Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Regulating the blockchain: good for government, bad for citizens – The Finanser
- The Paradox Of Robots Taking All Our Jobs – Forbes
- Oil Investors Roll the Dice on OPEC After Saudi Prince Ups the Ante – Bloomberg
- 30% of Your Assets in Bitcoin? – WSJ
Americas:
- Mueller’s latest move has Trump’s staunchest allies melting down on Twitter – Business Insider
- What Mueller’s move means – Axios
- The Little-Known Pragmatist Who Is Shaping the Trump Tax Cuts – NY Times
- Trump finds golf isn’t the way to Congress’ heart – Politico
- Billionaire Republicans Privately Diss Trump – NY Mag
- Billionaire GOP donor: Trump is ’a threat to democracy’ – The Hill
- The evolution of the Federal Reserve’s promises as recorded on their banknotes – Moneyness
- Americans in Best Holiday Shopping Mood in Years – Gallup
- Professors like me can’t stay silent about this extremist moment on campuses – Washington Post
- ‘It’s just messed up’: Most think political divisions as bad as Vietnam era, new poll shows – Washington Post
- Home Builders Will Oppose Republican Tax Bill – WSJ
Europe:
- A small town in Iceland created a”levitating” crosswalk to slow traffic – Quartz
- Britain’s Brexit toxicity is pushing the Scots away – New Statesman
- ’Bregret’ on the rise as Remainers favour abandoning Brexit, poll shows – The Telegraph
- Russiagate: Magnitsky Act behind Russian lawyer outreach? – MSBC
- Corbyn’s comrades and the Russian revolution – The Economist
- ’Cracks’ danger for EU amid Catalan crisis – BBC
- Should we be afraid of Russia? – Prospect
- Yanis Varoufakis: ‘I was missing my daughter so badly’ – The Guardian
- Sacked Catalonia leader calls for opposition to Madrid’s rule – Reuters
- Russia is furious. That means the sanctions are working. – Washington Post
Asia:
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- Xi whizz: look at the emperor’s new clothes – The Times
- Kuroda looks favored to get second term as Bank of Japan chief: Nikkei – Reuters
- Is China rising to military dominance with the help of Australian unis? – The SMH
- This is one of the few places where a communist can still dream – Washington Post
- Gang Attacks Pakistani Journalist Critical of Military – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Think the same-sex marriage debate will be over on November 15? Think again – The Age
- ‘Brutal literalism’: Brandis critiques high court and contradicts PM on reform – The Guardian
- Michaelia Cash has always been a hard-arse – The Age
- Fiona Nash unlikely to return after senators refuse to create vacancy – The Guardian
- A NATIONAL Party icon fears One Nation could win 15 seats “minimum” at the next election and suggested demerging the LNP to combat Pauline Hanson – Sunshine Coast Daily
- Roads Minister labels truck drivers ‘dickheads’ for repeatedly hitting notorious Footscray bridge – ABC
- Lobbyists a cancer in politics, but ballot box is the real solution – Conservatives
- Man sick of waiting for the NBN builds his own broadband network – Yahoo
- After Exploiting Its Interns, This Coffee Chain Got To Keep The $1,000 Payment For Hiring Them – BuzzFeed
- ‘Way off the planet’: regional businesses use renewables to slash costs – The Guardian
- Palaszczuk calls election dogged by anti-coal protester, Nicholls rules out One Nation deal – ABC
- Aurora Australis to examine ‘super-cooled’ clouds as research season begins – ABC
- Landmark report says key ‘addictive’ pokie feature should be banned – The SMH
- Jellied spines rule as tax dollars prop up the privileged – The Age
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New RBNZ Governor should ignore any dual mandate from the new Govt – Interest.co.nz
- The country where house prices have risen 7459%…over 53 years – Interest.co.nz
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