid – The Age
- Affordable rent? Not in Melbourne – The Age
- Australia’s economy in danger from politicians’ do-nothing approach – The AFR
- Qld property sector shocked by foreigner tax – The AFR
- Shorten takes a tiny beachhead of fiscal responsibility – The AFR
- Get on with infrastructure – The Australian
Other:
- The End of Reflection – NY Times
- The app boom is over – Recode