Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Hedge funds pile up bets against sterling – The Times
- How to get poor countries out of low-trust ruts – The Economist
- Central Bankers Hear Plea: Turn Focus to Government Spending – NY Times
- Global central bankers, stuck at zero, unite in plea for help from governments – Reuters
- Central Bankers Spurn Call for Radical Approach at Jackson Hole – Bloomberg
- Taxation, corruption, and growth – VOX
- Biggest Wealth Fund Warns Outflows Are Affecting Risk Strategy – Bloomberg
- Why Value Investors Are Different – Barron’s
Americas:
- Donald Trump has a massive Catholic problem – Washington Post
- US election: Nobody is talking about climate change – FT
- Hillary Clinton Has Been ‘Finding Her Voice’ Since 1993 – Daily Beast
- Donald Trump’s clueless army of flunkies’ greatest hits – NY Daily
- Trump might already be out of time – Politico
- Trump Gains Ground on Clinton; Black Voters Still Wary – Morning Consult
- Obama the Monument Maker – NY Times
- Obama’s Parting Gift: $20 Trillion In Public Debt And A Rising Budget Deficit – Zero Hedge
- Fans burn Kaepernick jerseys after he sat down for national anthem – Mail Online
- Construction Unions Stymie Low-Income Housing Plans in California, New York – WSJ
- Reducing Inequality and Poverty in America – Project Syndicate
Europe:
- A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories – NY Times
- Spain in the wake of the crisis: Reforms versus adjustment – VOX
- Spain starts countdown to possible third national election in year – Reuters
- EU’s TTIP trade deal with the US has collapsed, says Germany – The Telegraph
- Germany’s economy minister: U.S.-EU free trade talks have failed – Reuters
- ’Property is better bet’ than a pension says Bank of England economist – The Guardian
- Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term: poll – Reuters
- Forecasts of Brexit Gloom May Be Overdone – WSJ
- Greece PM says EU sleepwalking toward cliff, wants debt relief by end 2016 – Reuters
Asia:
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- ‘You look like the help’: the disturbing link between Asian skin – Fusion
- China needs to urgently transform its economy: cabinet think-tank – Reuters
- Digging Into China’s Growing Mountain of Debt – Bloomberg
- Is China’s Super-Bus a Scam? – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- High-rise apartments are bad to live in and bad for society – The Age
- Time to change our university graduate expectations by degrees – The Australian
- Xenophon Team won’t support proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage. – Sky News
- Malcolm Turnbull, ‘so-called moderates’ lack courage on gay marriage: Penny Wong – The SMH
- Turnbull “stuffed up” NBN costs, says Labor – Delimiter
- Coalition rejects Labor’s call for media ownership review before changing laws – The Guardian
- Americans pay millions to whistleblower at BHP; we hound them out of their jobs – The Age
- Scott Morrison’s car-crash logic and the real story behind the ‘taxed-nots’ | Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- Malcolm Turnbull’s ’25-point battle plan’ actually lots of old, failed measures – The SMH
- Economic tripalium bearing down on Australia as resource curse hits – Ian Verrender – ABC
- Banking royal commission terms of reference proposed by Bill Shorten – The Guardian
- Coalition’s policies go around in circles instead of finding the sensible centre | Lenore Taylor – The Guardian
- Sam Dastyari says Tony Abbott ‘having another tilt at the leadership’ – The Guardian
- Industry body warns of further falls after new home sales slump – ABC
- Victorian taxi drivers protest industry reform plans – ABC
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RBNZ needs to grab chance to lower the Kiwi dollar – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- People will lie to robots to avoid hurting their feelings, study says – The Telegraph
- Adam Grant: Can Slowing Down Help You Be More Creative? – NPR
- Banning the burkini reinforces a single story about Muslim women: they need saving – The Conversation
- Why Electric Cars Will Be Here Sooner Than You Think – WSJ