Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- A Decade After Bear’s Collapse, the Seeds of Instability Are Germinating Again – WSJ
- Tesla employees say automaker is churning out a high volume of flawed parts requiring costly rework – CNBC
- Bitcoin Is Worthless, Bubble May Pop Soon, Allianz Global Says – Bloomberg
- Amazon: The Making of a Giant – WSJ
- The Distribution of Gains from Globalization – IMF
- Overcoming zero-sum games to sustain growth and globalisation – VOX
- Hedge Funds Draw SEC Scrutiny in Crypto Coin Review – Bloomberg
- Billionaire Alan Howard Makes a Bet on Cryptocurrencies – Bloomberg
- Why Cities Boom While Towns Struggle – WSJ
- This Commodity Investor Is Hoarding the World’s Cobalt Supply – Bloomberg
Americas:
- In fundraising speech, Trump says he made up trade claims in meeting with Justin Trudeau – Washington Post
- How Amazon became corporate America’s nightmare – Bloomberg
- Teacher’s Gun Is Accidentally Fired During Public Safety Class, Injuring 3 – NY Times
- Subprime Auto Bonds Caught in Vise of Rising Costs, Bad Loans – Bloomberg
- Toys R Us to close all 800 of its U.S. stores – Washington Post
- Kudlow to be top White House economic adviser as Trump adds longtime loyalist – Washington Post
- A Worrying Shift for Pensions: Retirees Will Soon Outnumber Kids – Bloomberg
- US Senate approves bill to ease financial regulations – CNBC
- Extreme inequality in the US is making a major economic problem even worse – Business Insider
- A Princeton sociologist spent 8 years asking rural Americans why they’re so pissed off – VOX
- U.S. Unemployment Headed Below 3% Unless Fed Acts to Slow Growth – Bloomberg
Europe:
- The EU’s plan to shift clearing out of London risks disaster – FT
- The return of regional inequality: Europe from 1900 to today – VOX
- Entrepreneurs to EU: Europe is in danger of blowing its startup moment – Venture Beat
- Britain Expels 23 Russian Diplomats Over Ex-Spy’s Poisoning – NY Times
- EU seeks greater protection for gig economy workers – FT
- As Merkel Begins New Term, Compromises Could Undo Economic Boom – NY Times
Asia:
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- Not a Single Japan 10-Year Bond Traded Tuesday: Death by BOJ – Bloomberg
- China’s path to tariff retribution could begin with Boeing – CNBC
- China Sells Stake in Blackstone as Deal Scene Turns Sour – NY Times
- In India, ’fake news’ and hoaxes catch fire as millions see YouTube for the first time – CNBC
- China Bars Foreign Fund Managers From Selling Products That Invest Offshore – WSJ
- China’s sovereign wealth fund sells stake in Blackstone – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Opinion: No one should have to pay for the privilege of working – The SMH
- Chinese International students are protesting their President’s indefinite rule – ABC
- ‘Never post on social media when you’re angry’: Victorian premier rips into Turnbull – SBS
- Union campaign to aid working Australians derailed by advertising giant – New Daily
- Affordable housing policy failure still being fuelled by flawed analysis – The Conversation
- One in three left without phone, internet when connecting to NBN – Brisbane Times
- Michaelia Cash May Have To Face Cross Examination In Court Over Media Leaks About Union Raids – BuzzFeed
- Our government is boiling the water we swim in but we can still jump out – Scott Ludlam – The Guardian
- Every big business that would benefit from the company tax cut, in one chart – ABC
- Opinion: Baby Boomers cry poor, but Labor gets it right on dividend tax – The AFR
- Greens vow to prevent ‘unintended consequences’ from Labor’s tax plan – Brisbane Times
- Dividend Imputation – a detailed explanation – Reveille
- Why the Government doesn’t want you to understand how franking credits work. – Medium
- Dutton considers fast-track visas for white South African farmers – The Guardian
- The Secret to Australia Avoiding Recession: Mass Immigration – Bloomberg
- Grant Robertson on the Government’s housing ‘to do’ list – Interest.co.nz