Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How economics became a religion – The Guardian
- How Bitcoin Could Tear Itself Apart – Bloomberg
- Why Bitcoin Is Booming – WSJ
- Global value chains shed new light on trade – Brookings
- The Economist Who Predicted Trump and Brexit Explains How Baby Boomers Ruined Everything – GQ
- Populism and the Economics of Globalization – NBER
- Measuring the impact of austerity – Mainly Macro
- In the Age of Blockchain, Crypto Has a Major Problem – Futurism
- Oil Up? Oil Down? Blame the Algorithms – WSJ
- The New Abnormal in Monetary Policy – Project Syndicate
- Passive Investing Might Not Be Great for Growth – Bloomberg
- There’s still a major reason why oil could jump back to $120, experts say – CNBC
Americas:
- In Blow to Tech Industry, Trump Shelves Start-Up Immigrant Rule – NY Times
- Is Mike Pence betting it will all come crashing down on Trump? – Washington Post
- Our economy is increasingly ruled by a few standout tech firms, and that’s not a good thing – Technology Review
- The Senate Health Care Charade – NY Times
- The Inflation Numbers Yellen Should Be Talking About – Bloomberg
- Rural and urban gun owners have different experiences, views on gun policy – PEW Research
- Things are so bad in Venezuela that people are rationing toothpaste – Washington Post
- Being Honest About Venezuela – Jacobinmag
Europe:
- Big UK firms curtail investment plans, consumer slowdown deepens – surveys – Reuters
- Chart of the Week: Norway’s Home-Price Boom – IMF
- What tally sticks tell us about how money works – BBC
- Eurozone needs ‘reform for stimulus’ deal, says French central banker – FT
- Theresa May urges rival parties to ’contribute and not just criticise’ – BBC
- It is time to reveal cost of public sector pensions – The Times
- How Fixing Italy’s Banks is Helping Europe Heal – WSJ
- Italy’s Migrant Crisis Is Europe’s Problem – Bloomberg
- Theresa May pleads for help from Labour amid growing Tory leadership crisis – Business Insider
- German trade surplus widens as exports beat forecasts – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Scared About North Korea? You Aren’t Scared Enough – Bloomberg
- U.S. Prepares to Act Alone Against North Korea – WSJ
- Why Won’t China Help With North Korea? Remember 1956 – China File
- China and the East Africa railways: Beyond full industry chain export – Brookings
- Chinese umbrella-sharing startup loses most of its 300,000 umbrellas in three months – The Verge
- China’s Wanda Signals Retreat in Debt-Fueled Acquisition Binge – NY Times
- Tesla sales stopped dead in Hong Kong after a tax break for electric cars was scrapped – Business Insider
- We knew Japan’s sex problem was bad. But not this bad – The Independent
- Chinese labour activist says he was arrested due to factory’s Trump links – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Hundreds of pages of secret defence force documents leaked to the ABC reveal incidents of troops killing unarmed men and children – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull hits back at right-wing Liberals, says party was never intended to be conservative – ABC
- Pacific Nation Poised To Enter Tenth Year Of Volatile, Unstable Government – Betoota Advocate
- Liberal Party president Nick Greiner dismisses Tony Abbott’s plan to win next election – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership nearing the terminal stage – The SMH
- Pauline Hanson, Cory Bernardi seize on Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘Liberal Party not conservative’ claim – News.com.au
- No wonder the government tries to hide its emissions reports. They stink | Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- Tony Abbott and Cory Bernardi are irrelevant, the renewables revolution is here – The Age
- Conservatives go completely nuts over battery storage – Renew Economy
- Investors pour $1.5bn into Australian solar and wind energy in Q2 – Renew Economy
- Barnaby with a shovel about to do something useful? – Renew Economy
- Majority of federal MPs refuse to sign up to Tony Fitzgerald’s ethical standards – The SMH
- Turnbull handballs encryption problem to tech companies – IT News
- Queensland Government aims for state to be carbon neutral by 2050 – Courier Mail
- Turnbull’s dilemma: we don’t need a homeland security portfolio but Dutton wants a bone – The Conversation
- How the avo generation is taking on the sharemarket – The Age
- Divying up the housing spoils – Interest.co.nz
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