Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- High-Skilled White-Collar Work? Machines Can Do That, Too – NY Times
- Infographic: Where Financial Inequality Is Rampant – Statista Infographics
- There Are Fears About an Oil Spike Above $150 – Bloomberg
- The Trust Machine: The Story of Bitcoin – Macro Mania
- Despite shadiness and crackdowns, the ICO boom is bigger than ever – Tech Review
- What Crypto Downturn? ICO Fundraising Surges in 2018 – WSJ
- How iPhones might be causing us to underestimate economic growth – AEI
- Visualizing The World’s 20 Largest Tech Giants – Visual Capitalist
- Robots Are Poised to Make Life Grim for the Working Class – Bloomberg
Americas:
- As Inflation Rises, It’s Even Harder to Get a Raise – NY Times
- The Unemployment Rate Rose for the Best Possible Reason – NY Times
- Say Hello to Full Employment – The Atlantic
- The U.S. labor shortage is reaching a critical point – CNBC
- Trump Should Just Give People Money – NY Times
- How to Lose a Trade War – NY Times
- Trump Starts a Trade War, but the Path to Success Remains Unclear – NY Times
- In Two Summits, a Moment of Truth for Trump – NY Times
- Fed on lookout for recession but still sees strong economy: minutes – Reuters
- Down and Out in San Francisco, on $117,000 a Year – NY Times
- Unpaid Internships Are Going Out of Style – WSJ
Europe:
- Putin critic was found strangled to death the day he was due in court – Mail Online
- Angela Merkel: NATO must refocus on Russia threat – Politico
- This Is What The EU Really Thinks About Theresa May’s New Brexit Plan – BuzzFeed
- Why Europe Could Melt Down Over a Simple Question of Borders – NY Times
- Donald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit – The Guardian
- Theresa May gains backing for ‘soft Brexit’ plan – FT
Asia:
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- North Korea calls U.S. attitude toward talks ‘regrettable,’ ‘robber-like,’ rejecting Pompeo’s assessment – Washington Post
- This Year’s Selloff in Chinese Markets Isn’t Like 2015. It Looks Worse. – WSJ
- North Korea Slams U.S. `Gangster-Like’ Demands at Nuclear Talks – Bloomberg
- China and the U.S. can’t get enough of soybeans. – Bloomberg
- Chinese Tariffs Hit Trump Counties Harder – WSJ
- Curbs on Chinese investment could hit Detroit and Silicon Valley – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- NBN frustration prompts community to take high-speed internet into their own hands – ABC
- UN body condemns Australia for illegal detention of asylum seekers and refugees – The Guardian
- Alcohol black market ‘out of control’ in Queensland towns where it’s illegal to drink – ABC
- Tony Abbott is trying to agitate the Nationals into a rebellion – The Guardian
- Debt trap: People imprisoned for crime are being punished twice – Canberra Times
- Rampant ‘exploitation’ at Rockpool restaurant empire – Brisbane Times
- Millionaire migrants pouring into Australia – The SMH
- China’s Huawei leads as corporate sponsor of Australian politicians’ travel – NY Times
- Adani says it could start works at Abbot Point without traditional owners’ input – The Guardian
- Bowen hedges on GST funding – The Australian
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A big Green problem for New Zealand’s left – Interest.co.nz
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Now the big job – managing KiwiBuild expectations – Interest.co.nz