Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Those 3% of scientific papers that deny climate change? A review found them all flawed – Quartz
- US trade wars with emerging countries in the 21st century – VOX
- Inequality caused by urban renewal is “the central crisis of capitalism” says Richard Florida – Dezeen
- When the hedge is worse than the thing being hedged – The Reformed Broker
- Robert Shiller wrote the book on bubbles. He says “the best example right now is bitcoin.” – Quartz
- Workers: Fear Not the Robot Apocalypse – WSJ
- A Decade After Crisis, Investors Have Stopped Hunting for Black Swans – WSJ
- The Incredible Shrinking Corporate Tax Bill – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Senate GOP Leaders to Add Debt-Limit Increase to Harvey-Aid Bill – WSJ
- America needs to curb immigration flows – Washington Post
- Trump’s Immigration Plan Is Obamacare Repeal All Over – NY Mag
- Houston’s Zoning Wasn’t the Problem – CityLab
- Houston has the money but not the workers to recover – Axios
- A student found an ancient Canadian village that’s 10,000 years older than the Pyramids – Business Insider
- NAFTA round 2: No deal yet on divisive issues – CNN Money
- Disappointing Facts about the Black-White Wage Gap – FRBSF
- Why the Republican Party Will Come to Regret Rolling Back DACA – The Atlantic
- Why Democrats have no foreign policy ideas – VOX
- Trump’s Looming Trade Crack-Up – WSJ
- Canada demands U.S. end ‘right to work’ laws as part of NAFTA talks – Globe & Mail
Europe:
- European court rules companies must tell employees of email checks – Reuters
- Leaked document reveals UK Brexit plan to deter EU immigrants – The Guardian
- Russian politician says they should ’release the Kompromat’ they have on Trump – The Independent
- Putin Says Trump Is Not His Wife – Moscow Times
- UK at centre of secret $3bn Azerbaijani money laundering and lobbying scheme – The Guardian
- Next 3 months of Brexit totally unpredictable – Sky
Asia:
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- Myanmar laying landmines near Bangladesh border – government sources in Dhaka – Reuters
- Traders worried about North Korean missiles breaking up over cities – CNBC
- Under pressure, Hyundai clashes with China partner over suppliers – sources – Reuters
- U.S. Desire for North Korea Oil Cutoff Puts China in a Tight Spot – NY Times
- South Korea Is Right – The Atlantic
- North Korea: Why the West freaks out but South Korea doesn’t – Lowy Institute
- North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal Threatens China’s Path to Power – NY Times
- Indian journalist critical of Hindu extremists is shot dead in Bangalore – The Guardian
- North Korea nuclear crisis: Putin calls sanctions useless – BBC
- The term coined by a Goldman Sachs economist is now inadequate for Xi Jinping’s global ambitions – Quartz
Trans-Tasman:
- Plastic bag ban in Queensland gets green light as cash-for-cans scheme introduced – ABC
- Is Peter Dutton a fit and proper person to wield such awesome powers? – The Guardian
- AGL boss rebukes Turnbull government plan to keep coal power stations operating for longer – The Age
- A ‘broken property market’: Bank of Mum and Dad funding a third of first-homes – Domain
- Home loans: Australia’s mortgage market a $1.7 trillion ‘scam’, report claims – News.com.au
- NBN’s rollout backflip to free many Australians trapped in broadband limbo – The SMH
- Media Law Reforms On Thin Ice After Nick Xenophon Withdraws Support – Buzz Feed
- Govt prepares for Joyce by-election: Labor – News
- Drinking water repeatedly contaminated with pathogens in rural NSW towns – ABC
- Identity theft: another day, another scandal at CBA – Michael West
- The most arrogant people in Australia are business people and we’re sick of them – Canberra Times
- Australia braces for ‘elevated’ bushfire risk – BBC
- Why Australian universities have upset Chinese students – BBC
- Waxit beware: an independent Western Australia makes no sense – The Guardian
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Household debt pile helped by low interest rates – Interest.co.nz
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