Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- On the joint evolution of institutions and culture – VOX
- OPEC’s Output Rose to the Highest This Year – Bloomberg
- This chart screams ‘get out of the market!’ – MarketWatch
- Go Figure: What’s Driving Wide Gap Between Cattle and Beef Prices? – Dallas Fed
- Seven Key Questions in the Cryptocurrency World – The Information
- How Retailers Can Fight Back Against Amazon – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman are launching a new group to rethink the Democratic Party – Recode
- 12 issues almost all Americans agree on — and one where they couldn’t be further apart – Business Insider
- The World’s Oldest Functioning Constitution Still Works – Commentary Magazine
- It’s summer, and Washington smells like weed. Everywhere, all the time. – Washington Post
- Central Americans, ‘Scared of What’s Happening’ in U.S., Stay Put – NY Times
- Why Weak Productivity Growth Matters To The Economy – BPR
- New poll: 70% of Americans think civility has gotten worse since Trump took office – PBS
- Trump’s Rural Broadband Goal Won’t Be Easy. It Will Be Costly – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Theresa May sitting on report on foreign funding of UK extremists – The Guardian
- A diminished Britain must be realistic about the Brexit talks – FT
- The European banking union at three – VOX
- Theresa May’s new Brexit minister saying he wants the EU ’wholly torn down’ – The Independent
- Emmanuel Macron assassination plot foiled by police – CNN
- The Guardian view on Macron: progressive and pro-European. What’s not to envy? – The Guardian
- How power operates in modern Britain: with absolute contempt – The Guardian
- More than 80,000 Italians apply for just 30 bank jobs, as economy remains in doldrums – The Telegraph
- We have fixed issues that caused financial crisis, says Mark Carney – The Guardian
- Bank of England’s Gertjan Vlieghe says rate rise would be a mistake – The Independent
- Something is rotten in the state of … Britain – Economic Outlook
Asia:
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- North Korea Launches Missile on Eve of July 4 Holiday in the U.S. – WSJ
- North Korea fires missile into waters off Japan – CNN
- Doubts arise over Chinese Nobel winner’s inability to travel – AP
- Used Goods Could Be the New Thing in Asia – Bloomberg
- China plans for smog-eating ’forest city’ – CNN
- China’s Tencent to limit play time of top-grossing game for children – Reuters
- H-1B and Modi: India Real Time Reveals the Secret Reading Habits of India’s Elite – WSJ
- Indian teen builds world’s ’lightest satellite’ – WEF
- Hong Kong-Mainland China Bond Link Gets Off to Quiet Start – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- The Medicare machine: patient details of ‘any Australian’ for sale on darknet – The Guardian
- Guardian Essential poll finds 43% want Tony Abbott to leave parliament – The Guardian
- Abbott couldn’t read the public mood with the help of the Hubble telescope – The Guardian
- Tony Abbott’s manifesto on federal power is far from conservative – The SMH
- Public service says it’s not corrupt, doesn’t need a federal ICAC – Canberra Times
- Private companies accessing student data fuels commercialisation fears – The SMH
- Dropouts, delays and ‘just not worth it’: More Bendigo businesses speak of NBN issues – Bendigo Advertiser
- Thousands of buildings may face tests for flammable cladding in urgent probe – The Age
- Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young hits out at ‘grumpy old men’ over whale trip – SBS
- Nationals senator reminds Liberals same-sex marriage plebiscite part of their deal – The Guardian
- Australia’s ambitious plan to win the quantum race – ZD.net
- Bakers Delight and other retailers paid to take interns under new welfare program – The Guardian
- SA budget: What happens if the Government’s bank levy is opposed in Parliament? – ABC
- The calm before the Auckland storm – Interest.co.nz
- Labour eyes alliances to form minority government – Interest.co.nz
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