Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Compassionate capitalism in the Middle Ages – VOX
- Arguments against basic income are straw men – VOX
- Pew study experts: Artificial intelligence threatens the future of capitalism – Venture Beat
- The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data – The Economist
- Data is giving rise to a new economy – The Economist
- In this new Gilded Age, robber barons are no longer the villains – The Guardian
- Quantitative Investing: A Crisis Waiting to Happen – WSJ
Americas:
- Trends in US absolute income mobility since 1940 – VOX
- GOP congressman: “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care” – CBS News
- Warren Buffett, at Berkshire Meeting, Condemns Republican Health Care Bill – NY Times
- China urged U.S. to fire Pacific Command chief Harris in return for pressure on North Korea – NY Times
- One reason more software engineers are heading to Toronto: Trump – CNBC
- Roses in hand, Venezuelan women protesters face security forces – Reuters
- Bromance over: Trudeau considers banning U.S. coal – Axios
- These 10 states have most to lose as Trump revamps NAFTA – CNN
- Venezuela Is Starving – WSJ
Europe:
- As Macron learned, campaigns are soft cyber targets – Politico
- What a Macron victory would mean for France – CNN
- As French Elections Nears, So Does a Step Into the Unknown – NY Times
- Moment of truth for the euro as France votes – Reuters
- Biggest Brexit donor urges May to guarantee rights of EU nationals – The Guardian
- Merkel ‘angry’ with Juncker’s Brexit antics – Politico
- Germany challenges Russia over alleged cyberattacks, – Reuters
- Why many French gays adore Marine Le Pen – NY Post
- Germany proposed charging Britain for EU single market access: magazine – Reuters
- Macron offers the best hope for French reform and for Britain – The Telegraph
- In Brexit Britain there are three kinds of voter: the disconnected, the deceived, and the dismayed – The Guardian
Asia:
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- China urged U.S. to fire Pacific Command chief Harris in return for pressure on North Korea – Japan Times
- Why blockchain technology may be the next big thing – India Times
- In North Korea’s Capital, More Abundance Than Expected In Everyday Life – NPR
- In a Beijing ballroom, Kushner family flogs $500,000 ‘investor visa’ to wealthy Chinese – Washington Post
- China’s War on Debt Causes Stocks to Drop, Bond Yields to Shoot Up and Defaults to Rise – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- You used to call me: Cory Bernardi accuses media of ignoring him – The Guardian
- Private schools get nine times more cash than ABC and SBS. For what? – Courier Mail
- If we cut funding for private schools where will Australia get its arseholes from? – ABC Satire
- Malcolm Turnbull tries to buy Australian media support at taxpayers expense – Kangaroo Court
- WA Labor’s Metronet gets $1.2b kickstart from the Feds – ABC
- Queensland CCC’s Operation Belcarra: Missing the point on corruption – Independent Australia
- One Nation is calling the tune on Government’s immigration policy – Courier Mail
- Gambling ads during live sporting events to be banned – ABC
- The futility of the Fairfax strike – The AFR
- AEMO chief says clinging to old energy business models is “insane” – Renew Economy
- Scott Morrison: new budget test for ‘nowhere man’ – The Guardian
- Sydney Real Estate auction boards hilariously sabotaged – News.com.au
- Hemp food products approved for human consumption in Australia and New Zealand – ABC
- Sydney’s last four suburbs with median house prices under $500,000 – Domain
- Government proposes to reduce anti-siphoning list by 100 events – Mumbrella
- A development application has been launched for Hobart’s first skyscraper and it’s causing quite a stir – The Mercury
- The Australian Prime Minister Just Said Trump’s Repeal Of Obamacare Is “Great” – Buzz feed
- John Safran with the far right: fear and loathing in suburban Melbourne – The Guardian
- Living cost debate should lead to UBI or tax-free threshold policy – Interest.co.nz
- New Zealand needs to take a blowtorch to middle class welfare’ – Interest.co.nz
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