Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- One-third of the world’s population lives in a declining democracy – Washington Post
- ‘This Is Unbelievable’: A Hedge Fund Star Dims, and Investors Flee – WSJ
- Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week – Washington Post
- ‘Slo-Mo Credit Crunch’ Has Already Taken Hold, Bond Guru Says – Bloomberg
- The Trade Slowdown Investors Fear Has Already Arrived – WSJ
- Poor wage growth down to ‘superstar’ tech firms, OECD says – CNBC
- Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world. – Washington Post
- Computerisation, routinisation, and aggregate productivity – VOX
- Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock – The Verge
- Sustaining Wealth is Harder Than Getting Rich – A Wealth of Common Sense
Americas:
- Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, US official says – AP
- I left the Republican Party. Now I want Democrats to take over. – Washington Post
- Tariffs are the Wrong Approach – US Chamber of Commerce
- Brazil police arrest GE Latin America head, 21 others, in probe – Reuters
- In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning – WSJ
- Been Down So Long It Looks Like Debt to Me – The Baffler
- Personal Loans Surge to a Record High – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Germany’s top telecoms regulator has US tech groups in its sights – FT
- Brexit Vote Leave campaign ’broke electoral law’ – BBC
- EU weighs international talks on cutting car tariffs – FT
- Poland’s top judge slams political ‘purge’ of courts – FT
- Trump is trying to destabilize the European Union – Washington Post
Asia:
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- China presses Europe for anti-U.S. alliance on trade – Reuters
- Chairman of Chinese Conglomerate HNA Dies in Accident – WSJ
- Wang Jian, Co-Founder of Chinese Giant HNA, Dies in France – NY Times
- China Vows Not to Fire Tariff Shot Ahead of U.S. in Trade War – Bloomberg
- China Won’t Weaponize the Yuan in Trade War, PBOC Official Says – Bloomberg
- China’s penetration of Silicon Valley creates risks for startups – Reuters
- China Considers Banning Short -Term Dollar Bond Sales – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- WA will finally get a GST boost and here’s how it’s going to work – ABC
- Queensland spared GST pain but State Government sceptical of ‘magic pudding’ – ABC
- Hodgman to ‘consider’ GST plan, but Morrison says states have no power to reject it – ABC
- When a $2,000 credit card debt would take 17 years to pay off – ABC
- Drugs found in fewer than 15 per cent of sniffer dog searches in South Australia – ABC
- Gradual reform to capital gains, negative gearing and stamp duty will make housing more affordable – The Conversation
- IBM inks $1bn whole of government deal – IT News
- NZ clashes with Australia over minor in immigration detention – The Age
- What lies beneath – how Lendlease put a shine on its numbers – Michael West
- One Nation tells voters to ‘put Labor last’ in swing seat of Longman – The SMH
- Monthly fine for parents who don’t vaccinate children – The Independent
- Australia’s National Broadband Network Looking for Scapegoats Over Maddening Slowdowns – Stop the Cap
- Income tax relief: New personal income tax rates – BDO
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The fast lane of slow growth – Interest.co.nz