Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Globalization’s ill effects have been wildly exaggerated – Washington Post
- Some Advantages Of Property Taxes Over Land Value Taxes – Forbes
- How a $10.69 purchase may have sidelined the global malware attack – Washington Post
- Officials Expect Cyberattacks to Spread on Monday – WSJ
- Global property bubble is ready to pop – Fool.uk
- The role of technology in the education of the future – WEF
Americas:
- Political chaos in Washington is a return on investment for Moscow – Washington Post
- 500 Students in a One-Room School: Fallout of New Jersey’s Funding Woes – NY Times
- Apple’s New Headquarters Is a Sign of Tech’s Boom, Bravado – WSJ
- Just 29 percent approve of Comey firing while 38 percent disapprove – NBC
- The man President Trump fears most – SF Chronicle
- This is how women are reshaping the US economy – WEF
- These Macron-Trudeau Bromance Photos Are Too Much For American Progressives To Handle – BuzzFeed
Europe:
- Merkel’s party wins key regional poll in northern Germany – France24
- Is the editor of the Daily Mail the most dangerous man in Britain? – The Guardian
- Austria heads for snap election as coalition shatters – Reuters
- Greece downgrades 2017 growth forecasts – FT
- Britain is gearing up for EU rows, Brexit minister says – Reuters
- Portugal debt agency official says worried about liquidity, QE exit – Reuters
- Brexit bullies turn on those sorting out their mess – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Desperately short of labor, mid-sized Japanese firms plan to buy robots – Reuters
- China-Backed Fund Raises $500 Million for U.S. and EU Startups – Bloomberg
- In Chinese politics, it pays to be a boring speaker – Quartz
- Inside North Korea’s Accelerated Plan to Build a Viable Missile – WSJ
- China Watchers Caught Off Guard as Bond Rout Just Won’t End – Bloomberg
- U.S. Firms Want In on China’s Global ‘One Belt, One Road’ Spending – NY Times
- China’s Xi hails Belt and Road as ‘project of the century’ – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- How Did Australia End Up With Such Ridiculously Slow Internet? – Forbes
- ‘Our country will vanish’: Pacific islanders bring desperate message to Australia – The Guardian
- Budget 2017: Insider trading fears grow over bank levy leak – Brisbane Times
- Wealthy Property Tycoon’s Smackdown: ‘Stop buying $4 coffees’ – News.com.au
- “How Not Buying Coffee Helped Me Make The Most Of The Trust Fund Grandpa Left Me” – Betoota Advocate
- Tough love welfare policies are just part of the growing surveillance state – The Guardian
- ‘Mindblowing’: NSW EPA probes coal-fired power plants over pollution claims – The SMH
- Blackout parties: how solar and storage made WA farmers the most popular in town – The Guardian
- Origin stuns industry with record low price for 530MW wind farm – Renew Economy
- House prices fall again as investment loans drop to lowest level in 10 months – Canberra Times
- Fairfax Media receives revised $2.7bn offer for whole business – The Guardian
- Scott Morrison Says He Will Start Searching Sewage For Drugs, In Worrying Sign His Addiction Is Spiralling Out Of Control – The Shovel
- Disability groups tell Bill Shorten the Medicare levy increase is fair – ABC
- Temporary solution ‘devouring’ Sydney schools here to stay – The SMH
- From ‘white flight’ to ‘bright flight’ – the looming risk for our growing cities – The Conversation
- Can’t afford a house? Here are some ideas on where you could put your money – ABC
- Petroleum resource rent tax review author may face Senate questions – The Guardian
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Strong reaction to Labour’s housing policy – Interest.co.nz
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National’s house building plan: Next step on Tuesday – Interest.co.nz
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