Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Our Problem with Monopolies, and Why Everything Sucks – Talking Points memo
- ’The higher the inequality, the more likely we are to move away from democracy’ – The Guardian
- That thing about EUR derivative clearing and the ECB – Medium
Americas:
- This one Clinton quote shows why her supporters hate the media – Washington Post
- How the Affordable Care Act Drove Down Personal Bankruptcy – Consumer Reports
- Outlook for Obamacare repeal turns bleak – Politico
- On Immigration, Washington Doesn’t Know Best – WSJ
- Immigrant Legislator Breaks Down While Speaking Out Against Texas Immigration Bill – Huffington Post
- Sigh….No, tax cuts won’t boost growth – Growth Econ
- DOJ: One in Four Federal Inmates Is Foreign-Born – Lifezette
- US housing wealth is rising for older, wealthier Americans, at the expense of everyone else – Quartz
- U.S. Light Vehicle Sales at 16.8 million annual rate in April – Calculated Risk
- NAFTA changes would have major impact on local economy, KC trade official says – kmbz
Europe:
- JPMorgan to Move Hundreds of Staff to Three EU Offices on Brexit – Bloomberg
- Mysterious rash of Russian deaths casts suspicion on Vladimir Putin – USA Today
- Why Germany Still Has So Many Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs – HBR
- Majority of Mélenchon supporters will not back Emmanuel Macron, poll finds – The Guardian
- German business fires first salvo against Trumpism – Handelsblatt
- India’s Silicon Valley Is Dying of Thirst. Your City May Be Next – Wired
- Kremlin critic Navalny says loses 80 percent of sight in eye after attack – Reuters
- Brexit: Theresa May says she’ll be ’bloody difficult’ to Juncker – BBC
- Why Brexit means more than Brexit – Mainly Macro
Asia:
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- Trump’s Turn Toward China Curtails Navy Patrols in Disputed Zones – NY Times
- Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? – NY Times
- The North Korean economy is actually growing – VOX
- The Hot-Air Model of Chinese Asset Markets – WSJ
- Japan’s potato chip shortage reaching crisis point – Nikkei Asian Review
- The North Korean economy is actually growing – VOX
Trans-Tasman:
- A budget dictated by the free market has consequences for everyone – The Guardian
- Asylum seeker boat turnbacks illegal and don’t deter people, report finds – The Guardian
- Lunar right go crazy over “genocidal” wind turbines and solar power – Renew Economy
- Elderly, disabled, jobless or homeless? It’s your fault, according to the Coalition – Independent Australia
- First-home buyers hoping to buy in NSW and Victoria need to save more than $2500 a month to have an adequate enough deposit by 2020, a new analysis shows – Domain
- New Zealanders call Australia’s university fee hike an ‘act of bastardry’ – The Guardian
- Resources minister steps up extraordinary Westpac attack over Adani coalmine – The Guardian
- Wealthy feel pinch of housing costs as one in four Australians face mortgage stress – The Guardian
- Budget repair plan relies on big tax hikes, leading economist warns – The Guardian
- Coalition urged not to target welfare recipients to improve budget woes – The Guardian
- Fairfax Media staff to strike for seven days after 125 more jobs axed under major restructure plan – ABC
- Gonski 2.0: Greens not ruling out Senate support for Government’s new education funding plan – ABC News
- ATO told to avoid repeat of ‘robo-debt’ problems – Canberra Times
- NSW Premier calls for radical rethink of federal-state relations – ABC
- Why Victoria’s budget splash raises questions about privatisation – ABC
- Revealed: the private schools set to have their funding cut by the Turnbull government – The SMH
- Perth and Melbourne receive first imports of legal cannabis in Australia – Business Insider
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Driving a truck through NZ’s migration settings – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Paying for news: Why people subscribe and what it says about the future of journalism – American Press Institute
- Don’t Look Now, But Even Buses Are Going Autonomous – Wired