Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Chart: The Rising Speed of Technological Adoption – Visual Capitalist
- The Side Effects of the Decline of Men – Bloomberg
- AI: A business guide to raising artificial intelligence in a digital economy – ZD Net
- How Artificial Intelligence Is Edging Its Way Into Our Lives – NY Times
- Blockchain May Be The Key To A Sustainable Energy Future – Forbes
- Eurasia, the supercontinent that will define our century – WEF
- Is it a Transatlantic, Transpacific or Eurasian global economy? – Bruegel
- Sending foreign aid doesn’t deter migration from poor countries – Quartz
- What If Somebody Really Is Gaming the VIX? – Bloomberg
- Inflation heats up, stocks tumble – Yahoo
- Real Estate Bubbles: The 8 Global Cities at Risk – Visual Capitalist
- Urban concentration and economic growth – VOX
Americas:
- Mass shootings are getting deadlier. And the latest ones all have something new in common: The AR-15 – LA Times
- All-American shame: As a nation, we do not care – NY Daily News
- Eighteen years of gun violence in U.S. schools, mapped – Washington Post
- The NRA invested millions in these politicians in 2016 – Quartz
- Trump’s Vow to Hire the ’Best People’ Isn’t Panning Out – Bloomberg
- Where U.S. income inequality is the most severe – Axios
- Dems: Bill Clinton too toxic to campaign in midterms – Bloomberg
- The Incredible Shrinking US Multilateralism – Cgdev
- January retail sales post biggest decline in 11 months – CNBC
- American drinking water could soon get a lot dirtier – Business Insider
- Americans Can’t Get Enough Consumer Debt – WSJ
- The Economy Is Soaring, And Now So Is The Deficit. That’s A Bad Combination. – FiveThirtyEight
- Boom and Gloom: An Economic Warning for California – NY Times
Europe:
- Boris Johnson’s Brexit speech – YouTube
- Russia May Invest in Saudi Aramco IPO Via Fund With China – Bloomberg
- Economists Expect a U.K. Interest Rate Hike in May – Bloomberg
- Five Charts That Explain How European Banks Are Dealing With Their Bad-Loan Problem – Bloomberg
- Boris’s Brexit vision is an answer to a non-existent problem – The Spectator
- Russia Sees Midterm Elections as Chance to Sow Fresh Discord, Intelligence Chiefs Warn – NY Times
- Russian Deputy PM: Our Banks Are Ready To Turn Off SWIFT – ZeroHedge
Asia:
- China’s AI Agenda Advances – The Diplomat
- U.S. slaps anti-dumping duties on Chinese pipe fittings – Reuters
- Crypto Trading Ban Downplayed by South Korea After Backlash – Bloomberg
- As China Marches Forward on A.I., the White House Is Silent – NY Times
- Bullet Trains Are Transforming the World’s Biggest Migration – Bloomberg
- There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries—and China Is Winning – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Barnaby Joyce will not be acting prime minister – The Guardian
- Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion relationship timeline – SBS
- Barnaby Joyce responds to Labor allegations he is living ‘rent-free’ and is breaching ministerial standards – ABC
- ‘What happens after Barnaby Joyce resigns?’ – The Guardian
- ‘Confused’ NBN Co thinking of bypassing copper with 5G: ALP – IT Wire
- How Labor’s energy spending spree has electrified the South Australian election – The Guardian
- Vic declares Murray-Darling plan ‘over’ – SBS
- Fact check: Was 2017 a record calendar year for jobs growth? – ABC
- Sydney Trains’ 48-hour meltdown made worse by ‘tangled’ network and lack of drivers: report – ABC
- Lock The Gate apologises to Origin Energy and fracking inquiry for ‘scandalous’ allegations – ABC
- Latest twist in the Adani saga reveals shortcomings in environmental approvals – The Conversation
- Governments shouldn’t be so hasty in declaring victory on wages policy – The Conversation
- Telstra flags job losses due to NBN roll-out – The SMH
- Centrelink forced to wipe or change one in six robo-debts – The Guardian
- Kiwibuild boss to be tasked with buying land suitable for affordable housing – Interest.co.nz