Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The place where globalization kept its promise – MarketPlace
- How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries – NY Times
- Sorting, incentives, and excessive managerial pay – VOX
- If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance. – Tech Review
- How an American commodities regulator became the unlikely star of “crypto Twitter” – Quartz
- Bank governor Carney seeks Cryptocurrency regulatation ahead – Sky
- Cryptocurrencies are failing as money: Bank of England’s Carney – Reuters
- Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Hire as Banks Look Past Saudi Purge – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin’s Plunge in Volume Stirs Questions About Its Usage – Bloomberg
- Economics Needs a Few More Theories – Bloomberg
- Is Bitcoin a Waste of Electricity, or Something Worse? – NY Times
America:
- Trade War, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing – NY Times
- Trump was angry and ’unglued’ when he started a trade war, officials say – NBC News
- Trump Won’t Exclude Allies From Tariffs, White House Says – WSJ
- Donald Trump, Steel Tariffs, and the Costs of Chaos – Council on Foreign Religions
- ‘Call it chaos’: Trump adrift after week of White House anarchy – The Guardian
- Trump Swaps His Beloved Burgers for Salads and Soups in New Diet – Bloomberg
- Trump pushes Republicans to oppose crucial New York-New Jersey tunnel project – Washington Post
- Trump’s allies are really worried about him – CNN
- Here Is Goldman’s Annotated Chart Showing The Entire History Of US Interest Rates – ZeroHedge
Europe:
- E.U. Leader Threatens to Retaliate With Tariffs on Bourbon and Bluejeans – NY Times
- Many multinationals may pull out of the UK if it leaves the Customs Union – LSE
- EU citizenship for sale as Russian oligarch buys Cypriot passport – The Guardian
- EU may target $3.5 billion of U.S. imports for trade retaliation – sources – Reuters
- Putin boasts military might with animation of Florida nuke strike – CNN
- Drivers of aggregate investment: Evidence from German survey data – VOX
- A No-Deal Brexit Risks U.K. Food Crisis, Sainsbury CEO Warns – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Decades of optimism about China’s rise have been discarded – The Economist
- How the West got China wrong – The Economist
- In China’s Shadow, Communist Vietnam Links Arms With Old Enemy, the U.S. – WSJ
- Kuroda Adds Gloom for Stocks Roiled by Tariff Talk – Bloomberg
- China has shot far ahead of the US on deep-learning patents – Quartz
- Asia fears trade war after Trump plans hefty steel, aluminum tariffs – Reuters
- China, Finally, Clamps Down on North Korea Trade—And the Impact Is Stinging – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Two in three Australians think religion does more harm than good in the world – Bipmodo
- Julie Bishop facing new questions over disclosures – Brisbane Times
- Australian Government Continues To Push Encryption Backdoors It Refuses To Call Encryption Backdoors – TechDirt
- Design crimes: How ‘hostile architecture’ is quietly hurting our cities – RN – ABC
- SA election: Chinese mining magnate Sally Zou tweets picture of $1.2 million Liberal donation – ABC
- Australia has lost its compass for the world, while Jacinda Ardern shows the way – The Guardian
- Labor’s ‘walk’ from the dole program – The SMH
- Banking royal commission rejects CBA request to keep oversold insurance evidence secret – ABC
- Former 7-Eleven franchisee facing legal action over alleged exploitation of workers. – News.com.au
- Australia Wants to be World’s Main Cannabis Exporter, While Denying it to Citizens – Edge Canopy
- Tasmania election: Liberals’ Will Hodgman declares victory, Rebecca White concedes – ABC
- Labor’s ‘walk’ from the dole program – The SMH
- Will the economy rise above ‘muddling along’? – ABC
- Grossly mismanaged’: Sydney residents furious at new toll road plans – ABC
- Perth councils push to regulate Airbnbs as listings surge – ABC
- Truth vs spin: How the Barnett government justified digging WA’s debt trap – ABC
- Doubt over proposed rental law reform – The Age
- Forget the spin, ‘free trade’ is cover for dubious special deals – Canberra Times
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The real cost of debt – Interest.co.nz