Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Fiscal hawks’ tales of doom do not fly with the young – FT
- Fed Could Avert an Inverted Yield Curve. But It Won’t. – Bloomberg
- Watch out, retailers. This is just how big Amazon is becoming – CNBC
- The Death of Soda: 11 Slides on Why the Industry Has Gone Flat – The Visual Capitalist
- The robots coming for your job – The Economist
- Why Productivity Isn’t Keeping Up With Technology – Bloomberg
- Hedge Funds Should Be Thriving Right Now. They Aren’t. – NY Times
- Investors Keep Fleeing Equities Despite the Rally: Taking Stock – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Elon Musk Unmasked as Top Donor to House Republican – Daily Beast
- The death of truth: how we gave up on facts and ended up with Trump – The Guardian
- In about 20 years, half the population will live in eight states – Washington Post
- Paychecks Lag as Profits Soar, and Prices Erode Wage Gains – NY Times
- Low-wage workers deserve chance to move up the ladder – Columbus Dispatch
- Inflation hits 6-year high, wiping out wage gains for the average American – Washington Post
- Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening? – NY Times
- Fed’s escape from crisis holdings could hit dead end – Reuters
- Trump’s Tariffs Bring Beijing’s Model to Washington – Bloomberg
- Environmentally minded Californians love to recycle – LA Times
- Treasury Struggles to Keep Staff in Unit at Heart of Trade War – Bloomberg
Europe:
- How the BBC Lost the Plot on Brexit – NY Review of Books
- Brexit Meets Gravity – NY Times
- Unlike most millennials, Norway’s are rich – BBC
- How Russian Spies Hid Behind Bitcoin in Hacking Campaign – NY Times
- Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Rise of Radical Incompetence – NY Times
Asia:
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- Socially Awkward China Millennials Claim They’re ‘Spiritually Finnish’ – Sixth Tones
- Own goal: how AC Milan’s Chinese owners lost control to a US hedge fund – FT
- China and the world: how Beijing spreads the message – FT
- U.S. lifts ban on suppliers selling to China’s ZTE – Reuters
- China’s Technology Sector Takes On Silicon Valley – Bloomberg
- China Sovereign Fund Prepares Request to Invest at Home – Bloomberg
- China’s trade surplus with U.S. hits record as exporters rush to… – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia ranked worst in world on climate action – Renew Economy
- ‘Serious questions’ over whether Australia’s emissions cuts are real – The SMH
- Australian tax office has funding slashed after having the nerve to audit an MP – Betoota Advocate
- Remote work-for-the-dole scheme has ‘devastating’ impact on Indigenous people – ABC
- Three charts on: why rates of mental illness aren’t going down despite higher spending – The Conversation
- Note to Nationals: no, the ACCC didn’t say build more coal plants – The Guardian
- Half a million hectares of forest near great barrier reef cleared cleared for grazing and cropping – The Guardian
- One Year Later, Scott Ludlam Has Warned More Section 44 Dominoes Will Fall – BuzzFeed
- South Australia steps up pitch to become the home of nation’s new space agency – ABC
- ‘Lousy’ NBN prompts community outside of Sydney to crowdfund their own internet – ABC
- In dropping his opposition to boat turnbacks, Albanese sends another signal that he’s ready for the top job – The Guardian
- Tier system for private health insurance – SBS
- Water brings joy and heartbreak to outback Australia – ABC
- Fixing NZ’s productivity problem – Interest.co.nz
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