Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Do passports restrict economic growth? – BBC
- Central Banks Dance on the Abyss – Barron’s
- Dollar Gets Squeezed From All Sides – WSJ
- Why You Won’t Be Buying a Coffee With Bitcoin Anytime Soon – Apple News
- Beyond Bitcoin: How Blockchain Is Changing Banking – Barron’s
- For Whom the Bell Tolls, Sell – WSJ
- Bond sell-off fails to derail Fed unwinding plans for QE – FT
- Junk-Bond Investor Unease Resurfaces as Another Debt Deal Pulled – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Independent Press Is Under Siege as Freedom Rings – NY Times
- America’s broken healthcare system – The Guardian
- Going Small on Health Care – NY Times
- Pence’s “polite distance” from Trump – Axios
- Jim Chanos: U.S. Economy is Worse Than You Think – Inet
- For Millions, Life Without Medicaid Services Is No Option – NY Times
Europe:
- EU considers tough new competition powers – FT
- Britain’s European allies desert it in a vote at the UN – The Economist
- Theresa May’s ratings slump in wake of general election – The Guardian
- Theresa May’s team on standby for visit by Donald Trump – The Times
- Pay for under-40s is 11% lower than in 2008, says report – BBC
- UK to withdraw from international fishing arrangement – BBC
- British officials drop ’cake and eat it’ approach to Brexit negotiations – The Guardian
- Britain ’on the brink of the worst house price collapse since 1990s’ – Mail Online
- Britain’s decline and fall – The Economist
Asia:
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- Chinese rocket fails after liftoff – CNN
- Pentagon sails destroyer near disputed island in South China Sea, officials say – Fox News
- Japan, EU on cusp of free trade agreement after U.S. TPP rebuff – Reuters
- Indonesia sets tariff ranges for online car-hailing services – Reuters
- China just banned videos showing gay people from the internet – The Independent
- China Robots Displace Workers as Wage Spiral Pressures Profits – Bloomberg
- Hard Brexit has been confounded by some harder realities – The Guardian
- BOJ’s Harada Apologizes After Praising Hitler’s Economic Policy – Bloomberg
- China Is About to Bury Elon Musk in Batteries – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Sarah Hanson Young claims $4k whale-watching trip from taxpayers – Yahoo
- Tech jobs reinstated for skilled Australian visas – ZDnet
- ‘There’s a fight on’: Tony Abbott launches latest criticism of Liberal leadership – The SMH
- Retail internships for youths on welfare – 9 News
- The Interns For Jobs Numbers Are A Total Dog’s Breakfast – Buzzfeed
- Gig economy will create social classes and divide Australians, UTS researcher says – ABC
- Blowing bubbles: The new world economic order – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull says he will be PM for ‘very long time’ in warning to critics – ABC
- New cases of silicosis in Australia linked to bathroom and kitchen stone products – The SMH
- Australia doesn’t have a population policy – why? – The Conversation
- We need more than just extra water to save the Murray-Darling Basin – The Conversation
- Australians are working longer so they can pay off their mortgage debt – ABC
- Flammable cladding: Baillieu, Thwaites to head taskforce to ‘accelerate’ investigation of Victorian buildings – ABC
- Big challenges for Shorten, Turnbull – SBS
- Accenture wins $8M services deal in Centrelink payments system overhaul – Arnnet
- It’s a downward spiral when politicians and the media fail their true purpose – The Guardian
- Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon is facing a backlash from some of her colleagues after she criticised the party’s leader, Richard Di Natale – ABC
- What’s the economic value of the Great Barrier Reef? It’s priceless – The Conversation
- Fairfax takeover: TPG ditches $2.76-billion bid, paves way for Hellman & Friedman – ABC
- Auckland’s housing crisis set to worsen – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- How the Left Lost Its Mind – The Atlantic
- The deterrence effect of whistleblowing – VOX