Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Spending cuts may be as recessionary as revenue increases – VOX
- Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest Sources of Electricity, and It’s Getting Cheaper – Scientific American
- New Study Suggests Minimum Wage Leads To Automation Of Low-Skill Workers – Forbes
- The financial crisis: a decade of debt – YouTube
- How Blockchain Technology is Taking Gambling Industry to New Level – Coin Telegraph
- How blockchain technology can transform the security industry – ZD Net
Americas:
- Impeaching Trump is a long shot. There’s another way to protect the country – Washington Post
- Storm flooding destroyed hundreds of thousands of cars in a city that relies heavily on them – Washington Post
- Texas moves toward post-Harvey recovery; gas prices slip – Reuters
- ‘Too Big to Fail’ Label May Shrink for Some Firms Under Trump – NY Times
- A robot tax rises from American center of tech industry – AP
Europe:
- UK’s ’copy and paste’ trade policy forced by lack of negotiating capacity – official – Reuters
- Merkel: ‘Turkey should not become an EU member’ – FT
- Sweden rejects asylum claim by 106-year-old Afghan woman – The Guardian
- Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight – Politico
- Could Germany end up with a minority government? – CER
- Top EU Official Says Britain Was ‘Stupid’ to Vote for Brexit – Bloomberg
- We’re addicted to debt and headed for a crash. It could be worse than 2007 – The Guardian
- Brexit would be a sovereignty own-goal – Video Vox
Asia:
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- Google Builds China Workforce to Develop Artificial Intelligence – WSJ
- China Bans Fundraising Via Cryptocurrencies, Known as ICOs – WSJ
- China’s Reformist Central Banker Could Be a Tough Act to Follow – NY Times
- Trump’s Korean Trade Folly – WSJ
- China’s Oil Lifeline to North Korea Targeted After Nuclear Blast – Bloomberg
- BRICS name Pakistan-based militant groups as regional concern – Reuters
- Options for Removing Kim Jong In – WSJ
- China bans raising money via ICOs, asks regulators to inspect 60 major ICO platforms – Tech Meme
- China Herds ICO Cats – Politico
- The timing of North Korea’s nuke test could not be worse for China’s leader – Washington Post
Trans-Tasman:
- Mobile drug testing: Cops go after Sydney’s coked up Eastern Suburbs by introducing Cocaine tests – Daily Telegraph
- Combustible cladding: More than 5,000 buildings in Victoria may not be compliant, experts say – ABC
- When did executive ‘bonuses’ become standard and not earned? – ABC
- Price manipulation in the energy market – Renew Economy
- Investors can own multiple properties but still be eligible for first-home buyer benefits – Domain
- Postal survey on same-sex marriage ‘unique and offensive’, high court told – The Guardian
- Peter Dutton’s citizenship crackdown doomed after key senators pull support – The SMH
- Abbott’s Salary To Be Paid On Cashless Welfare Card, To Stop Him Drinking At Work – The Shovel
- Climate change increasing the intensity and impact of extreme weather, BOM tells emergency managers – ABC
- Doctors condemn Coalition for likening welfare drug tests to vaccinations – The Guardian
- Government’s privatisation push extends to $9 billion property sale pipeline – The SMH
- Refugees are not draining the welfare state (Department of Social Services Research) – SBS
- Princess Alexandra Hospital cladding too flammable, will be removed – ABC
- End the isolation of Chinese students in Australia – The SMH
- ‘You’re fucking hopeless’: Malcolm Turnbull’s expletive-laden attack on Tony Abbott revealed – Yahoo
- This Anti-Piracy Scare Campaign Is Bullshit – Gizmodo
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What about a land tax? – Interest.co.nz
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How is the average New Zealander doing financially? – Interest.co.nz
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B&T’s August median price down $30,000 year-on-year – Interest.co.nz
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Building activity falls for second quarter in a row – Interest.co.nz
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English aims to avoid future sharp housing cycles – Interest.co.nz
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