Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How Regulators Averted a Debacle in Credit-Default Swaps – WSJ
- Stock Buybacks Are Booming, but Share Prices Aren’t Budging – WSJ
- The rise of ’pseudo-AI’: how tech firms quietly use humans to do bots’ work – The Guardian
- What the world would look like if there were only 100 people – WEF
- Aftershocks of monetary unification: Hysteresis with a financial twist – Science Direct
Americas:
- For Whom the Trump Trolls – NY Times
- California dairy farmers, part of Trump’s base, stand to get creamed by his trade war – McClatchy
- Is Hillary Clinton secretly planning to run in 2020? – NY Post
- Want more skilled workers? Create them – NY Post
- Why Did the Democrats Lose the South? Bringing New Data to an Old Debate – aeaweb
- Health Insurers Warn of Market Turmoil as Trump Suspends Billions in Payments – NY Times
- The Fed Is Usually Off-Limits to the President. Is Trump Changing That? – NY Times
- July Macro Update: The Economy Is Fine. Trade War Rhetoric Is The Main Risk – The Fat Pitch
- Nafta deal possible, says Mexico’s new economy minister – FT
Europe:
- BlackRock and Citi plan Paris expansion in Macron coup – FT
- What If Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987? – NY Mag
- Brexit Ministers Davis and Baker Quit in Blow to May – Bloomberg
- Brexit Secretary David Davis Quits Theresa May’s Government – Bloomberg
- Brexit secretary David Davis steps down in blow to PM – The Guardian
- A Russian-Backed Offensive in Syria Makes a Mockery of Trump – New Yorker
Asia:
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- Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras – NY Times
- Inside Pompeo’s Fraught North Korea Trip – Bloomberg
- For China, Tech Giant Tencent Is Both a National Champion and a Threat – WSJ
- How Trump’s threats fuel China’s plans – Axios
- China is quietly conducting electronic warfare tests in the South China Sea – CNBC
- Growth Rates with Chinese Characteristics? The Curious Case of China’s Industrial Profit Statistics – Yiqin Fu
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Free’ supermarket opens in Melbourne to cut food waste – ABC
- ABC supporters including Kerry O’Brien and Magda Szubanski rally to ‘save’ broadcaster – The Guardian
- States swing to Labor in grim poll for Turnbull – Brisbane Times
- Victoria’s solar, wind energy boom set to power every home – Eco News
- Private health insurance: Should you have it, and what are the benefits? – ABC
- One Nation enlists Latham for robocall campaign – Sky News
- Huawei wins $136m 4G telecommunications contract for Perth trains amid security concerns – ABC
- A new skills shortage looms in Western Australia as fears of automation turns workers away – ABC
- Tony Abbott is trying to agitate the Nationals into a rebellion – The Guardian
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National again on shaky ground with its Govt debt criticism – Interest.co.nz
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