Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Crazy times and calm markets make odd bedfellows – FT
- Policy responses to capital flows in emerging markets – VOX
- Winners and Losers of the Recent Nuclear Holocaust – Mc Sweeney’s
- Getting Fiscal Stimulus and Central Bank Independence In Synch – Project Syndicate
- Benefits and Challenges from Globalization – NY Fed
- Buying Into the Turmoil: Investors Embrace the Risks – NY Times
Americas:
- How corn took over American farms – Bloomberg
- Jobless-Benefit Rolls at 28-Year Low Show U.S. Labor Tightness – Bloomberg
- Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 236,000 – Calculated Risk
- Silicon Valley: A Reality Check – State Star Codex
- Two Dead Canaries in the Coal Mine – The Atlantic
- Trump says ’made up’ Russia story part of decision to fire Comey – The Hill
- For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left’s Uproar Over Comey – NY Times
- What Donald Trump means by fair trade – The Economist
- Trump’s tax plan is more trickle down than pump priming – Marketplace
- The Next Hot Housing Market: Starter Homes – WSJ
- Housing Regulator Is Pushed to Crack Down on Sales of Foreclosed Properties – NY Times
- The GOP health-care bill is a complete political dud – Washington Post
- Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Fight Is About to Plunge Into the Unknown – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Macron pushes EU to be tougher on trade and foreign investment – FT
- An unusual recovery: Charting the way forward for European policymakers – VOX
- A mathematician, a bullfighter…Macron unveils eclectic parliamentary candidate list – France 24
- Berlin’s Transport Secretary Has Some Harsh News For People Who Drive Cars – Fast Company
- R-Star and the Draghi rules – VOX
- Europe Will Find A Way Forward with the Euro – YouTube
- Brexit hangs heavy over Bank of England forecast – Sky
- Greece Eyes Bond Sale Amid Optimism Over Debt Deal – WSJ
- EU Passports for Sale in Sunny Cyprus Lure Rich Russians’ Cash – Bloomberg
- European Stocks Should Break on Through to the Other Side – WSJ
Asia:
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- Trump Administration Announces Deal With China to Boost Exports – WSJ
- China Bonds Send Fresh Stress Signal – WSJ
- China Tells Facebook to ‘Come Learn From Us’ on Censoring Content – WSJ
- China Stocks Are Tumbling Again. Unlike 2015, World Doesn’t Care – Bloomberg
- Money From Chinese State Giants Helped Fund Aluminum Stockpile – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- The Economics of immigration – Radio National (Great segment)
- Politicians should be breath tested, cop-turned-Nationals MP says – ABC
- Pay more, get less – that’s the Nobbled Broadband Network, folks – The New Daily
- How Australia Bungled Its $36 Billion High-Speed Internet Rollout – NY Times
- The 2017 budget has axed research to help Australia adapt to climate change – The Conversation
- Coles, union in bid to thwart wage underpayment case – The Age
- Graduates to be hit with an extra $1000 a year in tax – The SMH
- “They’ve lost the lot” : how the Australian mining boom blew up in property owners’ faces – The Guardian
- Federal budget 2017: Slugging banks is the fairest way to raise billions – WA Today
- Bank levy could undermine property market – ABC
- Every Liberal MP knows the budget is about shoring up Turnbull, but it could all unravel – The Guardian
- Collateral damage: federal government’s tax raid on disabled veterans – Canberra Times
- Gen Y is ‘public enemy number one’ for the Coalition, says Labor leader Bill Shorten – News.com.au
- Renewable hydrogen could fuel Australia’s next export boom after CSIRO breakthrough – ABC
- The Government Has Voted To Make Sick People Wait Longer For Medicinal Cannabis – Buzz Feed
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Teaching Winston how to read a chart – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Tesla’s Solar Roof Sets Musk’s Grand Unification Into Motion – Bloomberg
- Why Tesla’s Solar Roof Is Just Another Giant Taxpayer Gift To Elon Musk – Zero Hedge
- Watch a single autonomous car stop a traffic jam from happening – Technology Review
- HIV life expectancy ’near normal’ thanks to new drugs – BBC