Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Globalization’s Backlash Is Here, at Just the Wrong Time – NY Times
- Wall Street looks overvalued – The Economist
- Quebec Pushes Hydropower Utility to Halt New Bitcoin Mines – CoinDesk
- Some CEOs make 1,000 times more than their workers. – Bloomberg
- Is Your Blockchain Business Doomed? – Bloomberg
- Telegram On Track to Push Its Cryptocurrency Sale to $1.7 Billion – Bloomberg
- The Empirical Revolution in Economics: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead – Economist Journey
- Regulatory cycles: Revisiting the political economy of financial crises – VOX
- Globalization: What Did Paul Krugman Miss? – Brad DeLong
- The Battery Boost We’ve Been Waiting for Is Only a Few Years Out – WSJ
- More Hedge Funds Closed Than Opened in 2017 – Bloomberg
Americas:
- San Francisco Fed’s John Williams Is Front Runner to Serve as New York Fed President – WSJ
- Stormy Daniels, Trump’s Unlikely Foe, Is ‘Not Someone to Be Underestimated’ – NY Times
- The second-most dangerous American – Washington Post
- Trade and the Cities – NY Times
- U.S. Shoppers and Chinese Suppliers Face Hit From Trump Levy – Bloomberg
- How Much Would An iPhone Cost If Apple Were Forced To Make It In America? – Forbes
- The extraordinary number of kids who have endured school shootings since Columbine – Washington Post
- Cloak and data: The real story behind Cambridge Analytica’s rise and fall – Mother Jones
Europe:
- Brexit campaign was ‘totally illegal’, claims whistleblower – Channel 4
- Trump Plans Expulsion of Russian Envoys Over U.K. Attack – Bloomberg
- The passport farce shows Brexit is really an Ealing comedy – The Guardian
- More Hedge Funds Closed Than Opened in 2017 – Bloomberg
- Inside the Secret Plot to Reverse Brexit – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China prepares retaliatory tariffs on US imports – FT
- China Signals It Could Ease Treasury Purchases to Counter Trump – Bloomberg
- China Intervenes in Stocks After Tariffs Trigger Rout – Bloomberg
- China Started the Trade War, Not Trump – WSJ
- Ally Japan Is Spurned on Tariff Exemptions – NY Times
- China responds to Trump tariffs with proposed list of 128 US products to target – CNBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Corporate tax cuts ‘unconscionable’ when poverty is rife, critics say – The SMH
- Why our politicians’ lies are getting out of hand – New Daily
- Business’s ‘Kumbaya’ promises show how weak the need for company tax cuts is – The Guardian
- The government’s marine park plans are diabolical for ocean protection – The Guardian
- The overpopulation of Australia: We’re running out of time – Independent Australia
- Banks should be made to forgive bad debts granted irresponsibly – Canberra Times
- Former privacy chief lambasts ‘incredibly secretive’ political parties – Brisbane Times
- It’s simple: I’m Australian, and I pay tax for the good of the country – The Age
- How does Marshall battery plan stack up with Tesla-Weatherill plan? – Renew Economy
- Childcare workers demand Government intervenes to improve wages – ABC
- ‘Went well’: Human Services’ analysis of robodebt program – Canberra Times
- Thousands rally against coal in Sydney – The Guardian
- Rural communities fear plan to scrap access to fixed landline amid NBN concerns – ABC
- As a citizen of Melbourne, don’t I have the right to question immigration? – The Guardian
- Australia scraps 457 visa popular among Indians; removes over 200 jobs from short-term stream – Business Today
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Govt announces Kiwibuild project – Interest.co.nz