Global Macro / Markets / investing:
- Compulsory voting, turnout, and government spending – VOX
- OPEC Fails to Finalize Proposal to Implement Production Cut – WSJ
- Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops – NY Times
- Capital, the Nation-State and the Crisis of the Right – Raja Korman
- Bond Traders Suffer Worst Rout in Three Years as Selloff Deepens – Bloomberg
- Europe’s Bond Rout Unlocks $635 Billion of Debt for ECB Buying – Bloomberg
- What ‘Recessions Don’t Die of Old Age’ Really Means – WSJ
Americas:
- Hillary only has herself to blame for the mess she’s in – NY Post
- Clinton campaign scrambles to respond to renewed FBI investigation – Washington Post
- Four Ways Forward For Clinton After The FBI News – Five Thirty Eight
- Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp – The Hill
- Why Trump Stays Afloat – NY Times
- North Dakota pipeline activists say arrested protesters were kept in dog kennels – LA Times
- Endorsement: Why conservatives have no option but to support Clinton – The State
Europe:
- British polling experts who didn’t see Brexit coming on why the US should be prepared for a similar upset – Quartz
- Russia Loses Seat on U.N. Human Rights Council – NY Times
- EU States Fear Theresa May Is Using Controversial Alliances To Divide And Conquer – Buzz Feed
- Mark Carney could quit as Bank of England Governor within DAYS – Mail Online
- Speculation grows about Mark Carney’s future at the Bank of England – The Telegraph
- Theresa May should drop the net migration target like a bomb – The Telegraph
- EU, U.S. trade deal not dead yet: EU’s Malmstrom – Reuters
- Brexit and neoliberalism – Mainly Macro
Asia:
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- Why the Industrial Revolution didn’t happen in China – Washington Post
- South Korea’s presidency ‘on the brink of collapse’ as scandal grows – Washington Post
- When China Wants Better Air Readings, Cotton Does the Trick – NY Times
- America’s Dangerous ‘China Fantasy’ – NY Times
- China’s Xi anointed ’core’ leader, on par with Mao, Deng – Reuters
- China capital flight flashes warning as authorities forced to prick property bubble – The Telegraph
- Living in China’s Expanding Deserts – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Government introduces new law banning asylum seekers from Australia – SBS
- Pilots, air traffic controllers raise safety concerns over plan to axe 900 jobs – ABC
- Senator Bob Day now says he may never quit – SBS
- ‘Healthy’ fast food chains not living up to their claims – The Conversation
- ‘Part-Time Superheroes: The real-life Aussie heroes cheering up sick kids’ – Daily Telegraph
- Nick Xenophon calls on Turnbull to open public appointments up to scrutiny – The Guardian
- Myth busted: Stay-at-home parents don’t get more than those who work – The SMH
- Poverty in Australia: We’ve never been richer, so why hasn’t the poverty rate budged? – ABC
- Peter Garrett: ‘Why the ALP must focus its policy on the environment’ – The Saturday Paper
- Medicinal marijuana to become legal to grow in Australia — but how will it work? – ABC
- Systemic exploitation of migrant workers in Australia – The Guardian
- Three Australian scientists you’ve never heard of who changed the world – ABC
- Government’s scare tactic about the welfare system treats us like idiots – The Guardian
- How the bank of mum and dad widens the wealth gap – Canberra Times
- Cashless welfare set for expansion – The AFR
- Why the Senate comes down to Xenophon – The AFR
- Hanson urges welfare crackdown – The AFR
- Sharp drop in houses unlikely – The Australian
- No easy fix on housing – The Australian
- Scott Morrison pushes to stop welfare creep – The Australian
- Treasurer Scott Morrison says welfare system working against jobseekers – ABC
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Housing affordability: Reform or Revolution? – Interest.co.nz
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Debate over RBNZ debt-to-income ratios heats up – Interest.co.nz
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