Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin’s energy usage is huge – we can’t afford to ignore it – The Guardian
- Tesla short-sellers sitting on profits of $1.2bn – FT
- An Open Letter to Elon Musk – Thrive Global
- Wall Street Still Thinks Tesla Could Soar to Elon Musk’s $420 Target Price – The Street
- Goldman Faces Losses on Venezuelan Bond Deal That Drew Criticism – WSJ
- Credit supply and housing speculation – VOX
- A Short History of Emerging Market Corrections & Bear Markets – A Wealth of Common Sense
- Emerging market turmoil set to take centre stage again – FT
- Yield Curve Crunch Shows Fed Hiking Even Amid Global Agitation – Bloomberg
- It’s Not Technology That’s Disrupting Our Jobs – NY Times
- Blockchain Is Starting to Show Real Promise Amid the Hype – Barron’s
- The Case for a 50-Year Bull Market – Barron’s
- Big Questions on Global Economy Hang Over Jackson Hole Gathering – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Cohen, Trump’s Ex-Lawyer, Investigated for Bank Fraud in Excess of $20 Million – NY Times
- As Trump Dismantles Clean Air Rules, an Industry Lawyer Delivers for Ex-Clients – NY Times
- Tariffs Will Hurt U.S. More Than Rest of World, Maersk Says – Bloomberg
- Coal jobs have dropped in Eastern Kentucky. Income has followed, new report shows – Kentucky
- Giuliani: ’Truth isn’t truth’ – NBC
- Trump Tax Cut Unlocks Millions for a Republican Election Blitz – NY Times
- Venezuela’s 95% Devaluation Adds to Turmoil After Drone Attack – Bloomberg
- Venezuela Devalues Currency and Hikes Wages, Stoking Fears About Instability – WSJ
- Venezuela Hikes Salaries in 95% Devaluation Amid Hyperinflation – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Beyond Porridge and Boiled Mutton: A Taste of London – NY Times
- Brussels to act against tech groups over terror content – FT
- Nearly half of Russians ignorant invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 – The Guardian
- Austria’s far-right government ordered a raid on its own intelligence service – Washington Post
- U.K.’s Bit Part in Trade Drama Shows Perils of Post-Brexit Role – Bloomberg
- Why Can’t Europe Do Tech? – Bloomberg
- Greek central bank chief warns over backtracking, turbulence – Reuters
Asia:
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- China’s Anbang Puts a $5.5 Billion Luxury Hotel Portfolio on the Block – WSJ
- Thoughts from my recent Beijing trip – Sinocism
- Beijing orders banks to boost lending to exporters – FT
- Why universities for the elderly are booming in China – The Economist
- China-U.S. Trade Spat Is Just a Start to the Economic Cold War – Bloomberg
- China, Unsure of How to Handle Trump, Braces for ‘New Cold War’ – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Malcolm Turnbull removes all climate change targets from energy policy in fresh bid to save leadership – The SMH
- Tech surveillance laws proposed by Australian Government ‘aggressive’, critics say – ABC
- Faith in Australian governments falls amid corruption concerns – ABC
- Victorian Greens push for banks to pay more with levy ahead of state election – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull is ‘our best hope’ says Christopher Pyne amid Peter Dutton leadership speculation – ABC
- Turnbull’s opponents are waging a guerilla war to kill off his leadership – ABC
- Solar boom ‘bringing hundreds of jobs’ to Queensland’s Darling Downs – ABC
- Banking royal commission: ‘Frightening’ levels of financial illiteracy adding to banking industry dysfunction – ABC
- Banking royal commission: Superannuation swindle sees your savings boost bank bonuses – ABC
- Australian university turns tonnes of food waste into potent bio-fertiliser exported to Asian farms – ABC
- Woolworths blames plastic bag ban, Coles Little Shop for poor Q1 sales – News.com.au
- Australia’s Tallest Tower and Questions about Infrastructure – Arch Daily
- Victoria Labor pledges $1.2 billion in rebates, loans for rooftop solar – Renew Economy
- ‘No justice’: Huge Reef Foundation grant stuns charity sector – The Age
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