Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Bank’s response to climate change – Bank of England
- New indicators of the science intensity of industry – VOX
- The global economy will be $16 trillion bigger by 2030 thanks to AI – Medium
- AI will boost global GDP by nearly $16 trillion by 2030—with much of the gains in China – Quartz
- This Shipping Magnate Is Calling a Bottom in the Oil Rout – WSJ
- Fed’s Yellen expects no new financial crisis in ’our lifetimes’ – Reuters
- Yellen: “I Don’t Believe We Will See Another Crisis In Our Lifetime” – Zero Hedge
- Today’s global ransomware attack weaponized software updates – The Verge
- Oil at $35 Is Tipping Point for High-Yield, Deutsche Says – Bloomberg
- Oil’s in a Bear Market, and Stocks Will Soon Follow – Bloomberg
Americas:
- A damning new IMF report pours cold water on the entire Trump agenda – Business Insider
- IMF Lowers Forecast for U.S. Economy Amid Rising Policy Uncertainty – WSJ
- Half of Americans are spending their entire paycheck (or more) – CNN Money
- Obamas under fire from the left for never ending, sizzling ultra-luxury vacations – Fox News
- Elizabeth Warren: It’s time for Democrats to run on single-payer health care – Salon
- Cheapest Fuel Since 2005 Brings U.S. Drivers `Christmas in July’ – Bloomberg
- Opioids could kill nearly 500,000 in U.S. in next decade – Stat
- When Cutting Access to Health Care, There’s a Price to Pay – NY Times
- The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil Rights – The Atlantic
- Venezuela crisis: Helicopter launches attack on Supreme Court – BBC
- Helicopter attacks Venezuela court, Maduro denounces coup bid – Reuters
- Canada’s Secret to Resisting the West’s Populist Wave – NY Times
Europe:
- Social mobility: radical reform urged to repair divided Britain – The Guardian
- Grenfell Tower gas pipes left exposed, despite fire safety expert’s orders – The Guardian
- Why do England’s high-rises keep failing fire tests? – BBC
- Bank Bailouts, Italian-Style – WSJ
- U.K. Needs a Second ‘Glorious Revolution,’ Only Calmer – Bloomberg
- Massive cyberattack hits Europe with widespread ransom demands – Washington Post
- Google hit with record EU fine over Shopping service – BBC
- How Theresa May abandoned David Cameron’s playbook – New Statesman
Asia:
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- China’s WTO entry benefits US consumers – VOX
- Trump growing frustrated with China, weighs trade steps: officials – Reuters
- Philippines May Get New Law: Sing National Anthem With Spirit or Face Prison Time – NY Times
- ‘Enigma Network’ Rocks Hong Kong Markets With Sudden 90% Losses – Bloomberg
- 1 big thing: Honeymoon over with China – Axios
Trans-Tasman:
- Surgeon dies after alleged assault at Box Hill Hospital – ABC
- Abbott vows to stay around to help ‘when’ Turnbull’s leadership falls apart – SBS News
- ‘Tony Abbott: man of the times for 1961’ – The SMH
- Christopher Pyne: Malcolm Turnbull stares down Coalition critics demanding ministry reshuffle – ABC
- “No Religion” Is Now Australia’s Number One Religion – Buzz Feed
- Fact check: Will the new citizenship test demand a university-level standard of English? – ABC
- South Australia power prices to rise to highest in the world on Saturday, energy expert warns – ABC
- Australia, Your Netflix Just Got More Expensive – Gizmodo
- Work for the dole racially discriminatory in remote areas, inquiry told – The Guardian
- Westpac to axe ‘risky’ property loans, up rates, ban switches – The AFR
- Agency ruling on federal loan to Adani cites cyberbullying as reason for secrecy – The Guardian
- Fair Work Ombudsman investigates Uber over potential breach of labour laws – The Age
- Young Australians are the victims of the great housing swindle – New Daily
- The world’s tropical zone is expanding, and Australia should be worried – The Conversation
- Labor will fully restore weekend penalty rates if we win the next election: Shorten – The SMH
- Labor’s penalty rates pledge ‘disgraceful’: small business council – The Guardian
- Over 81,000 citizenship applications awaiting processing – SBS
- Support for public funding of the arts weakens, Australia Council survey reveals – The Age
- Men are killed at a greater rate than women in Australia – what can we do to reduce their risk? – The Conversation
- The Murray-Darling Basin: Water, markets and money – Independent Australia
- Plan to restrict pension for older migrants ‘unprecedented’ in Australia – The Guardian
- Government modelling forecasts surge in traffic for congested Sydney CBD bypass – The SMH
- NZ’s big banks’ profitability still stacks up well internationally – Interest.co.nz
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