Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The right way to help declining places – The Economist
- Time to Act Now: It’s All About the Right Policy Mix – IMF
- Industry Executives Think a Bitcoin ETF Is on Its Way – Bloomberg
- Meet the bears predicting stock market doom – CNN Money
- Industry stars draw crowds, but only some move markets – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Full text: George W. Bush speech on Trumpism – Politico
- George W. Bush Launches Barely Veiled Rebuke of Trump’s Presidency – Bloomberg
- Republicans Have Stockholm Syndrome and It’s Getting Worse – Foreign Policy
- Congress Rolls Toward Shutdown Fight Over Immigration, Obamacare – Bloomberg
- Poor Neighborhoods Hit Hardest by Asset Forfeiture in Chicago, Data Shows – Reason
- Tillerson Balances Trump’s Goals and His Own – WSJ
- This is the biggest mystery in the U.S. economy – CNN Money
- The Bids Are In: Amazon Offered Up To $7 Billion In Tax Breaks ($140k Per Employee) For Second U.S. HQ – Zero Hedge
- Amazon offered billions in tax breaks for second U.S. headquarters – Reuters
- Amazon’s Uneven Playing Field – Vice
Europe:
- Transition troubles loom for Brexit Britain – FT
- British banks can’t be trusted – The Guardian
- Spain Unleashes Historic Power to End Catalan Independence Push – Bloomberg
- Spain to suspend Catalan autonomy – Politico
- Europeans Pay Little Heed to British Warnings on Brexit – WSJ
- Merkel: Brexit progress is encouraging – BBC
- U.K. Retail-Sales Growth Slumps to Weakest in Four Years – Bloomberg
- Britain to launch monthly GDP estimates next July – Reuters
- One in four ’trapped in low paid jobs’ – BBC
- Spanish Government to Proceed With Suspending Catalan Autonomy – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China central bank chief warns of ‘Minsky moment’ – FT
- The Resistible Rise of Xi Jinping – Foreign Policy
- Analysis of China’s one-child policy sparks uproar – Science
- Abe’s coalition seen near supermajority in Japan election poll – Nikkei Asian Review
- Japan Braces for a Monster Storm With Typhoon Lan Closing In – Bloomberg
- Nissan Suspends Local Car Production for Japan for Two Weeks – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia’s Amazon Book Battle – NY Times
- Historic euthanasia laws pass Victoria’s lower house after marathon sitting – The Age
- Labor says it will reach 50% renewable energy regardless of PM’s guarantee – The Guardian
- Holden chased out of the country by the Coalition in 2013, SA Premier Jay Weatherill says – ABC
- Aerial photo of Holden workers on the final day of production – ABC
- Calls for Australia to heal New Zealand relationship – Sky
- Catherine McGregor: why the Liberal Party is facing oblivion – The SMH
- Queensland councils to pay at least $31m for Adani coalmine airstrip. – The Guardian
- Memo to the IPA: history teaching is driven by student demand, not ‘identity politics’ – The Conversation
- Forcing single parents to be verified is ‘intrusive and demeaning’ – The Guardian
- NBN chief executive Bill Morrow says comparisons with New Zealand don’t work. – The AFR
- New Zealand MP embroiled in Chinese influence controversy worked in Australian Parliament – WA Today
- Why Rio Tinto and its former bosses are facing fraud charges in the United States – ABC
- Sunscreen safety myths fuelling fears against use by nearly half of Australians, survey shows – ABC
- Turnbull government’s $2.8 billion university funding cuts shot down by the Senate – The SMH
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Ardern PM as NZ First, Greens go with Labour – Interest.co.nz
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A new NZ government: Financial market implications – Interest.co.nz
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Property Council post-election analysis – Interest.co.nz
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