Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Amazon Is Taking Over the Stock Market, Too – WSJ
- Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World – Quanta Magazine
- Why Apple Is The World’s Most Innovative Company – Fast Company
- The Rise of Tech Giants May Be Bad News for the Economy – Bloomberg
- Traders buy cryptocurrency for free after a glitch caused exchange to price coins at $0 – CNBC
- The Mining Industry Is Awash With Cash – Bloomberg
- Wall Street Overreacts to Data But Fed Shouldn’t, Kashkari Says – Bloomberg
- Are alpha males worse investors? – The Economist
- The Rise of Bitcoin Factories: Mining for the Masses – WSJ
- Goldman Debunks Idea Dollar Is Being Driven Down by U.S. Worries – Bloomberg
- Solving the productivity puzzle – McKinsey
- Bitcoin nearly doubles in value from year’s low hit in early February – Reuters
- George Soros may invest more in fighting Big Tech – Axios
- The Risk Pension Funds Can’t Escape – WSJ
- Stop Saying ’Smart Cities’ – The Atlantic
Americas:
- NRA opposes new age limits on gun purchases – The Hill
- Is Lack of Competition Strangling the U.S. Economy? – HBR
- U.S. Pursues Saudi Nuclear Deal, Despite Proliferation Risk – WSJ
- On the link between US pay and productivity – VOX
- Mapping Capital Flows Into the U.S. Over the Last Thirty Years – Council on Foreign Relations
- Venezuela Claims $735 Million Raised in First Cryptocurrency Sale – Coin Desk
- Venezuela Is Jumping Into the Crypto Craze – Bloomberg
Europe:
- The latest pro-Brexit analysis has got its sums badly wrong – FT
- Bank of America Commits to London Even as Brexit Draws Closer – Bloomberg
- Economist Derides ’Mad Max’ Analysis That Claims Brexit Will Be Good For Britain – Huffington Post
- The Euro Area Needs a Fiscal Union – IMF
- U.K. Eyes Longer Brexit Transition and Asks EU to Talk Dates – Bloomberg
- Deal, or no deal? The £2,000 question – NIESR
- Vote Again on Brexit – Bloomberg
- Russia’s Capital Is Leading the Charge for Blockchain Democracy – Coin Desk
Asia:
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- Donald Trump Jr.’s tour through India is staggeringly corrupt – VOX
- China takes the crown in AI funding – FT
- South Korean Cryptocurrency Regulator Found Dead at Home – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Nationals confirm sexual harassment complaint made against Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce – ABC
- Here’s A Video Of Barnaby Joyce Saying Politicians Should Stand Aside During Scandals – BuzzFeed
- Cost of living pushing Australian workers into homelessness – The Guardian
- Coalition in chaos as Abbott squabbles with frontbenchers, Nationals continue Joyce spat – ABC
- How Emma Alberici stared down the ABC on controversial article – The New Daily
- Former education minister blames complacent parents for school results – The SMH
- Wages flatline for 10 million Australians despite small general lift – The SMH
- ‘As Abbott rages and Joyce rails, we are all diminished’: Katharine Murphy – The Guardian
- There’s more to jobs and growth than a corporate tax cut – ABC
- Germany’s sonnen to build battery manufacturing plant in Adelaide – Renew Economy
- Aged care fees: Labor demands full extent of overcharging be revealed – The Guardian
- The IMF doesn’t share the government’s heroic growth prediction | Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- “Interest free” loans for solar and storage for South Australia households – One Step Off The Grid
- There isn’t solid research or theory to support cutting corporate taxes to boost wages – The Conversation
- Your super could help bankroll Trump’s infrastructure plan – The SMH
- Adani abandons March deadline to secure funding for Carmichael coalmine – The Guardian
- A full Capital Gains Tax or nothing – Interest.co.nz