Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Solar Now Provides Twice As Many Jobs As The Coal Industry – Fast Company
- Using Economics to Address Inequality and Poverty – NY Times
- Market Makers in Equity Options Are Vanishing – Barron’s
- Stocks close at all-time highs as Street shrugs off jobs report – CNBC
- Why the Blockchain Needs More Failures to Succeed – Coin Desk
- This Blockchain Bubble Might Be a Good Thing – Bloomberg
- The economic consequences of family policies – VOX
- Here’s what could go wrong for oil if OPEC is wrong about its future – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Written Proof That the President’s Lobbyist Ban Is Worthless – NY Times
- The Truth Behind Today’s US Inflation Numbers – Project Syndicate
- Trump plans week-long focus on infrastructure, starting with privatizing air traffic control – Washington Post
- The Gospel of Hard Work, According to Silicon Valley – Wired
- GOP strategists plot anti-media strategy for 2018 elections – McClatchy
- How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science – NY Times
- The 25 Cities Where Millennials Are Moving – Time
- “The Financialization of the U.S. Economy Has Produced Mechanisms That Lead Toward Concentration” – Pro-Market
- How Do America’s Middle Eastern Allies Like Trump Now? – The Atlantic
- New York Is Energy-Efficient but Mayor Is Not – NY Times
- The Surprising Threat to the American Economy – Barron’s
- To Be Great, America Must Be Good – NY Times
- We May Be Closer to Full Employment Than It Seemed. That’s Bad News. – NY Times
- Here’s What Young People Actually Want From 2017’s General Election – BuzzFeed
- Why a $15 minimum wage is good for business – Macleans
Europe:
- Theresa May won’t get a landslide. Beyond that, the British election is hard to predict. – Washington Post
- Russia will take military action and “eliminate” the threat if Sweden joins NATO – News Week
- Theresa May approval rating sinks as Tory lead shrinks to six points – The Guardian
- Trident and the very British yearning for Empire bling – Open Democracy
- Theresa May: Tory tax plans have not changed – BBC
- Trump’s tangle with Europe leads the continent to find partners elsewhere – Washington Post
- Fear of Brexit brain drain as EU nationals leave British universities – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Chinese Company Behind Adware That Infected Over 250 Million Computers – Bleeping Computer
- Oil – Tanker Tracking And The China Syndrome – Seeking Alpha
- Here’s How a Chinese Tech Firm Borrowed $2.1 Billion in a Hurry – NY Times
- North Korea a ’clear and present danger’ to world – Star Tribune
- In Asia, Mattis addresses concerns about North Korea and China — and Trump’s agenda – Washington Post
- Japan, Short on Babies, Reaches a Worrisome Milestone – NY Times
- Billionaire Anbang boss prevented from leaving China – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- First home buyers need 40 years’ worth of savings for a Sydney deposit, UBS modelling shows – ABC
- Sydney’s housing hunger games a case of champagne and offers over $7 million – ABC
- CSIRO report doctored to pretend gas cheaper than wind and solar – Renew Economy
- Key greenhouse gases higher than any time over last 800,000 years – Uni Melb
- CSIRO cooperation with Chinese defence contractor should raise questions – The Guardian
- Adani’s mine and Greens vote to prove juggling act in next Queensland election – ABC
- ‘This house killed me’: DIY home renovators the third wave of asbestos victims – The SMH
- Hiking foreign buyer fees ‘totally defies economic logic’: Industry experts – Domain
- Chinese influence in Australia – ABC
- Uber wipes out 84yo taxi driver Leo Mauro: ‘There is no future’ – News
- China’s Operation Australia – a Fairfax Media/Four Corners investigation – The SMH
- Ergon Energy’s Largest Home Battery Trial Is Underway In Cairns, Australia – Clean Technica
- Great Barrier Reef: Australia must act urgently on water quality, says Unesco – The Guardian
- Outspoken? Offensive? Cory Bernardi is just getting started – Daily Telegraph
- Small biz wins as Greens up stakes on Business Council – Michael West
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Some post-Budget ramblings – Interest.co.nz
- Preserving financial resilience versus displacement of borrowers – Interest.co.nz
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A light touch on foreign trusts and companies – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Netflix Shows Are All Worldwide Hits – Bloomberg