Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Paradise Papers offshore leak – BBC
- Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of world elite’s hidden wealth – The Guardian
- Credit Default Swaps and Systemic Risk – SSRN
- African countries are having a risky affair with eurobond debt and it could end very badly – Quartz
- Bitcoin is Enron in the Making? Really? – BK Capital
- A bit more on the economics of Bitcoin – Macro Mania
- Now, Silicon Valley Is Totally Cool With a Bill That Could Ruin the Internet – Gizmodo
- Policymakers must change tack to avert the next financial crisis – SCMP
- The age of easy money is being hailed as over. But has the ‘great unwind’ really begun? – SCMP
- Crash fears escalate as markets hit fresh highs – Telegraph
Americas:
- Massacre at Texas church; At least 27 people shot dead – Think Progress
- The deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history – Axios
- Republican tax reform is simply red states stealing from blue states – MarketWatch
- Trump’s message of mistrust is sinking in, even in journalism’s new ‘golden age’ – Washington Post
- Trump calls market a bubble at 18,000, then praises it at 22,000 – The SMH
- Where the alt-right wants to take America — with or without Trump – Washington Post
- The wealthy men in Trump’s inner circle with links to tax havens – The Guardian
- Justin Trudeau’s chief fundraiser Stephen Bronfman linked to offshore tax maneuvers – ICIJ
- Revealed: Justin Trudeau’s close adviser helped move huge sums offshore – The Guardian
- Amid the ‘green rush,’ suits are taking over Canada’s cannabis industry – Financial Post
- Commerce Secretary’s Offshore Ties to Putin ‘Cronies’ – NY Times
- The Great College Loan Swindle – Rolling Stone, Taibbi
Europe:
- Tory MP and whip Chris Pincher resigns from Government – Sky
- Struggling Brexit Britain can barely afford this rise in rates – The Guardian
- People are applying for EU passports because Brexit ruined Britishness – New European
- No more Brexit soap opera: Time to unite to achieve best deal – CBI
- Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire Milner’s Twitter and Facebook Investments – NY Times
- Bono used Malta-based firm to invest in Lithuanian shopping centre – Guardian
Asia:
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- Chinese tourists robbed in Paris hotel car park by four attackers armed with tear gas – SCMP
- China’s Zhou Warns on Rising Financial Risk in Blunt Article – Bloomberg
- Lessons from the Rise of Women’s Labor Force Participation in Japan – Hamilton Project
- It’s all on the (Chinese) house – Interest.co.nz
- Trump says Japan trade not free, not reciprocal – Nikkei Asian Review
- Foreign companies must face up to China’s tough ‘new normal’ – Nikkei Asian Review
- China scours the globe for talent to transform into world leader in artificial intelligence and big data – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- We can’t rely on leaks to enforce tax policy. Labor will crack down on havens – Andrew Leigh – The Guardian
- NBN Co puts focus on businesses after flood of internet complaints – ABC
- Less is more when it comes to productive hours at work, says BHP CEO – The Age
- AI experts urge Australia to support autonomous weapons ban – CIO
- Malcolm Turnbull facing further backlash over rejection of Indigenous advisory body – ABC
- Tony Abbott predicts more casualties in Parliament’s citizenship crisis – The SMH
- Labor builds citizenship pressure with push for universal disclosure – The Guardian
- Australia’s gonorrhoea rise of 63% driven by urban heterosexuals – The Guardian
- Four Corners – Inside the tax havens of the rich and powerful – ABC
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Inflation expectations – including for house prices – drop – Interest.co.nz
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Tackling Auckland’s housing shortage – Interest.co.nz
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RBNZ ‘needs to adopt tightening bias’ – Interest.co.nz
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