Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- A welfarist role for non-welfarist rules – VOX
- Searching for the future of currency, major companies try Bitcoin technology – PBS
- Precious Metals Outperform Markets In August – Gold +4%, Silver +5% – Zero Hedge
- Russia Likely to Back Extension of OPEC Deal as Prices Stabilize – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin Drops Below $5,000 as Crypto Markets See $13 Billion Sell-Off – Coin Desk
- El-Erian: Why the stock market had such strong week – Yahoo
- The steamship and global trade – Marginal Revolution
- Wealth: redistribution and interest rates – Ergodicity Economics
- Bond Market Braces for Debt-Limit Fight Entering Its Final Round – Bloomberg
- Finance Geeks Will Love This New Movie About the Tulip Bubble – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Jim Bridenstine to Be Nominated by Trump to Lead NASA – NY Times
- Trump goes hands-on in return to storm-ravaged Gulf Coast – The Hill
- Long List of Top Democrats Have 2020, and Money, on Their Minds – NY Times
- The American Neighborhoods Without Water, Sewers, or Building Codes – The Atlantic
- How Self-Driving Electric Cars Will Change the American Road Trip – Bloomberg
- America’s most important exports are under attack – Washington Post
- America’s Superstar Companies Are a Drag on Growth – Bloomberg
- Is there a wage growth puzzle in America? – The Economist
Europe:
- The fantasy that Brexit would be easy is costing us dear – The Guardian
- Pay up until 2023, German EU chief tells UK – The Telegraph
- Stamp duty is a tax on mobility and aspiration. It should be cut substantially or abolished – The Telegraph
- UK opposition to push for soft Brexit changes to EU repeal bill: The Times – Reuters
- How much pain are Brexiteers prepared to inflict on us? – The Spectator
- Far-right German candidate promises to get rid of Arabic numerals – Politico
Asia:
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- Artificial quake in North raises fear of another nuke test – AP
- North Korea shaken by strong tremor, which could signal a weapons test: Reuters – CNBC
- North Korea apparently conducts another nuclear test, South Korea says – Washington Post
- North Korea Tested Nuclear Bomb With `Unprecedentedly Big Power’ – Bloomberg
- North Korea Says It Has Developed Advanced Hydrogen Bomb – WSJ
- Trump Administration Weighs Withdrawal From South Korea Trade Pact – WSJ
- China sees new world order with oil benchmark backed by gold – Nikkei Asian Review
Trans-Tasman:
- Thousands take to the streets of Canberra in support of same-sex marriage – Canberra Times
- Aussie web users warned to expect slow speeds for at least six weeks after undersea cables between Hong Kong and Sydney were damaged by 2 typhoons – News.com.au
- How Village Roadshow Plans To Sue Individual Pirates – Kotaku
- Silent killer: The opioid addiction crisis that has crept up on regional Australia – ABC
- Schools and universities face crackdown on orphanage tourism amid slavery fears – The Age
- Big Four banks reject Adani’s dirty mine but governments fund it anyway – Independent Australia
- Daigou down under: the Chinese shopping trend taking Australia by storm – SCMP
- Australia Set To Be Largest LNG Exporter By 2020 – Oil Price
- Peter Dutton: National Disgrace – The Saturday Paper
- Derryn Hinch cleared over citizenship concerns, not going to High Court – ABC
- The influence of political donations – The Saturday Paper
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Labour odds on for 11th hour GDP & migration data boost – Interest.co.nz
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Money laundering myths for lawyers to avoid – Interest.co.nz
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Swings and roundabouts in transport spending – Interest.co.nz
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Election 2017: English vs Twyford on housing – Interest.co.nz
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