Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bloomberg is gathering a who’s who of global economics to rival Davos – in Beijing – Washington Post
- 9 countries that pay the average worker more than the United States does – MarketWatch
- Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ suck up electricity, stress power grids in Central Washington – Seattle Times
- Will GDPR block Blockchain? – Medium
- Lagarde Says Protectionism Is Darkest Cloud Over World Economy – Bloomberg
- The ‘suprasecular’ stagnation – VOX
- Mining With Free Electricity, Crypto Fever Takes Caracas – Bloomberg
Americas:
- “That Is Power”: Why Democrats Are Losing the Only Fight That Matters – Vanity Fair
- Learning from America’s Forgotten Default – Project Syndicate
- Americans’ Confidence in the Economy Stalls, as Wages Grow Slowly and Prices Rise Quicker – WSJ
- Waves of workers are hitting picket lines in 2018 – CBS
- Trump administration launches vehicle import probe – BBC
- Gas prices are up 31% from last Memorial Day. Here’s why – CNN
Europe:
- Italian PM-designate quits after president rejects Euroskeptic minister – Politico
- Italy’s efforts to form government fail as president defends euro – Reuters
- Britain’s plans for ‘no-deal’ Brexit have ground to a halt – FT
- Norwegian Salmon Prices Are Going Wild – Bloomberg
- Eurotunnel warns on Tory plans for post-Brexit customs – The Guardian
- Ireland Votes to End Abortion Ban in Rebuke to Catholic Church – NY Times
- A Leaver writes: politicians have ruined my Brexit – FT
Asia:
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- Chinese bank chief found dead inside his office – SCMP
- China Approves 5 New Trademarks For Ivanka Trump Business As President Forges ZTE Deal – Huffington Post
- Taiwan has 26th ‘most powerful’ passport in the world: index ranking – Taiwan Times
- The New Silk Road Is Old: Why You Should Ignore Belt and Road Initiative Maps – The Diplomat
- China Defends Its Confucius Institutes as Suspicions Grow – Breibart
- China Fights Tax Fraud With the Blockchain – Crypto Disrupt
Trans-Tasman:
- Overseas buyers snapping up homes fuelled $10,000 cash payment limit – Daily Mail
- Big salaries apply broadly across NBN as complaints surge – IT Wire
- Your medical bills: Out-of-pocket costs, hidden fees and who’s to blame – ABC
- Richest taxpayers get $12.7bn windfall from Coalition plan, thinktank says – The Guardian
- Emissions scheme wastes millions on projects that would have gone ahead anyway – The Guardian
- Mike Cannon-Brookes blasts Tesla battery critics – The AFR
- Northern Territory to green-light industrial hemp industry – ABC
- Hundreds of parents owing child support stopped from travelling overseas – SBS
- 3/100: The fast food company with the worst health score – The SMH
- Bill Shorten says Labor would ‘stop the boats’ as policy debate shut down at state conference – ABC
- Bill Shorten defends shutdown of refugee debate at Victorian Labor conference – The Guardian
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