Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Josh Brown: Here’s how to buy bitcoin, but realize it could be one giant bubble – CNBC
- Goldman Sachs to clear bitcoin futures – Reuters
- Bitcoin to start futures trading, stoking Wild West worries – Reuters
- There’s an argument brewing over the launch of bitcoin futures – Business Insider
- Goldman Sachs Plans to Clear Bitcoin Futures When They Go Live – Bloomberg
- Rich countries are reducing their emissions—by exporting them to China – Quartz
- The Great Credit Party Is Almost Over, Societe Generale Says – Bloomberg
- Why Corporate Institutions Are Still Hesitant To Make Use Of Blockchain – Forbes
- Benign effects of automation: New evidence – VOX
Americas:
- Inside a $100,000-per-person Trump fundraiser – Washington Post
- Trump will start infrastructure push in January, White House officials say – CNBC
- Destruction Of Black Wealth During The Obama Presidency – People Policy Project
- What’s College Good For? – The Atlantic
- Republicans Move to Resolve Tax Bill Differences as Cost Concerns Loom – NY Times
- Here’s Where the GOP Tax Plan Stands Right Now – Bloomberg
- Why Homebuying in America Doesn’t Hinge on the Mortgage Tax Break – Bloomberg
- Ford to Move Electric Car Production to Mexico, Tags U.S. Plant for Driverless Car – WSJ
Europe:
- New border draft to break Brexit deadlock – BBC
- Theresa May close to Brexit agreement with EU as DUP weigh up the deal – The Telegraph
- Sovereign Concentration Charges are the Key to Completing Europe’s Banking Union – Bruegel
- Greece and Turkey trade accusations at start of Erdogan visit – Reuters
- This government doesn’t understand Brexit’s trade-offs – Capx
- Europe Faces ‘Sky High’ Egg Prices After Contamination Scare – Bloomberg
- Irish border is a reality check for Britain on its road out of the EU – The Times
Asia:
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- India Trade Ministry Seeks Lower Tax on Diamond Miners – Bloomberg
- The U.S. can no longer ignore China as a global internet player – Brookings
- Jailed for a Text: China’s Censors Are Spying on Mobile Chat Groups – WSJ
- Sam’s Club, Your Store for Premium Goods and Rare Imports (in China) – WSJ
- Economist Linda Yueh says IMF’s warning on China’s level of debt “should be heeded” – YouTube
- China’s Sinopec sues Venezuela in sign of fraying relations – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- It would cost you 20 cents more per T-shirt to pay an Indian worker a living wage – The Conversation
- History won’t forget Tony Abbott’s cowardly act – News.com.au
- Queensland election: LNP’s Tim Nicholls concedes defeat – ABC
- The ATO just dropped corporate tax data and more than 700 companies paid nothing. – ABC
- La Nina declared heralding a humid, wet summer for Australia’s east – ABC
- Dam operators claim Queensland flood victims were ‘partly to blame’ – Brisbane Times
- Confucius Institute in NSW education department ‘unacceptable’ – The Guardian
- Gladys Berejiklian risks trashing her reputation in the arena of public opinion – The SMH
- Prisoner numbers increase by 6% over the year (ABS) – ABS
- Grattan on Friday: Bill Shorten faces a summer of uncertainty – ABC
- Sam Dastyari faces referral to powerful privileges committee over China links – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull says no Liberal or National MPs are ‘under a citizenship cloud’ – News.com.au
- Westpac economist sees big decline in migration, impacting house prices and rents – Interest.co.nz
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