Global Macro / Markets / Investment:
- ’A US trade war with China will end US monopoly on global financial system’ – RT
- Are you ‘hodling’ bitcoin? – MarketWatch
- Trump Administration Won’t Withdraw from Paris Climate Deal – WSJ
- Is There a Cryptocurrency Bubble? Just Ask Doge. – NY Times
- In a Great Recession, the case for flexible exchange rates is alive and well – VOX
- As electric motors improve, more things are being electrified – The Economist
Americas:
- President Trump is killing me. Really. – Washington Post
- Cutting Taxes Will Be Harder Than Trump Thinks – The Atlantic
- U.S. push for self-driving law exposes regulatory divide – Reuters
- The U.S. Opioid Epidemic – Council on Foreign Relations
- Pennsylvania Will Run Out Of Cash Tonight, Leaving $860MM Of Bills Unpaid – Zero Hedge
- What if Real People Ran the Fed? – Barron’s
- The day that destroyed the working class and sowed the seeds of Trump – NY Post
- Bump in U.S. Incomes Doesn’t Erase 50 Years of Pain – NY Times
- How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food – NY Times
Europe:
- Leo Varadkar set to block next stage of Brexit talks – Irish Examiner
- Pakistan man sentenced to death for ridiculing Prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp – The Guardian
- The eurozone may be back on its feet. But is Greece? – The Guardian
- The eurozone strikes back – why Europe is booming again – The Guardian
- Fisking Boris Johnson’s Brexit essay – Jonworth
- UK exporters have ’hoarded’ gains from fall in sterling, says ONS – The Guardian
- Boris’s nasty politics would hurt the Tories and Britain – The Spectator
Asia:
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- The rise of China’s cashless society: Mobile payment trends in 2017 – Tech Node
- New rail routes between China and Europe will change trade patterns – The Economist
- Blockchain Cutting Edge Company Founder On How To Stay Legal in China – Coin Telegraph
- Pakistan army pushed political role for militant-linked groups – Reuters
- Why has China declared war on bitcoin and digital currencies? – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Legal loophole means high rise owners could face bill for replacing dangerous cladding – The AFR
- Lacrosse cladding case: Apartment owners caught in ‘painful’ legal minefield – ABC
- Cory Bernardi warns marriage equality will lead to ‘legal warfare’ against opponents – The Guardian
- There’s a lot of talk about energy right now. It’s time for some facts – Arena
- Australia’s conflicted relationship with its vast and growing immigrant family – The SMH
- Murray-Darling Basin: NSW’s most senior water bureaucrat resigns over corruption allegations – ABC
- Could Turnbull succeed where Abbott failed, and kill large scale wind and solar? – Renew Economy
- SSM postal surveys left out in the rain, damaged at Canberra apartments – ABC
- Blackouts and baseload: Debunking myths of AEMO reports and Liddell – Renew Economy
- How the Coalition’s ‘blind ideology’ over media reform stiffed Guardian Australia – The Guardian
- Australian tourism may suffer from Chinese investment restrictions – The SMH
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Advantage Labour – Interest.co.nz
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On tax and fiscal policy, and Labour’s Working Group – Interest.co.nz
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Roy Morgan poll suggests very tight election – Interest.co.nz