Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Negative interest rates: necessary evil or symbol of greed? – The Telegraph
- Bond World Sees ‘Live’ September for Fed, But It’s September ’17 – Bloomberg
- Will a higher minimum wage *reduce* automation? – Marginal Revolution
- What’s New About Today’s Low Interest Rates? – Project Syndicate
- Minsky’s moment – The Economist
- Why Voters Don’t Buy It When Economists Say Global Trade Is Good – NY Times
- Seven Years Later, Recovery Remains the Weakest of the Post-World War II Era – WSJ
- Is there a safe asset shortage? – Marginal Revolution
- A Brief History of (In)equality – Project Syndicate
- US-led globalism is dying with the TPP – FT
Americas:
- 100 days to go in volatile race – The Hill
- Electoral Map Gives Donald Trump Few Places to Go – NY Times
- Backlash for Trump after he lashes out at the Muslim parents of a dead U.S. soldier – Washington Post
- Trump draws backlash for comments on slain soldier’s father – The Hill
- Trump wants three presidental debates, accuses Clinton of rigging schedule – Politico
- Hillary Clinton, Underdog – WSJ
- America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’ systems – Washington Post
- The Real Plot Against America – NY Times
- US Consumer Defaults Are Soaring – Value Walk
- U.S. GDP Grew a Disappointing 1.2% in Second Quarter – WSJ
- Who cares about free trade? Not many Americans, it turns out. – Washington Post
- Killing TPP would hand China ’keys to the castle’: U.S. trade representative – Reuters
- Homeownership Rate in the U.S. Tumbles to the Lowest Since 1965 – Bloomberg
- Zika Cases in Puerto Rico Are Skyrocketing – NY Times
- Venezuela calls for mandatory labor in farm sector – CNBC
Europe:
- Russian News Group Walks Tightrope in Covering U.S. Election – NY Times
- How a Currency Intended to Unite Europe Wound Up Dividing It – NY Times
- How entangled with Russia is Trump? – Washington Post
- Merkel MUST GO! Germans turn against Chancellor as thousands protest at open-door policy – Express
- Thousands of German protesters call for Merkel to resign on streets – Mail Online
- Norway Considers a Birthday Gift for Finland: The Peak of an Arctic Mountain – NY Times
- MPS rescuer might just rescue Italy – Breaking View
- Russia says spyware found in state computer networks – Reuters
- EU bank stress test has no failure but some losers – Breaking Views
Asia:
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- Mainland Chinese woman arrested for throwing orange juice at Cathay Pacific flight attendant – SCMP
- China’s Cheating Husbands Fuel an Industry of ‘Mistress Dispellers’ – NY Times
- China Wrestles With Wage Dilemma – WSJ
- Xi’s China: Command and control – FT
- PM Abe’s plan for $265 billion stimulus puts pressure on BOJ to ease – Reuters
- Japan Considers Issuing 50-Year Debt for First Time – WSJ
- China box office falls after subsidy cuts – People
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Paper cat’ Australia will learn its lesson – Global Times
- Australia a country of ‘inglorious history’ says Chinese media outlet – The Age
- Vaccination rates in children up since ‘no jab, no pay’ introduced, Federal Government says – ABC
- Former prime minister Tony Abbott still causing a headache for Malcolm Turnbull – Canberra Times
- Turnbull’s wings clipped before he even gets airborne – Canberra Times
- Turnbull faces tough terrain but that’s no excuse to stroll – The Age
- Major Chinese state paper calls for a military strike on Australian ships that enter the South China Sea – Business Insider
- Plunging cost of big solar in Australia – Renew Economy
- Consumers warned after complaints surge against solar companies – ABC
- How rooftop solar energy became a political issue: A potentially influential, unclaimed political constituency is lurking in our suburbs – The Saturday Paper
- Why multicultural policy looms as a Senate bargaining chip – The Conversation
- Tobacco retailers slugged under new Tasmanian plan to curb smoking – ABC
- Australia headed for recession next year, Professor Steve Keen says – ABC
- 4.6 million jobs “at risk” without future-ready workforce – Delimiter
- Turnbull ban on Rudd’s UN bid gives Liberal conservatives a win over Bishop – The Conversation
- ‘New benchmark’ high-protein WA wheat variety raises trade hopes – ABC
- Homelessness at ‘crisis point’ in rural Australia, welfare groups say – ABC
- Why kangaroo meat is dividing the nation – Canberra Times
- House prices just won’t stop rising – The AFR
- Private school parents use credit to pay fees – The AFR
- Central banks to blame for crazy prices – The AFR
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Towards an orderly and long term solution of the property bubble – Interest.co.nz
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Why Auckland house prices aren’t 3 times income – Interest.co.nz
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A real moon shot – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Mercedes-Benz Demonstrates Self-Driving Bus – Forbes
- At the Front in a Scarred Falluja – NY Times
- The two exercises that will keep you fit for life – Tech Insider
- Do you get enough vitamin D with sunscreen on? – Quartz