Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Economists cannot avoid making value judgments – The Economist
- How Will Blockchain Change The Economy? – Forbes
- Inflation Is a Bigger Danger to Stocks Than Rising Rates – Bloomberg
- Amazon Is Taking Over the Stock Market, Too – WSJ
- Robinhood Opens Cryptocurrency Trading – Bloomberg
- Why “Free Trade” Agreements Serve Corporations First – INET
- Inside Uncle Sam’s Secret Bitcoin Hoard – Fortune
- Bitcoin Thieves Threaten Real Violence for Virtual Currencies – NY Times
- Financing intangible capital – VOX
- Risky Crypto Bet Blows Up Dennis Gartman’s Retirement Account – Bloomberg
- The Rise of Bitcoin Factories: Mining for the Masses – WSJ
- How Gargantuan Can Private Equity Get? – WSJ
Americas:
- Putin ally said to be in touch with Kremlin, Assad before his mercenaries attacked U.S. troops – Washington Post
- The NRA’s Plan to “Harden” Schools is Terrifying – Mother Jones
- Two top White House advisers may leave over tensions with Trump: sources – Reuters
- U.S. official focused on election security being replaced – Reuters
- Ray Dalio: 70% chance of recession before 2020 election – Money
- Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio says U.S. in a ‘pre-bubble phase’ with a 70% change of recession – MarketWatch
- Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricanes Irma and Maria – New York Fed
- Hungry Venezuelan Workers Are Collapsing On the Job – Bloomberg
- Now we know where the tax cut is going: Share buybacks – MarketWatch
- What Campbell’s Soup Tells Us About the Economy – Bloomberg
- Fed’s Quarles Says U.S. Economy in ‘Best Shape’ Since Crisis – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Irish taxman sees disputed Apple bill remaining around $16 billion – Reuters
- Europeans should stop whining about their appreciating currency – FT
- ECB minutes reveal fears over Trump currency wars – FT
- Bank Brexodus Gets Closer as Deutsche Bank Relocates Booking – Bloomberg
- The Euro Area Needs a Fiscal Union – IMF
- Bank of America Commits to London Even as Brexit Draws Closer – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Chinese Regulator to Take Over Anbang Insurance – WSJ
- Beijing sending another senior emissary to D.C. – Axios
- China takes the crown in AI funding – FT
- Walmart in talks to buy more than 40 percent of India’s Flipkart – Reuters
- Measuring the Equilibrium Impacts of Credit: Evidence from the Indian Microfinance Crisis – NBER
Trans-Tasman:
- Barnaby Joyce Resigns – ABC
- Turnbull refuses to endorse Joyce ahead of leadership crisis meeting – Brisbane Times
- Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will propose using a chunk of Australia’s A$2.53 trillion ($1.99 trillion) pension savings pool to help unlock funding for Trump’s infrastructure push. – MSN
- Labor pledges inquiry into universities and Tafe sector – The Guardian
- Queensland is one of the world’s worst places for deforestation – Economist
- 38 on the top tax dodgers list: Vennor Investments Pty Ltd – Michael West
- Electricity prices disproportionately affecting low-income households – ABC
- Mathias Cormann says sexual harassment allegations against Barnaby Joyce are ‘very serious’ – Brisbane Times
- Local councils making cities less liveable, independent infrastructure adviser says – ABC
- Infrastructure Australia is warning MPs not to turn their back on migration, saying the potential benefits of population growth are immense. – SBS
- ACCC urges Aussies to ‘fight back’ against rising petrol prices – The SMH
- Cost blowout criticised for disputed rebuild of two Sydney stadiums – The Guardian
- China challenge ‘more subtle and sophisticated’ than the threat of war – The Age
- Mining giant blasted by community isolated for months by earthquake-like crack in road – ABC
- Tesla battery ‘taking straw off camel’s back’ for South Australia energy demand – The Guardian
- Big fall in lower quartile house prices means housing now ‘affordable’ in much of Auckland – Interest.co.nz
- $60 million Government regional investment unveiled – Interest.co.nz