Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The hype, reality, and causes of the global trade slowdown – VOX
- These CEOs took home the most money in 2016 – Bloomberg
- Global bond market sell-off infects equities – FT
- Dow, S&P 500 book worst fall in a month as tech selloff flares up – MarketWatch
- Remote Work Is Not About Avoiding the Commute – Bloomberg
- Why the 20%, and not the 1% are the real problem – The Economist
- The World’s First Modern Financial Crisis: 1997 Edition – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Labor Shortage Squeezes Real-Estate Developers – WSJ
- 1 in 5 L.A. community college students is homeless, survey finds – LA Times
- As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others – NY Times
- New Analysis Shows Government Could Run Out of Cash in Early to Mid-October – WSJ
- U.S. to run out of cash in October – Axios
- Republican Plans for Medicaid Are on the Right Track – Bloomberg
- Did Land-Use Restrictions Save the Rust Belt? – CityLab
- Puerto Rico: Adrift in debt – Thomson Reuters
Europe:
- Draghi’s Taper Talk Delivers Cheaper Gold for Europeans: Chart – Bloomberg
- Merkel issues warning to Trump ahead of G20 summit – Reuters
- The E.U. has gotten much more popular. What happened? – Washington Post
- Grenfell: the anatomy of a housing disaster – FT
- Angela Merkel Sets Collision Course With Trump Ahead of G-20 – NY Times
- Kremlin: Putin, Trump to meet on sidelines of G20 summit – Reuters
- Labour MPs warn ministers against ‘grubby deal with Murdochs’ over Sky – The Guardian
- UK expats in Spain outnumber Spanish in UK – BBC
- The complicated failure of two Italian lenders – The Economist
- German inflation picks up unexpectedly in June, state data suggest – Reuters
Asia:
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- David Autor: “Lessons from the China Shock” – YouTube
- U.S., Hardening Line on China, Approves $1 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan – NY Times
- Investors Say Beijing Enabled Unfair Trading by Chinese Banks – WSJ
- Philippine police use hospitals to hide drug war killings – Reuters
- What Asia learned from its financial crisis 20 years ago – The Economist
- Don’t Fight China, the Federal Reserve of Coal – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Inside NSW jails: Inmates trying to force religion, extreme ideologies onto others – ABC
- Authorities hogtied youths in Queensland detention centres, report reveals – ABC
- Coles, Woolworths, Aldi: Are electronic price tags on the way? – News.com.au
- Islamic State: Australian troops could soon fight extremists in Asia, US Marine Corps general says – ABC
- George Brandis Taps Fellow Liberals For High Paying, Independent Tribunal Jobs – BuzzFeed
- Christopher Pyne ‘very sorry’ for ‘damaging’ same-sex marriage remarks – ABC
- Note to Liberals: on the leadership front, best to keep calm and carry on – The Conversation
- Andrew Bolt: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s time is running out – Courier Mail
- Liberal senators round on Abbott, criticising him for trying to ‘rewrite history’ – The Guardian
- Blind recruitment trial to boost gender equality making things worse, study reveals – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull: Data shows PM in political death spiral – News
- Voters back Turnbull over Abbott – ABC
- Five Eyes: Weakening encryption … to governments – would open the way to criminality. – Lowy Institute
- 83 privacy organisations signs open letter to Five Eyes ministers demanding strong encryption – Crypto Australia
- Dentists doing unnecessary ‘drills and fills’ for extra cash: insiders – ABC
- Cyber warfare unit set to be launched by Australian Defence Forces – ABC
- Australian households reach record levels of wealth, welfare groups warn of growing divide – ABC
- Greens senator Lee Rhiannon and her hardline supporters in NSW will resist a federal push to reform the party’s rules – The SMH
- School’s ‘extreme’ playground ban – News
- Worlds largest floating LNG facility under tow from Korea to WA – ABC
- Why petrol prices could rise despite global oil plunge – News
- Building consents up in May, still falling well short in Auckland – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Western silence over the threat to Al Jazeera is just shameful – Standard.co.uk
- Getting Healthy, Not High: Using Cannabis to Fight Cancer – Entrepreneur