Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Every U.S. Valuation Milestone Since 1781, Including Apple’s Ascent to $1 Trillion – Visual Capitalist
- Studzinski’s Exit Says Something About Blackstone – Bloomberg
- Tesla’s revenue growth looks better than it should thanks to a disclosure shortcut – MarketWatch
- The Stock Market Is Shrinking. That’s a Problem for Everyone. – NY Times
- Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change – NY Times
- Should Artificial Intelligence Copy the Human Brain? – WSJ
- Bitcoin Whale’s Bad Trade Leaves Counterparties Holding the Bag – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump at a precarious moment in his presidency: Privately brooding and publicly roaring – Washington Post
- ‘The most bizarre thing I’ve ever been a part of’: Trump panel found no voter fraud, ex-member says – Washington Post
- Trump Will Have Blood on His Hands – NY Times
- How to Counter Donald Trump’s War on the Media – New Yorker
- Specter of America’s Growing Fiscal Deficit and Debt Load Looms – Bloomberg
- How Tech Billionaires Hack Their Taxes With a Philanthropic Loophole – NY Times
- Venezuela leader ’survives drone attack’ – BBC
- Trump’s coal bunker mentality – Chatham House
- What Will Cause the Next Recession? A Look at the 3 Most Likely Possibilities – NY Times
- Why Americans Spend So Much on Health Care—In 12 Charts – WSJ
- Inside the Trump 2020 Campaign’s Wild Attempt to “Keep America Great” – Vanity Fair
- Technology helped America’s economy way more than we thought – CNN
- How to Save the Troubled American Heartland – Bloomberg
- Job growth has never lasted this long before. Neither has weak wage growth. – Washington Post
- Canada Overcomes Trump’s Metal Tariffs With Record Exports – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Russia tasks Hollywood actor Seagal with improving U.S. ties – Reuters
- Venezuela’s Maduro target of drone ’attack,’ but unharmed: government – Reuters
- Why a no-deal Brexit is nothing to fear – The Spectator
- Hiding Russian Money Was Easy. Quitting Was Harder – WSJ
- When Fascists Turn Violent – New Republic
- Raising interest rates is a big mistake. This will have to be reversed – The Guardian
- Carney warns of no-deal Brexit risk – BBC
- The Bank of England has a strange idea of what QE achieved – FT Alphaville
Asia:
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- Google Struggles to Contain Employee Uproar Over China Censorship Plans – The Intercept
- Investors Protest Outside Headquarters of China’s HNA Group – WSJ
- China to require patriotism education for intellectuals – Global Times
- North Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile program: confidential U.N. report – Reuters
- China Threatens to Impose Tariffs on $60 Billion of U.S. Products – WSJ
- China snubs Trump on new trade front as biggest refiner halts US oil buys – SCMP
- North Korea accuses US of backtracking on Trump-Kim summit – FT
- China Launches ’Patriotic Struggle’ Campaign Targeting Intellectuals – RFA
- China Dethroned by Japan as World’s Second-Biggest Stock Market – Bloomberg
- Another Chinese E-Commerce Firm To Bite The Dust – Seeking Alpha
- Renminbi Depreciation Is Not By Manipulation, Posen Says – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Malcolm Bligh hits a Reef: Turnbull’s coal half billion handout may sink PM – Independent Australia
- Australia’s computing history: CSIRAC, our first computer – Australia Science
- Brisbane Seed Bank storing some of the world’s rarest seeds for posterity – ABC
- Secret document warns vision for Sydney’s light rail ignored realities – The SMH
- A virus of odious ignorance has infected conservative thinking – and politics – The Guardian
- Labor must not hobble ACT corruption watchdog – Canberra Times
- Senator questions Stefanovic’s ‘conflict of interests’ in promoting foundation – The SMH
- Snowy Hydro 2.0 plans raise environmental concerns for scientists – ABC
- Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for a minimum of 65,000 years, a team of archaeologists has established – The SMH
- Sneaky Reef hand-out a half-a-billion-dollar symptom of broken government – Michael West
- The human toll of falling taxi licence values – ABC
- Australia’s plans to build foreign ties with undersea cables hits snags at home – Arnet
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Ignoring migration trends taints policy conclusions – Interest.co.nz0
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