Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Paul Krugman – Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic – NY Times
- The real reason you’re not getting a pay raise – VOX
- Blockchain, Once Seen as a Corporate Cure-All, Suffers Slowdown – Bloomberg
- Apple Closes In on $1 Trillion Market Cap With Q3 Earnings Beat – Variety
- Einhorn’s Greenlight is trying to end fund losses: letter – Reuters
- Wall Street Resurrects Another Financing Tool Killed by Crisis – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Here’s How America Uses Its Land – Bloomberg
- Facebook Has Identified Ongoing Political Influence Campaign – NY Times
- Young People Don’t Want Construction Jobs. That’s a Problem for the Housing Market. – WSJ
- Are Stock Buybacks Starving the Economy? – The Atlantic
- Trump’s Allies Say He Really Wants Free Trade. Fat Chance. – Bloomberg
- U.S. Workers Get Biggest Pay Increase in Nearly a Decade – WSJ
- New study ignites debate over cost of ’Medicare for all’ – The Hill
- Trump Prepares to Bungle the 2020 Census – Bloomberg
- ’It’s a significant shift in our thinking’: Business takes fresh look at Democrats – Politico
- How Companies Are Making Customers Pay for Trump’s Trade War – NY Times
Europe:
- UK government runs low on credibility over stockpiling – FT
- IMF warns eurozone Greece needs more debt relief – FT
- Lloyd’s of London reviews operations after losing $2.6 billion and CEO – Reuters
- The decline of northern England, 1780–2018 – VOX
- ’If you keep working, you will die’: London bankers in their 20s and 30s are having more heart attacks, doctors say – Business Insider
Asia:
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- U.S. Talks With China Over Trade Dispute Show Little Progress – WSJ
- U.S., China Seek to Restart Talks to Defuse Trade War, Sources Say – Bloomberg
- U.S. Considers Higher Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Imports – Bloomberg
- Chinese Economy Starts to Feel Tariff Impact – WSJ
- China’s Economic Growth Falls Short of Potential – Caixin
- As China’s Woes Mount, Xi Jinping Faces Rare Rebuke at Home – NY Times
- World’s Biggest Toilet-Building Spree Is Under Way in India – Bloomberg
- In China, Women Face a Balancing Act – Sixth Tone
- BoJ defies global move to roll back crisis-era stimulus – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Coles back flip on plastic bag ban – 9News
- Nine-Fairfax merger rings warning bells for investigative journalism – and Australian democracy – The Conversation
- Australians worry more about losing jobs overseas than to robots – The Conversation
- Australia’s climate change adaptation plan is non-existent – ABC
- Young people bearing the brunt of a weak economy – The SMH
- Incomes don’t keep up as the financial stress for families is getting worse – The Guardian
- Health Minister backs down on my health record – The SMH
- Sydney is now synonymous with regulations and lockouts – The SMH
- He won’t admit it, but Turnbull knows Shorten has his number – The SMH
- ‘That’s slavery’: Chef at Nowra restaurant claims he was underpaid $200k – ABC
- Greens, country Victorians have much in common – Weekly Times
- Angst Swells as Australian Population Nears 25 Million – Bloomberg
- Developer sent ‘chatty but scary’ letters to encourage buyers to walk away from new apartments – Domain
- Loan growth to Australian housing investors just turned negative for the first time since 2009 – Business Insider
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