Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Tax reforms and top incomes – Vox
- Help Losers of Mainly Beneficial Freer Trade – WSJ
- The world’s fifth most powerful supercomputer offers a peak at the future of quantum computing – Technology Review
- Ethnic segregation and spatial income inequality – VOX
- The Countries Most (and Least) Likely to be Affected by Automation – HBR
- Economics is an inexact science – Mainly Macro
- Economists are arguing over how their profession messed up during the Great Recession. This is what happened. – Washington Post
- Dollar Slides After Trump Tells WSJ It’s ‘Getting Too Strong’ – Bloomberg
- OPEC Production Keeps Declining as U.S. Shale Surges – WSJ
- 20 million people are at risk of starving to death. Here’s how it got so bad. – Washington Post
Americas:
- Americans are using alpacas to dodge taxes, a U.S. senator warns – Washington Post
- Trump Budget Director Wants High Inequality, Not Low Deficit – NY Mag
- Trump dangles Obamacare payments to force Dems to the table – Politico
- Trump Reversals Hint at Wall Street Wing’s Sway in White House – NY Times
- Trump flips on four policies in one day – The Hill
- States and Cities in Power Struggle Over Local Laws – WSJ
- These Are the Highest-Paying Companies in America – Bloomberg
- Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent – Bank of Canada
Europe:
- The French, Ourselves – NY Times
- Putin Angrily Resigns from Trump’s Reëlection Campaign – New Yorker
- UK digital ad spend hits £10bn mark thanks to the rise of mobile – The Drum
- Tillerson Says U.S.-Russia Relations at ‘Low Point’ After Meeting With Putin – WSJ
- Russia vetoes UN Syrian resolution – CNN
- Putin Says Trust With U.S. Deteriorated After Trump Took Office – Bloomberg
- Russian nuclear-capable bombers fly near Japan, US officials say – Fox News
- Ireland’s property timebomb – stephenkinsella.net
- UK wage growth slows as higher inflation starts to bite – BBC
Asia:
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- When Did China “Manipulate” Its Currency? – Council on Foreign Relations
- China’s $290 Billion Dream to Turn Backwater Into New Shenzhen – Bloomberg
- Kim Jong-Un ‘orders IMMEDIATE EVACUATION of Pyongyang’ as tensions with US escalate – Express
- Foreign journalists in North Korea told to expect a ’big and important event’ – The Hill
- China’s Hollywood film quota to expand after Trump trade deal – The Guardian
- China tells military to be ready to ’move’ to North Korea border – Upi.com
- China’s Big Four Banks Binge on Mortgages – Caixin
Trans-Tasman:
- Tasmania Has Apologised To People Convicted Of Historical Gay Sex Offences – BuzzFeed
- Muslim men permitted to hit wives in a soft and ‘symbolic’ way, Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia women say – The SMH
- 36% of Work For The Dole activities do not meet basic safety standards – Change
- Clear Racism? Only Accepting Applicants from a Person of a Particular Race – that’s our publicly funded ABC – Carrers.ABC.net.au
- Nokia CTO warns NBN will need an upgrade from FTTN to take advantage of faster speeds – The AFR
- Trump ‘acting on posture, not policies’, says former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans – ABC
- Australia faces a one-in-three chance of a recession next year: Minack – ABC
- ABC confirms Family First’s Lucy Gichuhi replaces Bob Day in South Australian Senate seat – ABC
- Completion of new apartments now outnumbers new houses in Australia – Business Insider
- Reserve Bank warns one-third of Australian borrowers have little to no mortgage buffer – ABC
- Australia is sleepwalking into a confrontation with China – The SMH
- Coalition says China responsible for stopping North Korean nuclear weapons reaching Australia – The Guardian
- Deadline at Hand for Australian ISPs to Formulate Metadata Retention Strategies – Trip Report
- Renewables roadshow: how Broken Hill went from mining to drag queens and solar farms – The Guardian
- Higher fines needed to stop employers exploiting vulnerable workers – Canberra Times
- Why does the government keep pursuing policies it knows won’t work? – The SMH
- ‘Hard working’: Why Judy Nguyen, estate agent facing fraud charges, was hired again – Domain
- The latest tax data proves it: negative gearing benefits the rich the most – The Guardian
- Centrelink cashless welfare trial may be expanded as Government prepares for May budget – ABC
- What if inflation rises and wages don’t? – The SMH
- Solar power boom in Queensland helps slash bills, battery owners say – ABC
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Median house prices set new record – REINZ – Interest.co.nz
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Some perspectives on the tourism boom – Interest.co.nz
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