Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The case for an active fiscal policy – VOX
- So Many Hedge Funds, So Little Alpha – Bloomberg
- S&P 500’s ‘triangle’ chart pattern warns of a big selloff, analyst says – MarketWatch
- Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier – Our World in Data
- The World’s Top Bankers Are Really Unhappy Right Now – Bloomberg
- The market looks eerily similar to the days right before the 1987 crash – Business Insider
- Putin Says Russia Ready to Join OPEC Effort to Limit Oil Supply – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Billy Bush bragged about vulgar Trump video to NBC staffers – Page Six
- Why Did NBC News Sit on the Trump Tape for So Long? – Politico
- There Are Transcripts Of Trump’s Unaired Moments On ’The Apprentice.’ We Got One. – Huffington Post
- Louisiana isn’t letting immigrants get married – Washington Post
- Intel officials told Trump the Russians were behind the election hacks – NBC
- For G.O.P. Candidates, Renouncing Donald Trump Carries Dire Risks – NY Times
- Asian-American Voters Are Diverse But Unified Against Donald Trump – FiveThirtyEight
- First on CNN: Clinton super PAC considers expanding to Senate races – CNN
- Transformation of the US fiscal system in the 1930s – VOX
- Mexican officials helping Haitian illegal immigrants reach U.S. – Washington Post
Europe:
- War Talk Is Back on Russian TV as U.S. Ties Hit Post-Soviet Low – Bloomberg
- EU Readies Plan for Clearing Crisis, the New Too-Big-to-Fail – Bloomberg
- Why Greece Wants Andreas Georgiou – Bloomberg
- Wolfgang Münchau: Ireland may have to consider leaving EU – Irish Times
- Britain to push post-Brexit UK immigration controls back to Irish border – The Guardian
- Norway rejected post-Brexit trade pact with UK – The Local
Asia:
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- China’s SDR Distraction – Project Syndicate
- Snooping in the Bathroom to Assess Credit Risk in China – NY Times
- Duterte before China trip: Let’s not dwell on Scarborough Shoal – Rappler
- Mysterious factory break-in raises suspicions about Chinese visit – The Guardian
- China Fixes Yuan at Six-Year Low Against the U.S. Dollar – WSJ
- Goldman Warns China Capital Outflows May Be Worse Than They Look – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- 19 Jobseekers For Every Job: The Unemployed Elephant in the Room – New matilda
- NSW Premier Mike Baird confirms backflip on greyhound racing ban – ABC
- Thousands Of Australians Come Out As Straight After Eric Abetz’s Moving Appeal – The Shovel
- BP ditches plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight – The Guardian
- ‘Absurd’ same-sex marriage laws would enshrine new discriminations, say opponents – The SMH
- Unpaid overtime and dodgy internships: When employment becomes exploitation – ABC
- Movie piracy: Young Australians illegally downloading films almost doubles, convention hears – ABC
- Movie industry prepares to block up to 100 illegal download sites and expects it will result in an “immediate and dramatic” drop in piracy. – Daily Telegraph
- Ill or injured jobseekers lose welfare if they can’t take up training programs – The Guardian
- If you don’t own a home by 45, you probably never will, says report – The Guardian
- Government slammed for dumping Energise Oz electrician apprenticeship program – The SMH
- Parliament Just Voted to Cut Taxes For The Wealthiest Australians – Junkee
- Analysis of 24 months of lockouts shows laws are not safer, authors say – ABC
- Australia’s car industry ignored the elephant in the room: carbon emissions – The Conversation
- Gina Rinehart’s lesson for Australia: agriculture and China hold the keys for success – The SMH
- Why Australia is raising 30-year debt – The AFR
- Scott Morrison’s mixed messages and his faith in a private sector that isn’t investing – The Guardian
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RBNZ warns of low inflation, repeats need for lower OCR – Interest.co.nz
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Key downplays failure of 35 Auckland apartment projects – Interest.co.nz