Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Do We Still Want the West? – WSJ
- A Billion Barrels of Bets Backing Stagnant Oil Price: Chart – Bloomberg
- Let’s Think Harder About the Role of Globalization in Wage Stagnation – Brad Delong
- Why Libertarians Should Oppose the Universal Basic Income – EconLog
- Bond Traders Are Placing Euro-Breakup Bets Again – Bloomberg
- Shell Shakes Up Oil Trading World With Brash Buying Sprees – Bloomberg
- Petronas considers $1 billion stake sale in offshore gas project – sources – Reuters
- Gold Isn’t Behaving in Practice The Way It Should in Theory – Bloomberg
Americas:
- A Trump Statistical Trade Trick – WSJ
- The First Month of Trump’s Presidency Has Been More Cruel and Destructive Than the Majority of Americans Feared – Slate
- Twenty-First Century American Nationalism Needs to Be Profoundly Cosmopoiltan – Brad DeLong
- Trump’s first month travel expenses cost taxpayers just less than what Obama spent in a year – Think Progress
- Trump Is Violating the Constitution – aclu
- When America Opened Its Doors – WSJ
- Study: Venezuelans lost 19 lbs. on average over past year due to lack of food – Fox News
- Canada is betting on a universal basic income to help cities gutted by manufacturing job loss – Quartz
Europe:
- Russia’s U.N. envoy Churkin dies suddenly in New York – Reuters
- In search of a European solution for non-performing loans – VOX
- Russia UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin dead at 64 – CNN
- Le Pen Gains in French Polls as Security Concerns Win Voters – Bloomberg
- Russian billionaire’s £360 million superyacht is IMPOUNDED – Mail Online
- ’No deal’ Brexit would mean £6bn in extra costs for UK exporters – The Guardian
- Eurozone Agrees to Greece Talks in Exchange for Bailout Payments – NY Times
- Is economic uncertainty holding back growth in the euro-area? – Bank Underground
- Eurozone, Greece reach deal on return of bailout inspectors – Washington Post
- Half of Russia Still in Crisis Prepares for Worse to Come – Bloomberg
- No special deal possible to stop the return of Border controls – Irish Times
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has a ’$200 billion fortune’ – Mail Online
Asia:
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- Finding Wilbur Ross’s footprint in China – CNBC
- Japan’s Largest Bank is Testing Digitized Checks on a Blockchain in Singapore – cryptonews
- Dilemma over renminbi convertibility – omfif.org
- Chinese Banks’ Off-Book Wealth Products Exceed $3.8 Trillion – Bloomberg
- Bare cheek as Japan men strip off for naked festival – Yahoo
Trans-Tasman:
- Q&A: Laughter as George Brandis says debt recovery notices can be fixed by contacting Centrelink – ABC
- George Brandis talking about how important the truth is, right before lying to everyone (and being called out for it) – YouTube
- More than 70% believe Coalition not doing enough on energy – poll – The Guardian
- The NSW opposition will push to decriminalise medicinal cannabis for people with conditions including cancer, HIV and multiple sclerosis – 9News
- Australia can’t trust America with the ‘mad king’ Donald Trump in power – The SMH
- Commonwealth Bank ‘ripped off’ 7,000 employees’ super entitlements, union claims – ABC
- Cutting Sunday penalty rates would threaten Coalition in marginal seats: poll – The Age
- NBN losses could hit $20 billion – Herald-Sun
- Malcolm Turnbull says WA deal doesn’t mean Liberal party supports One Nation – The Guardian
- Pre-election coal advertising funded by money meant for clean coal research – ABC
- Which supplements work? New labels may help separate the wheat from the chaff – The Conversation
- Coalition gave Australia Post, other agencies approval to not disclose multi-million dollar salaries – The SMH
- Turnbull says own rooftop solar not inconsistent with ‘clean-coal’ message – The Guardian
- Four-year terms bill aims to fix the one ‘glaring’ weakness in Australian politics – The SMH
- Morrison’s tanty over bankers hiring Anna Bligh was arrogant and absurd – The Conservation
- NSW HSC: Back to the future in first major overhaul of the syllabus in 20 years – The SMH
- The Canberra Coal Club ignores what most people know: the future will be clean and smart – The Guardian
- Renewables target ‘good for SA’ – The Australian
Other:
- Syria crisis: Footage shows girl ’Aya’ rescue – BBC
- The Pipe Dream of Easy War – NY Times
