Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Financial market development is economic development – VOX
- The Politics of Negative Interest Rates – Project Syndicate
- Concern? Investors Flock To Emerging Market Debt – ValueWalk
- The crisis in Anglo-American democracy – FT
- Why a lot of smart money is betting against stocks – Yahoo
- The amazing story behind the world’s first hedge fund – Business Insider
- Oil Ends Longest Gain in 4 Years on Nigeria, Iraq Supply Boost – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Hundreds of Americans wash up illegally in Canada after river party – Reuters
- ’Americans everywhere’ as wind blows 1,500 U.S. partiers to Canada – CBC
- How Donald Trump’s campaign chief created an online haven for white nationalists – Mother Jones
- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Ages 68 and 70, Share Few Health Details – NY Times
- Meet the voters jumping off the Donald Trump train – The Star
- What if Trump won’t accept defeat? – Politico
- Krugman: signs that United States housing bubble has started to deflate – NY Times
- Lenders offer 40-year mortgages to entice borrowers – Seattle Times
- Fed Admits Another $4 Trillion In QE Will Be Needed To Offset An “Economic Shock” – Zero Hedge
- Canada’s ’dirty oil’ climate change dilemma – BBC
- Chileans Protest Against Private Pensions – WSJ
- Brazil, with no minimum retirement age, committed to pension reform – Reuters
Europe:
- Merkel, Hollande, Renzi: Symbolism, but no substance – Politico
- Why it is not unfair to think of (nearly all) Brexiteers as racists – Crooked Timber
- ‘It Had to Be Stopped’: Heroes Rise Amid France Terror Attacks – NY Times
- Russia ’showed-off’ over use of Iran airbase for Syria strikes – BBC
- Merkel Pledges Results as Leaders Seek to Shape Post-Brexit EU – Bloomberg
- Finland says it is nearing security deal with US amid concerns over Russia – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Hedge funds eye Japan stocks again after mauling by wrong-way yen bets – Reuters
- Tibetan ‘Living Buddha’ with movie-star looks exposed as a sham – SCMP
- Fu Yuanhui pays a magical visit to Shanghai Disneyland – Shanghaiist
- Tokyo Olympic medals to be made from e-waste- Nikkei Asian Review – Nikkei
- Government on hook for China banks’ shrinking capital – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Mobile shower van for homeless hits Brisbane streets thanks to Orange Sky pair – ABC
- Young Liberal powerbroker spent charity funds on personal expenses – The SMH
- Will Turnbull Face a Leadership challenge before the plebiscite- or immediately after? – The SMH
- Shock horror: the big end of town has finally discovered Australia’s media is a whitewash – The Conversation
- If you’re going to ridicule research, do your homework – The Conversation
- The great tertiary education rip-off – Canberra Times
- Australia writes itself out of nuclear disarmament diplomacy – Lowy Interpreter
- Australian Chinese community petition against anti-bullying program lodged in NSW – ABC
- Controversial Chairman Mao tribute concerts sharpen Chinese community divide – The Age
- ‘I’m back’: Pauline Hanson returns to Parliament House – The SMH
- Tasmania’s gas market could collapse without Government help, report finds – ABC
- Where is our most dangerous university campus? – News.com.au
- Labor says it will act ‘consistently’ on cuts after Cormann raises ‘wibble-wobble’ doubts – The Guardian
- Christchurch rents down 7% on a year ago, up just 3% in Auckland – Interest.co.nz