Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Expedia CEO: Trump presidency would be negative for the world and for travel – Geek Wire
- Regulating banks’ maturity risk: Quantifying the gains (or losses) – VOX
- Multinational firms and tax havens – VOX
- No country on Earth is taking the 2 degree climate target seriously – VOX
- Jeff Gundlach thinks a ’pivot’ is coming to economic policy – Business Insider
- Glimpsing the End of Economic History? Unconditional Convergence and the Missing Middle Income Trap – cgdev.org
- For Crispin Odey This Is The Engame: Hedge Fund Billionaire Goes All In Betting On “Violent Unwind” Of QE Bubble – Zero Hedge
- Bill Gross says global markets are one big casino created by central banks – MarketWatch
Americas:
- The Fed Is Running Low on Ammo – WSJ
- Bill Clinton calls Obamacare ’the craziest thing in the world,’ later tries to walk it back – CNN
- Bill Clinton ducks question about wife’s alleged cheating – Mail Online
- Federal Court Blocks Gov. Pence’s Attempt To Bar Syrian Refugees From Indiana – NPR
- Mike Pence says it’s ‘inarguable’ that Putin is a stronger leader than Obama – Washington Post
- Donald Trump thinks more countries should have nuclear weapons. Here’s what the research says. – Washington Post
- Clinton and Trump Are Shuffling the Electoral Map – The Atlantic
- 9 terrifying things Donald Trump has publicly said about nuclear weapons – Think Progress
- Obama administration considering strikes on Assad, again – Washington Post
- To end the affordable housing crisis, Washington needs to legalize Main Street – Washington Post
- IMF sees pickup in U.S. inflation sooner than Fed does – MarketWatch
- Canadian Philosopher Wins $1 Million Prize – NY Times
Europe:
- British scientists win Nobel prize in physics for work so baffling it had to be described using bagels – The Telegraph
- Europe adopts final swap margin rules – Reuters
- ECB has not discussed reducing bond purchases: spokesman – Reuters
- Britain will be fastest growing G7 economy this year, says IMF – The Guardian
- UK businesses hiring too many foreigners, says Rudd – FT
- Solar outstrips coal in past six months of UK electricity generation – The Guardian
- Traffic congestion: is London running out of road? – FT
Asia:
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- How China became the land of disastrous corner-cutting – aeon.co
- Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong detained in Thailand ’at China’s request’ – The Guardian
- Inequality in India: what’s the real story? – WEF
- Philippine leader tells Obama ’go to hell’, says can buy arms from Russia, China – Reuters
- Sompo Japan to buy major overseas specialty insurer – Nikkei Asian Review
- Chinese Tourists Take to the Road in Record Numbers for Golden Week – NY Times
- Tycoons: The Men Who Rule Hong Kong – Time Out
Trans-Tasman:
- Tesla batteries kept the power on for 73-year-old unaffected by South Australia blackout – The AFR
- It’s no surprise the VET FEE-HELP scheme was rorted – The AFR
- National Australia Bank bans all donations to political parties and candidates – The Age
- Australia is downloading 50% more data than a year ago. Over 2 million TB in the last 3 months. – ABC
- This bank tribunal isn’t a show trial, it’s a farce – Canberra Times
- Sorry, sorry, sorry, then silence: Banks inquiry strategy becomes clear – The SMH
- 96,000 public servants in new data breach – The SMH
- Tony Abbott tells UK Tories he believes he can be PM again – The SMH
- Super funds should be forced to reveal their investments – The SMH
- An end to the country’s largest get-rich-quick scheme – The SMH
- Philanthropic foundations cost taxpayers – and so should be made accountable – The Conversation
- Australia’s first self-driving car unveiled in Victoria – The Age
- Now we’re flogging off the land registry. This is not good news for homeowners – The Guardian
- Shonky Awards: Milo joins list of ‘worst of the worst’ products – Canberra Times
- ANZ chief asked to justify his $6.1 million salary – Canberra Times
Other:
- The Rise of the ‘Bromosexual’ Friendship – NY Times
- Breaking the Spell That Grips Economics – Bloomberg