Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Iraq Joins U.A.E., Qatar in Call to Keep Oil Cuts – Bloomberg
- Tricks for Hanging On in a Melt Up – Behavioral Macro
- The 10 Companies That Dominate the Global Arms Trade – Visual Capitalist
- What the Data Tells Us About Bitcoin in 2017 – Coin Desk
- How a tiny country is increasingly a big hub for trans-Atlantic flights – Market Watch
- World Bank Unfairly Influenced Its Own Competitiveness Rankings – WSJ
- This Bond Bear Market Doesn’t Look Too Fierce – Barron’s
- The Stock Market Never Goes Down Anymore – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Legal marijuana cuts violence says US study, as medical-use laws see crime fall – The Guardian
- US playing ’Russian roulette’ in Canada-NAFTA talks: Former US Ambassador to Canada – CNBC
- Founding Fathers, trashing immigrants – Washington Post
- Trump’s racism is more than rhetoric – Globe & Mail
- Has He No Sense of Decency? – The Atlantic
- Paul Krugman got the working class wrong. That blunder had consequences – The Guardian
- As Labor Pool Shrinks, Prison Time Is Less of a Hiring Hurdle – NY Times
- The Real Cuban Missile Crisis – The Atlantic
Europe:
- Renzi’s Comeback Hopes Fade as Italy’s Self-Styled ‘Demolition Man’ Sinks in Polls – WSJ
- Hammond: EU leaders ’paranoid’ that other nations will leave after Brexit – The Guardian
- Anti-Trump demonstrators march in Swiss capital – Reuters
- ’Thanks, but no thanks’ – Norwegians reject Trump’s immigration offer – Reuters
- German Engineering Yields New Warship That Isn’t Fit for Sea – WSJ
Asia:
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- Trade tensions will rise with record China trade surplus – WSJ
- China’s 2017 GDP growth was above target at 6.9% – Caixin
- China commodities demand setting records – Bloomberg
- 3 big political meetings this month – Axios
- Is D.C. getting serious about PRC influence operations? – Washington Post
- China is becoming a top destination for international students – Axios
- China church demolition sparks fears of campaign against Christians. – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- The false economy of sacking public servants in favour of consultants – Canberra Times
- Tasmania’s only abortion clinic closes, putting pressure on government to find alternative – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull talks about love. His welfare bill is anything but – The Guardian
- Coalition defends childcare policy after documents reveal areas hardest hit by changes – The Guardian
- SA election: Nick Xenophon pushes to protect public servant whistleblowers – ABC
- Australian passports are the ‘most expensive’ in the world – New Daily
- Property investor Nathan Birch hits back at mortgage default reports ahead of Sunday Night profile – News.com.au
- Consumers urged not to boycott Golden Circle tinned pineapples – ABC
- Australian house prices will fall if negative gearing goes, study says – The Guardian
- Banking royal commission: Fears customers are being shut out from having their say – ABC
- The Sydney high school built three years ago that is already full – The SMH