Links 9 October 2016

Global Macro / Markets / Investing:

• How artificial intelligence & machine learning produced robots we can talk to – Business Insider
• Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks debunks AI hype seven ways – Technology Review
• U.S. Treasury outlines sweeping reform of capital markets – Reuters
• Why Rebuild Macroeconomics? – Inclusive Growth
• The OBR, productivity and policy failures – Mainly Macro
• The Invisible Hand isn’t primarily about selfishness. – Medium
• Market Mania Has Assets All Around the World Closing the Crisis Era – Bloomberg
• Larry Summers on the passing need for central bank independence – Long & Variable
• Stocks are cheap and could rally 32 percent next year – CNBC
• Foreign Holdings of Emerging-Market Bonds Climb to Record: Chart – Bloomberg

Americas:

• Trump is on track to win reelection – Washington Post
• Americans’ Evaluations of President Trump – APNORC
• How Hurricanes Skewed September’s Job Numbers – NY Times
• Economists React to the September Jobs Report: ‘Doesn’t Carry Weight This Time’ – WSJ
• U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through – NY Times
• U.S. traffic deaths jumped 5.6 percent in 2016 to decade-high – Reuters
• Las Vegas shooting victims: Portraits of the fallen – LA Times
• Why the N.R.A. Is Finally on the Defensive – New Yorker
• Congress Is Dropping the Ball on Trump’s Obstruction of Justice – Foreign Policy
• Republicans have big dreams and big problems on tax reform – Art 19
• Dan Fuss Says Bondholders Need to Get Real on Puerto Rico – Bloomberg

Europe:

• Why Are So Many Fascist Monuments Still Standing in Italy? – New Yorker
• Sack Boris Johnson and reshuffle cabinet, senior Tories to tell May – The Guardian
• Crypto Coin Sales Get Fresh Regulatory Scrutiny as ECB Weighs In – Bloomberg
• As Putin Turns 65, His Power Is Slowly Waning – Bloomberg
• The Russia Collusion You Should Care About – Bloomberg
• Senate ‘Russia Probe’ Is Not Investigating Russia – Daily Beast
• France to Make Least Wine in 60 Years After Bad Weather Hits Grapes – Bloomberg
• Europe helped draft the Iran nuclear deal. Now E.U. leaders seek to save it from Trump pressure. – Washington Post
• Theresa May lacks clout to clinch a Brexit deal, warn European diplomats – The Times

Asia:

• A Japanese lesson for Wall Street – FT
• Japan Rises as a Free-Trade Leader as the U.S. Sinks – Bloomberg
• Declining Japanese long-term interest rates and implications for monetary policy – VOX
• China Says Entrepreneurs Must Put Patriotism Over Profit – Bloomberg
• Beijing tries to win over entrepreneurs with praise and promises – SCMP
• China moves to encourage entrepreneurial spirit – Xinhua
• China sets population, construction limits in Beijing city planning – Xinhua
• China’s Food Exports to North Korea Surge – WSJ

Trans-Tasman:

• $34 Million: Australian Blockchain Startup Power Ledger Completes ICO – Coin Desk
• Our casual acceptance of terrorism measures endangers liberty – The Guardian
• Here’s how much access Australian police already have to your data – The SMH
• Opposition baffled by ‘drastic’ anti-terror plans that could see 10-year-olds held without charge – ABC
• David Leyonhjelm charged taxpayers more than $9,000 for trip to Perth – The Guardian
• Fossil fools: $US185 billion shareholder wealth destroyed over last decade – Michael West
• ABC boss Michelle Guthrie attacks commercial rivals, media law reforms – The Age
• Most Australians oppose Adani mine, poll shows, amid national protests – The Guardian
• $50b submarine project struggling to find qualified Australians: French shipbuilder – The SMH
• Are Chinese buyers driving up Australia’s housing prices? Not quite. – ABC
• We may have found out how the Government plans to circumvent end-to-end encryption – Business Insider
• PM warns of low wage growth after shock spending slump – The New Daily
• Australia needs electric vehicles more than any other nation – ABC
• Peters still Kingmaker; Labour-Greens close in on National – Interest.co.nz
• Government pushing for open banking – Interest.co.nz