Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Mobius Says Trade War Is Just a Warm-Up Act for Financial Crisis – Bloomberg
- Stocks Quants Are Reeling From the Worst Run in 8 Years – Bloomberg
- Why bitcoin uses so much energy – The Economist
- A carbon tax would be less regressive than energy efficiency standards – VOX
- Taxing the Intangible Economy – Project Syndicate
- A Fifth of All Bitcoin Is Missing. These Crypto Hunters Can Help – WSJ
- Bitcoin Looks More Like Gold Than a Currency – Bloomberg
- These Companies Are the Titans of Junk – Bloomberg
- How Much House Do You Really Need in Retirement? – Barron’s
- The Worst Cybersecurity Breaches of 2018 So Far – Wired
Americas:
- Foreign investment in the United States plunged 32% in 2017 – CNN
- Former Obama Officials Are Riding Out The Trump Years By Cashing In – Huffington Post
- The term structure and recessions before the Fed – VOX
- Truckers take the temperature on US economy – FT
- Employers will do almost anything to find workers to fill jobs – LA Times
- What America Gets Out of NATO – NY Times
- How Trump’s Trade War Went From 18 Products to 10,000 – NY Times
Europe:
- May ditches hopes of keeping City in tight tie-up with EU – FT
- Germany ‘Captive to Russia’ for Energy, Trump Claims – NY Times
- The Russian pipeline to Germany that Trump is so mad about, explained – Washington Post
- Paris Predicts Gain of 10,000 Jobs From London Post Brexit – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras – NY Times
- U.S.-China Trade Talks Grind to a Halt – Bloomberg
- How Germany Won Freedom for the Widow of China’s Most Famous Dissident – NY Times
- Trump’s Tariff Barrage Pushes China Fight to Point of No Return – Bloomberg
- ‘Shocked’ by Latest U.S. Tariff Plan, Beijing Seeks Retaliatory Action – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Major blitz of Sydney’s ‘cheap eats’ precinct found 176 employees were underpaid – ABC
- RSPCA uncover greyhound mass grave in western Sydney – The SMH
- Australia falls further in rankings on progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals – The Conversation
- Traumatised grazier warns she will shoot to kill after devastating dog attacks – ABC
- Why Australia does not need a Religious Discrimination Act – The Conversation
- How accountants ‘broke capitalism’, with help from government – ABC
- Australia’s regulators still can’t imagine a clean energy future – Renew Economy
- Tax dodgers and fudgers cost Federal Government $8.7 billion in a year – ABC
- Low wages growth means work is nice if you can get it (twice) – The Guardian
- Why New Zealanders are feeling the hard edge of Australia’s deportation policy – The Conversation
- ABC would ‘cease to exist’ if it was barred from digital platforms, chairman says – The Guardian
- WestConnex: Labor’s triumph of politics over policy – Michael West
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Property investor confidence in NZ’s financial markets slides – Interest.co.nz
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Auckland house construction ‘enters new phase’ – Interest.co.nz