Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- What Global Finance Chiefs Are Saying About the Economy – Bloomberg
- The IMF Gives A Cautious Welcome To Universal Basic Income – Forbes
- Your Next Home Could Run on Batteries – WSJ
- The Coming Renaissance of Macro Investing – Barron’s
Americas:
- The Kochs want that tax cut. Badly. – Boston Globe
- Trump’s threats against the press may be toothless. But they’re far from harmless – Washington Post
- You Can’t Buy the Presidency for $100,000 – WSJ
- Editorial: California burns: Where’s the president? – SFGate
- More older Americans than ever are struggling with student debt – Apple News
- How Congress allied with drug company lobbyists to derail the DEA’s war on opioids – Washington Post
- As Trump Moves To Renegotiate NAFTA, U.S. Farmers Are Hopeful But Nervous – NPR
- As U.S. shocks with NAFTA demands, other countries asking: What does Trump want? – Financial Post
- Nafta Demise Emerges as a New Risk for Investors – WSJ
Europe:
- It’s Decision Time for Catalonia – Bloomberg
- Spain Mulls Caretaker Government for Catalonia, El Mundo Reports – Bloomberg
- Strength of Austria’s far-right resonates far beyond Vienna – FT
- Austria set to elect world’s youngest leader – BBC
- Some ECB Members Identify 2.5 Trillion-Euro QE Limit – Bloomberg
- In Historic Result, 31-Year-Old Wins Austrian Elections, Worst Result For Establishment Party Since Hitler Rule – Zero Hedge
- John McDonnell says Labour in talks with Tory MPs to stop ’no deal’ Brexit – Politics Home
- What the grim reality of a ‘bad-tempered’ Brexit means – The Guardian
- Russian trolls were schooled on ‘House of Cards’ – Yahoo
- London House Prices Fall at Fastest Pace Since Financial Crisis – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China seeks dominance of global AI industry – FT
- The World Once Laughed at North Korean Cyberpower. No More. – NY Times
- China’s Central Bank Chief Warns Corporate Debt Is Too High – Bloomberg
- China’s next five years: ‘Only Xi is indispensable’ – FT
- India, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, is hungrier than even North Korea – Quartz
- Japan exasperated by Trump’s trade policies – Politico
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia’s household power prices rose 63% in past decade, says watchdog – The Guardian
- Further evidence of Queen’s involvement in the 1975 dismissal uncovered – The SMH
- A government not remotely interested in health. Nor human rights. – The AIMN
- Tony Abbott reflects on becoming prime minister again – Courier Mail
- Filters: a cigarette engineering hoax that harms both smokers and the environment – The Conversation
- How Aussie activists began a nuclear disarmament campaign and won a Nobel Peace Prize – Independent Australia
- China’s soft power: Julie Bishop steps up warning to university students on Communist Party rhetoric – ABC
- Here’s Why The Marriage Equality Polls Show The Race Is Far From Over. – Junkee
- Competitive tendering hasn’t delivered for public transport, so why reward poor performance? – The Conversation
- Dumping clean energy target is ‘dealbreaker’ for Labor’s support – The Guardian
- Australia Debates: Does a Warming Planet Really Need More Coal? – NY Times
- The Definition Of ‘Bogan’ Has Been Updated – Life Hacker
- Axe the Clean Energy Target? The ACCC doesn’t think so – ABC
- Putting food on the family table is becoming harder and harder – ABC
- Verrender: Who really wins in the murky world of corporate tax cuts? – ABC
- Former Mitsubishi chief reflects on death of car manufacturing in Australia – ABC
- Housing investors’ meth problems – Interest.co.nz
- ‘Still outstanding issues’ – English – Interest.co.nz