Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Cryptocurrency Trading Upended in Chile as Banks Close Accounts – Bloomberg
- Sharp Drops in Currencies Hint at Spreading Volatility – WSJ
- How economists (should) think about the housing market – Medium
- The wisdom of Warren Buffett – Rock Wealth
- Back to school: top economists on what their subject needs to learn next – Prospect
- The Blockchain Is Going To Dramatically Improve Our Sharing Economy. Here’s How – Hacker Noon
- Fiscal Rules: Make them Easy to Love and Hard to Cheat – IMF
- Bitcoin is a bubble and a perfect example of ‘faddish human behavior,’ says Robert Shiller – CNBC
Americas:
- Trump, a reluctant hawk, has battled his top aides on Russia and lost – Washington Post
- In Interview, Comey Calls Trump ‘Morally Unfit’ and a ‘Stain’ on All Around Him – NY Times
- The President Is Not Above The Law – NY Times
- A $76,000 Monthly Pension: Why States and Cities Are Short on Cash – NY Times
- The Democrats Are the Party of Fiscal Responsibility – NY Times
- In the era of Donald Trump, GOP donor Seth Klarman is funding Democrats – Boston Globe
- Trump order targets wide swath of public assistance programs – The Hill
- Rejoining TPP Won’t Be Easy – National Review
- U.S.’s Re-Entry in Pacific Trade Deal Would Come at a Price – WSJ
- America’s biggest companies are announcing buybacks. But whose cash is it, anyway? – Washington Post
- The Longest Expansions in U.S. History – Calculated Risk
Europe:
- The mystery of the eurozone slowdown – FT
- ECB asks Deutsche Bank to gauge investment banking exit costs: source – Reuters
- Germany is frustrating Emmanuel Macron’s grand ambitions – FT
- Mysterious Swiss Franc Slide Shows Reach of Russia Sanctions – Bloomberg
- How to Solve the Greek Debt Problem – PIIE
Asia:
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- China’s Communists Rewrite the Rules for Foreign Businesses – NY Times
- US-China rivalry will shape the 21st century – FT
- China Is Nationalizing Its Tech Sector – Bloomberg
- $3 Million Bitcoin Heist Reported by India’s Coinsecure – Bloomberg
- Indian crypto exchange loses $3.5m in customers’ bitcoin – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- ACTU’s Sally McManus calls for cut in temporary work visa numbers – The Guardian
- Employees stuck in ‘outdated’, ‘zombie’ contracts of WorkChoices era – ABC
- Why Australia should stay out of the Syria conflict – ABC
- ‘Plastic is literally everywhere’: the epidemic attacking Australia’s oceans – The Guardian
- Seven reasons people no longer want to be teachers – ABC
- Bill Shorten to back Cross River Rail – Brisbane Times
- ‘I’m not plotting with Dutton’: Abbott – SBS
- Australia needs to start recycling and reusing its own waste, says industry struggling under China’s ban – ABC
- Angus Campbell will be Australia’s next Chief of Defence – ABC
- Renewable energy breeding’ can stop Australia blowing the carbon budget – The Conversation
- Sydney struggles with overcrowded beaches, schools, roads – Daily Mail
- Mortgage Stress and the Royal Commission – ABC
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Twyford: ‘Our Government is open for business’ – Interest.co.nz
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Other:
- It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance – The Verge
- As a secretive hedge fund guts its newspapers, journalists are fighting back – Washington Post
