Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Economists’ publications lists: Less may be better – VOX
- The end of silver as a unit of account – VOX
- World’s 500 Richest People Lose $35 Billion From Trump Turmoil – Bloomberg
- New analysis turns up surprise on long-term wage trends – Brookings
- ’Trump Trade’ turns to trepidation as investors unwind – Reuters
Americas:
- Trump’s first full education budget: Deep cuts to public school programs in pursuit of school choice – Washington Post
- James Comey’s memo has shaken a presidency. Here’s why memos have always mattered. – Washington Post
- James Comey and the Revenge of Washington’s Professional Class – New Yorker
- The Right Builds an Alternative Narrative About the Crises Around Trump – NY Times
- Trump’s plan to slash renewables 70% – Axios
- American Trees Are Moving West, and No One Knows Why – The Atlantic
- Real estate CEO: Record-low housing inventory is ’freaking us out’ – CNBC
Europe:
- Dutch king’s double life as an airline pilot – Sky
- Gay Russians Are Trying To Flee Kidnapping And Torture. – Buzz Feed
- UK real wages drop for first time in three years – FT
- Brexit: Lib Dem manifesto pledges new EU referendum – BBC
- Germany’s Lidl to price groceries up to 50 percent below U.S. rivals – Reuters
- Theresa May accused of refusing to accept Brexit has caused pound and living standards to fall – The Independent
- EU looks to build alternative to London for capital market – document – Reuters
Asia:
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- China’s Demographic Time Bomb Continues to Tick – Bloomberg
- Chinese insurer warns of defaults as ban on new products bites – FT
- China’s Leverage Campaign Is Turning Bond Market Upside Down – Bloomberg
- The west is mired in ’soft’ development. China is trying the ’hard’ stuff – The Guardian
- Why Did a Chinese Peroxide Company Pay $1 Billion for a Talking Cat? – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- ATO deputy commissioner to be charged with abusing position following AFP raid with son – SBS
- Australian oil well leaked into ocean for months - but spill kept secret – The Guardian
- Queensland Government offers Adani mining group a ‘royalties holiday’ that could cost state $320 million – ABC
- The Government Wants To Delay A Court Case To Make It Easier For Adani To Win – BuzzFeed
- Increased housing at top end not ‘trickling down’ to help poor – The Guardian
- Government to overhaul privacy code amid fears public is losing confidence – ABC
- Sydney bus strike causes city chaos as 1,200 drivers walk off job – ABC
- Telstra just blamed the NBN for tying with Optus as Australia’s most complained-about telco – Business Insider
- King Island wants to leave Tasmania and become part of Victoria – Canberra Times
- Australian wages growing more slowly than cost of living – The Guardian
- Shopping malls recorded their ninth consecutive monthly decline with March -5.6 per cent. – ABC
- Who really pays their fair share of tax? – ABC
- Australians Like Turnbull’s Budget, Just Not His Government – Bloomberg
- NZ Labour targets immigration policy – Interest.co.nz
- Few credible answers being offered up by politicians to the housing issue – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Are Men With Beards More Desirable? – NY Times