Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- MAULDIN: A 2-3% Correction Could Wipe Out Most VIX Short Sellers – Mauldin Economics
- Pollution kills 9 million people each year, new study finds – Boston Globe
- Bank Of America: “This Could Send The Nasdaq To 10,000” – Zero Hedge
- Firms that burn $1B a year are sexy but statistically doomed – Medium
- Machine learning could lead to economic hypergrowth, new research suggests – CNBC
- On city size and economic growth – VOX
Americas:
- The GOP wishes it were like Ronald Reagan—Trump actually is – NBC News
- The Issue That Could Lose the Next Election for Democrats – NY Mag
- McCain in Twilight: An Unfettered Voice Against Trumpism – NY Times
- U.S. Budget Deficit Swells, Adding Wrinkle to G.O.P. Push for Tax Cut – NY Times
- The extraordinary silliness of American college grading – The Economist
- The uninsured rate is rising as Trump successfully sabotages Obamacare – Think Progress
- Once So Chic and Swooshy, Freeways Are Falling Out of Favor – NY Times
- 10 Minutes. 12 Gunfire Bursts. 30 Videos. Mapping the Las Vegas Massacre. – NY Times
- U.S. warns public about attacks on energy, industrial firms – Reuters
Europe:
- The History of Russian Involvement in America’s Race Wars – The Atlantic
- Populist billionaire looks set to win Czech elections – FT
- Barcelona: A Global City in the Eye of a Separatist Storm – NY Times
- Spain’s Rajoy Will Oust Catalan Leaders – Bloomberg
- Spain moves to dissolve Catalan government – AP
- The Ins and Outs of Europe’s Deep Establishment – lareviewofbooks.org
- ’Huge business rate rise’ for small firms – BBC
- In Russia, a Bribery Case Lifts the Veil on Kremlin Intrigue – NY Times
Asia:
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- Wang Huning’s Neo-Authoritarian Dream – Jubel Blanchette
- Ai Weiwei stopped from boarding flight from New York to São Paulo – The Art Newspaper
- ’Coup plotters foiled’: Xi Jinping fended off usurpers to ‘save Communist Party’ – SCMP
- Minsky Moment’ Talk Reaches China Two Decades Since First Used – Bloomberg
- Zhou Warns China Should Defend Against Threat of ’Minsky Moment’ – Bloomberg
- Apple Watch Hits Cellular Snag in China – WSJ
- 19th Party Congress: China urges overseas Chinese to respect culture of host countries – Straits Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Demise of Australian carmaking acts as a warning to rich nations – FT
- Same-sex marriage: Bride angry after No campaign rally held outside her wedding – ABC
- Australian students are turning their backs on maths and science, and experts are worried – ABC
- Calls to save TAFE as vocational training sector reaches ‘tipping point’ – ABC
- State governments ‘destroying’ plan to save Australia’s most important rivers – The SMH
- ASIO: The secret police force doing enormous damage to democracy – The New Daily
- Holden Commodore badge of honour should not be used on imported vehicles, workers say – News.com.au
- MP says Fed Govt to blame for poor NBN rollout – News Mail
- The Hanson Plot to kill the ABC – The Saturday Paper
- Increasing number of people too drunk to walk, but is minimum floor price on alcohol the answer? – ABC
- Jacinda Ardern warns Australians could lose New Zealand study rights – The Guardian
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Another slumlord, another series of mortgage defaults – Interest.co.nz
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Watching our cities grow – Interest.co.nz
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Housing market could keep cooling, a bit – Ardern – Interest.co.nz
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