Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Cross-asset carry: an introduction | Systemic Risk and Systematic Value – SVR.com
- How to Think Like an Economist – Brad DeLong
- Elon Musk: Artificial Intelligence Is the ’Greatest Risk We Face as a Civilization’ – Fortune
- VCs determined to replace your job keep AI’s funding surge – Tech Crunch
- 4 fears an AI developer has about artificial intelligence – MarketWatch
- Hedge fund workers to be given ’champagne buttons’ for their desks – Standard
- The Decline of Poverty – Medium
- Can the Tech Giants Be Stopped? – WSJ
Americas:
- The Fed Has Created “Universal Basic Income For The Rich” And Now It Can’t Get Out – Zero Hedge
- Dems’ rising star meets with Clinton inner circle in Hamptons – Page Six
- McCain’s surgery puts Obamacare repeal vote in doubt – Politico
- California Considers a $3 Billion Electric-Car Push – WSJ
- The Russian Attorney at the Center of the Trump Jr. Scandal – The Atlantic
- The latest evidence of Trump’s unfitness may be the most revolting – Washington Post
- The Trump agenda is running out of time – Axios
- Trump is ushering in a dark new conservatism – The Guardian
Europe:
- John McDonnell hits back at Blair’s criticism of Labour’s Brexit policy – The Guardian
- Dublin is streets ahead of EU rivals as City firms plan for Brexit relocation – The Guardian
- Britain’s Brexit Chaos Leaves EU Friends and Foes Bemused – Bloomberg
- Why Is Emmanuel Macron Being So Nice to Donald Trump? – New Yorker
- EU leaders willing to compromise on freedom of movement, says Tony Blair – Reuters
- Young families ’hit by income slowdown’ – BBC
- Brexit and the Centre – Institute Global
- Top 1% of households in UK fully recovered from financial crisis – The Guardian
- City of London accuses France of plot to ‘wreck Britain’ – Mail Online
Asia:
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- Liu Xiaobo: dissident’s friends angry after hastily arranged sea burial – The Guardian
- Liu Xiaobo and the Decline of China – NY Times
- North Korea may have more nuclear bomb material than thought: U.S. think tank – NBC
- Urban land prices continue to fall; Taipei sees steepest drop – Focus Taiwan
- Possible Successor to China’s Xi Jinping Is Removed From Party Post – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian companies under ‘constant’ cyber attack, says security company Crowdstrike – ABC
- Australia’s Prime Minister is a goddamned idiot – Boing Boing
- Those who don’t support coal ‘are delusional’: Malcolm Turnbull – AFR
- Malcolm Turnbull quietly double checks if Tony Abbott is still a British citizen – Betoota Advocate
- Welfare recipients in ‘some of Australia’s poorest communities’ slapped with 300,000 fines – ABC
- China has ‘too much power’ over Australian economy: Bellamy’s shareholder Jan Cameron – News.com.au
- Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Scott Ludlam’s citizenship oversight is ‘remarkable’ – ABC
- How did Australia get this stupid about clean energy? – Renew Economy
- Malcolm Turnbull roasted after encryption announcement – News.com.au
- Why is Australia’s most progressive Premier blocking an injection room trial? – ABC
- Australia’s planned decryption law would weaken cybersecurity – The Conversation
- ‘Health insurance is so complex it’s become toxic’, says Choice – The SMH
- Goldman Sachs & News Corp tax tricks as Canberra claims battle won – Michael West
- Government’s letter to conservation groups has ominous implications – The Guardian
- Are we the end of the house price rise cycle? – Interest.co.nz
- “The market has turned – Interest.co.nz
- Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne wants Australia to become major arms exporter – Domainfax…industry policy?…
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