Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- What has bank capital ever done for us? – VOX
- Not a Dot-Com Bubble, Not 2007, but a Nasty Mix of Both – WSJ
- The State of Artificial Intelligence – CB Insights
- Why It’s Always & Never Different This Time – A Wealth of Common Sense
- Lies, Damn Lies, and Financial Statistics – Bloomberg
- Carbon Dioxide Is Approaching Never-Before-Seen Levels – Time
- Homeless Gasoline Tankers Are Drifting Around the Caribbean – Bloomberg
- Bring On The Quantitative Tightening Debate – Bond Economics
- How artificial life spawned a billion-dollar industry – Reuters
Americas:
- Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World – SUP
- Insurance maps show minute details of the history of American cities – Mail Online
- 100 Years Ago Today: America Enters the Great War – NY Observer
- How to get Trump to change his mind on just about anything – Washington Post
- Americans Are Pretty Skeptical That Hard Work Will Pay Off – The Atlantic
- Democrats have sold out the working class – Medium
- Coal CEO to Trump: Stay in Paris climate deal – Axios
- US, Canada and Mexico set to submit joint bid to host 2026 World Cup – The Guardian
- To Ease The Student Debt Crisis, Hold Colleges Responsible – FiveThirtyEight
- Gary Cohn Backs Reinstating Glass-Steagal, Breaking Up Big Banks – ZeroHedge
- Toronto housing bubble ’on par with what we had in the States’: Rosenberg – BNN
Europe:
- Sir Michael Caine: Brexit ’was about freedom’ – Sky
- This ’Putin as a gay clown’ image is now illegal in Russia, so please do not share – Boing Boing
- What would a pro-European hard Brexit look like? – LSE
- Russia bans picture of Vladimir Putin in drag – The Guardian
- German finance minister optimistic for Greek bailout review deal soon – Reuters
- BOE Could End Corporate-Bond Purchases as Soon as This Month – Bloomberg
- Berlin embraces its own hard Brexit – Politico
Asia:
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- China fighter plane spotted on South China Sea island: think tank – Reuters
- N. Korea vows ‘most ruthless blow’ – News
- China’s Ant seeks to allay MoneyGram security fears – Reuters
- Watch These Assets for Clues on Trade Policy as Trump Meets Xi – Bloomberg
- Want a Loan in China? Keep Your Phone Charged – WSJ
- China’s Local Debt Nightmare Is Getting a Rerun After Rating Cut – Bloomberg
- China court orders Samsung units to pay $11.6 million to Huawei over patent case – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Former RBA governor slams penalty rate decision, warns of growing inequality – The SMH
- ISPs to be named and shamed: ACCC to monitor NBN speeds – Computer World
- ACCC to monitor Australia’s broadband performance – ACCC
- Australia’s Delayed Recession Fallout Is Showing Up in Its Jobs Data – Reuters
- Victoria police ‘caught using and trafficking meth and ecstasy – Daily Mail
- ‘Say I’m a racist’: Pauline Hanson stitched up again – Yahoo
- JPMorgan boss says depressing wages for low-paid workers is not good for business – ABC
- Banks are still lending too much to property buyers – The SMH
- It’s either Adani or the Great Barrier Reef. Are we willing to fight for a wonder of the world? – The Guardian
- The plot to kill off tough new wage fraud laws – The Age
- Offshore detention may hurt Australia’s bid for UN Human Rights Council seat – The Guardian
- Government mismanagement and Australia’s ticking time bomb of debt – Independent Australia
- Malcolm Turnbull says ‘we cannot and will not’ stop cutting taxes – The Guardian
- Mark Latham calls for ‘whites’ and ‘straights’ to take back Australia – 9News
- Australian Labor led centre-left world into neoliberalism. Can they lead it out? – The Guardian
- Adani’s Carmichael coal mine is environmentally reckless and contrary to today’s energy markets – The SMH
- The Timing of Cuts to Tram Services is Awfully Suspicious – Fiona Patten – The Age
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Nearly two thirds of apartments sold at the main apartment auctions – Interest.co.nz
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