Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- On the fickleness of capital flows – VOX
- Longevity in rich countries – The Economist
- Report: The Corporate Innovation Imperative – Medium
- U.S. Gas ’Pain Train’ May Chug Along as Spring Fever Grips Bears – Bloomberg
- End of Bacon Boom Sends Pork Prices Tumbling the Most in Three Years – Bloomberg
- Foreign booms, domestic busts: the global dimension of banking crises – Bank Underground
- The global dimension of banking crises – VOX
Americas:
- Trio of military men gain growing influence with Trump – AP News
- Weakened Democrats Bow to Voters, Opting for Total War on Trump – NY Times
- Homicides in Chicago outpacing last year after deadliest day so far in 2017 – Chicago Tribune
- The Myth of the Passive President – Politico
- Soybeans Stage Land Grab as U.S. Farmers Chase Profits – WSJ
- Republicans distance themselves from Trump’s agenda at rowdy town halls – Washington Post
- The massive wave of town hall protests ruining the GOP’s week, explained – VOX
- Marijuana Industry Projected To Create More Jobs Than Manufacturing By 2020 – Forbes
- Democracy in America: How Is It Doing? – NY Times
Europe:
- A Paid Hour a Week for Sex? Swedish Town Considers It – NY Times
- Trump Is Right: Sweden’s Embrace of Refugees Isn’t Working – WSJ
- The Kremlin and GOP Have a New Friend – Daily Beast
- Danish Man Who Burned Quran Is Prosecuted for Blasphemy – NY Times
- Britain grew by more than thought in the final three months of 2016 – Mail Online
- The pragmatic case for moving Britain’s capital to Manchester – The Economist
- Top Russian diplomat found dead in his Athens apartment – Mirror Online
- Britain’s precarious economy – FT
- The Big ‘Brexit’ Winners? Lobbyists and Lawyers – NY Times
- Brexit could help EU strike free trade deal with India, MEPs believe – The Guardian
- U.K. Banks’ Loss of EU Passport a `Major Threat,’ LSE Study Says – Bloomberg
- Why Greece’s crisis has broken all previous records, Yannis Palaiologos – ekathimerini.com
- Net migration to UK falls to 273,000 – BBC
- How France scrapping the euro could go beyond a ‘Lehman moment’ – CNBC
Asia:
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- Chinese manufacturing jobs vanish as robots take over – FT
- China overtakes U.S., France as Germany’s most important trading partner – Reuters
- Mnuchin Says He Won’t Label China a Currency Manipulator…Yet – Bloomberg
- Chinese province’s GDP fall hints at extent of past exaggeration – FT
- China’s Grueling Formula for Success: 9-9-6 – WSJ
- Trump calls Chinese ’grand champions’ of currency manipulation – Reuters
- North Korea Mocks China for ‘Dancing to U.S. Tune’ – WSJ
- China Shakes Up Top Economic Team Ahead of Major Power Shuffle – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Buy a home in Sydney and you’re ‘set for life’ – The SMH
- ‘Clean and green’, Climate Council says solar power now cheaper than fossil fuels – SBS
- ‘Going gangbusters’: Solar surge has only just begun and batteries’ charge close behind – The SMH
- Australia’s Refugee policy is a Crime Against Humanity – Foreign Policy
- It’s civil war as Tony Abbott lights up against Malcolm Turnbull – The SMH
- Abbott Releases Five-Point-Plan On How To Become The Next Kevin Rudd – SBS Comedy
- We know what’ll happen if Australia flattens penalty rates, New Zealand did it and inequality went up – BuzzFeed
- Penalty rate cuts: Workers react to Fair Work Commission’s decision – ABC
- Cut to penalty rates will galvanise the left and send a shiver through Coalition – The Guardian
- Penalty rate cuts could backfire on business – ABC
- Commisioner making $10,000 a week pretty sure retail workers have it too easy – Chaser
- Penalty rates: Labor vows to stop Fair Work Commission cuts – ABC
- RBA boss sets agenda by airing Australia’s economic dirty laundry – ABC
- Australia must face some home truths about housing affordability – The SMH
- Senate inquiry told governments needed to plan for power station closures years ago – The Herald
- Evocca College to close more training campuses in Queensland, Victoria – ABC
- ‘They called more than 10 times a day’: Sinister tactics of debt collectors paid millions by Centrelink – News.com.au
- Peter Martin: Schools and universities charged millions for things that are free – The SMH
- Manufacturing union calls for land and tax deals for industry to help transition from coal – The Guardian
- WA election: Meet the micro party candidates most likely to win seats – ABC
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Housing rents in Auckland up as much as 11.1% year-on-year – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Tesla May Need to Raise More Money Soon – Bloomberg