Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How ‘Neoliberalism’ Became the Left’s Favorite Insult – NY Mag
- The blockchain could have better security than the banks – The Conversation
- Governments have to invest in the fourth industrial revolution – The Guardian
- Bitcoin, Ethereum Plunge Accelerates As Scaling Deadline Looms – Zero Hedge
- Come friendly robots and take our dullest jobs – The Guardian
- There Obviously Is A Tech Bubble, But Hopefully That Doesn’t Matter – Forbes
- From $2 Billion to Zero: A Private-Equity Fund Goes Bust in the Oil Patch – WSJ
- How can we stop algorithms telling lies? – The Guardian
- Big Oil Just Woke Up to Threat of Rising Electric Car Demand – Bloomberg
- Globalisation: the rise and fall of an idea that swept the world – The Guardian
Americas:
- Uber, Lyft take down not just cab drivers, but also lenders – CNBC
- 6 months in, record low job approval for Trump: Poll – Go.com
- Trump’s Russian Laundromat – New Republic
- Retirement at 65 becomes a reach for some, as seniors stay in the workforce – CNBC
- McCain’s Surgery May Be More Serious Than Thought, Experts Say – NY Times
- Venezuela opposition votes against Maduro, woman shot dead – Reuters
- In Venezuela, the destructive force of socialism is at work – Washington Examiner
Europe:
- Meet the neighbors: EU citizens in the UK – Politico
- The Observer view on how the tide is turning against deceitful and incompetent hard Brexiters – The Guardian
- France wants hardest Brexit, says City envoy to EU – FT
- Theresa May gains Conservative support to sack ministers – FT
- Britons face lifetime of debt as Bank of England warns over 35 year mortgages – The Telegraph
- Defiant Erdogan attacks EU, backs restoring death penalty – Reuters
- Brexit: former civil service head warns Theresa May of chaos – The Guardian
- Mr Grey, Mr Blond and Mr Brexit: battle of the big guns – The Times
- Building of HS2 to cost £403m a mile – The Times
- Take from rich mothers to help poor, says maternity pay plan from Tory thinktank – The Guardian
- City of London accuses France of plot to ‘wreck Britain’ – Mail Online
- Dublin is streets ahead of EU rivals as City firms plan for Brexit relocation – The Guardian
Asia:
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- As China Prepares for New Top Leaders, Women Are Still Shut Out – NY Times
- China is building a city bigger than Washington on 4 islands in Malaysia – WEF
- Hong Kong vigil for Liu Xiaobo sends powerful message to Beijing – The Guardian
- In Urban China, Hardly Anyone Is Using Cash Anymore – NY Times
- China mall introduces ’husband storage’ pods for shopping wives – BBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Backpackers reveal stories of sexual assault, exploitation while working on Australian farms – ABC
- Home ownership in Australia in decline for three decades: Grattan Institute – ABC
- Majority of foreign workers paid below national award rates, Unions NSW says – ABC
- Turnbull is preparing to announce plans for a ‘Home Office’ style portfolio – Twitter
- Australian army to be deployed on domestic soil during future terrorist attacks – The SMH
- Interest rate hikes: Here’s the four reasons why the RBA can’t raise rates – ABC
- Gravity is catching up with the ‘stupidity’ in Australia’s housing markets – Business Insider
- Liberals allege they were paid cash to sign up but no action taken – The SMH
- Christopher Pyne wants Australia to become major arms exporter – The Age
- Fracking: report warns of risks associated with shale gas extraction – The Guardian
- PISA and NAPLAN test results reveal worsening school performance – Canberra Times
- Wikileaked: Billionaire Australian donor’s Beijing links detailed in ‘sensitive’ diplomatic cable – The SMH
- Tesla Model 3 Aussie customers in the dark about delivery, despite $1500 deposit – News.com.au
- House price growth to slow further but not crash: UBS – The SMH
- The uncomfortable truth: The Great Barrier Reef is doomed – Independent Australia
- Request for regulator to probe Queensland’s power prices part of ‘political petty games’ – ABC
- Subsidised Queensland coal mines would be a $10 billion hit to NSW budget – The SMH
- House price headwinds for NZ economy – Interest.co.nz
- RBNZ cautious on household debt – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The Rise and Fall of Working From Home – Bloomberg