Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- This was a big week for blockchain – Venture Beat
- Bank bail-in: The effects on credit supply and real economy – VOX
- Growth, import dependence, and war – VOX
- Blockchain Offers Hope for the Broken Internet – Fortune
- The gig economy workforce will double in four years – Recode
- Vanguard Says Currency Markets Fall Short in Curbing ‘Last Look’ – Bloomberg
- Be Wary of Hedge Fund ETFs – Barron’s
- Leaders issue G7 declaration with U.S. a holdout on climate change – Politico
- G7 summit ends deadlocked on climate change – Aljazeera
- Trump was the odd man out at the G7 summit – Axios
- Out of step: G7 leaders take a stroll, Trump takes a golf cart – The Times
- U.S. is only country holdout on Paris climate pledge at G7 summit – The Hill
- The Formula for a Richer World? Equality, Liberty, Justice – NY Times
- Childhood deaths from the five most lethal infectious diseases worldwide – Our World in Data
Americas:
- To end the housing crisis, California leaders can’t be afraid to put all options on the table – Apple News
- The Question Isn’t Why Wage Growth Is So Low. It’s Why It’s So High. – NY Times
- Rural America Is the New ‘Inner City’ – WSJ
- America is about to face a major hostage situation – Washington Post
- America’s prisons are failing. Here’s how to make them work – The Economist
- Alternately charming and boorish, Trump plays the role of a lifetime overseas – Washington Post
- Suit against Hillary Clinton over Benghazi deaths and emails is dismissed – Politico
- Controversial Venezuelan tax collector enjoys luxury life in Miami – Univision
Europe:
- This is the worst Tory election campaign ever – The Spectator
- May and Corbyn offer ’retreat from international liberalism’ says Osborne – The Guardian
- Revealed: Conservatives revise down their internal election projections – The Spectator
- Germany’s Real Sin – NY Times
- Trump brings his solo act to Europe – Politico
- Macron Erupts On World Stage With Trump Snub and a Bromance – Bloomberg
- The parable of Italians in the South – The Economist
Asia:
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- Australian convict pirates in Japan: evidence of 1830 voyage unearthed – The Guardian
- Damien Ma Interview: Predicting the Chinese Economy – ckgsb.edu.cn
- Is China Outsmarting America in A.I.? – NY Times
- China’s reforms not enough to arrest mounting debt: Moody’s – Reuters
- China Exerts More Control Over Its Currency With Tweak to Yuan Fix – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- The game of mates that makes our billionaires mega-rich – The SMH
- Guardian essential poll: 54-46 to Labor – The Guardian
- Adani coal mine in doubt over Queensland Government refusal to facilitate federal loan – ABC
- Just 7 per cent of voters want the government to invest in Adani mine: poll – The SMH
- Adani’s coal mine dealt fresh blow as Queensland shunts $1 billion rail loan role – The SMH
- Federal Labor feels heat over Adani, and Coalition’s starting to sweat too – The Guardian
- EPA keeps contamination hidden to protect property prices – The SMH
- EPA defends guidelines not to report contaminated property sites if land value could be affected – ABC
- How China’s real estate bubble pushes up prices in Australia – The SMH’
- Creators of ‘poo-powered car’ hope to leave mark on the world – ABC
- Where are the students? TAFE enrolments drop by up to 40 per cent – The Age
- Australia’s most dangerous jobs revealed – The SMH
- How subcontracting fuelled the alleged Plutus tax scam – The Saturday Paper
- Thousands of Foreign Students in Limbo as Careers Australia Collapses – Jakarta Globe
- Australia cuts return target for Future Fund – Reuters
- Toxic waste could endanger drinking water if Santos CSG project goes ahead – report – The Guardian
- The gloss is wearing off the China boom and we may suffer – The New Daily
- The ABC is not siphoning audiences from Fairfax – The Conservation
- Freebies offered with Brisbane rental properties amid apartment boom – ABC
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Budget gives Labour election roadmap – Interest.co.nz
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