Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- A Top Goldman Banker Raised Ethics Concerns. Then He Was Gone – NY Times
- The Incredible Shrinking Hedge Fund – Bloomberg
- Lagarde warns of US-China trade war ‘shock’ to emerging markets – FT
- Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of ’free’ shipping – Business Insider
- Cape Town Is an Omen – The Atlantic
- Charting the Financial Crisis – Yale
- Bitcoin crash: This man lost his savings when cryptocurrencies plunged – CNN
- Backdrop for the next financial crisis is brewing – FT
- Tesla Bull Capitulates, Says Stock Is ‘No Longer Investable’ – Bloomberg
- The Stable-Coin Myth – Project Syndicate
- The Problem for Active Management Isn’t Indexing – Morningstar
- Markets See Highest Chance Yet of Two More Fed Hikes in 2018 – Bloomberg
- Trade, Inflation Targeting, and Central Bank Independence – PIIE
- IMF reform: The never-ending quest – VOX
- The financial transmission of housing bubbles – VOX
Americas:
- U.S. expects to hit $1 trillion deficit earlier than planned – Axios
- Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not. – NY Times
- Federal deficit soars 32 percent to $895B – The Hill
- Why Is College in America So Expensive? – The Atlantic
- The Secret Drug Pricing System Middlemen Use to Rake in Millions – Bloomberg
- U.S. Steel potentially faces ’largest work stoppage since 1986’ – NW Times
- The Fiscal Response to the Great Recession: Steps Taken, Paths Rejected, and Lessons for Next Time – Yale
- From Trump to Trade, the Financial Crisis Still Resonates 10 Years Later – NY Times
Europe:
- Russia is main suspect in mystery attacks on U.S. diplomats in Cuba – NBC
- Debunking the paper championed by Jacob Rees Mogg claiming a no-deal Brexit would boost the economy – INews
- Secret plans are being drawn up to DUMP PM’s Chequers Brexit proposal – The Sun
- ’Tens of thousands’ of jobs at risk, Jaguar Land Rover boss tells PM – The Guardian
- UK wage growth accelerates – FT
- Europe May Be `Epicenter’ of Emerging-Market Crisis, BofA Says – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China Gives High Priority to Property Tax That May Rock Market – Bloomberg
- Trade wars: China fears an emerging united front – FT
- China Woos U.S. Companies Again, Drops Trade Threats – WSJ
- Hong Kong’s $2.1 Trillion Benchmark Stock Index Tips Into Bear Market – WSJ
- China’s Campaign of Repression Against Xinjiang’s Muslims – Human Rights Watch
- China asks WTO for sanctions in U.S. trade dispute – Reuters
- China Sees Hints of a Past Threat: Inflation – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Man charged over deaths of more than 100 wedge-tailed eagles in Gippsland – ABC
- Climate poll shows Morrison politically vulnerable as more voters back action – The Guardian
- The enemy of irrigated agriculture isn’t ‘greenies’, Matt Canavan, it’s reality – The Guardian
- Adani groundwater bores investigated amid claims they were sunk without approval – ABC
- ‘I didn’t’: Morrison won’t say why Turnbull was dumped – The New Daily
- Blowing the whistle on whistleblowers – Independent Australia
- Australia Institute labels gas industry input in NT fracking impact research ‘totally inappropriate’ – ABC
- The urgent need for democratic renewal. We don’t trust the major parties – John Menadue
- Developers accused of demolishing Corkman Irish Pub sentenced for dumping asbestos – ABC
- Australian airports accused of abusing their monopoly status – Skift
- Consumer confidence slumps after taking hit from interest rates and political instability – ABC
- NSW Government giving Sydney Airport $170m in taxpayer-funded compensation – ABC
- ‘Wilting and dying’: Crops down 46 per cent in eastern states as drought bites – The SMH
- Tony Abbott set for the long-term as he cements his hold on seat – The SMH
- Royal commission: Is this the best take on the insurance ‘shonks’? – ABC
- Can KiwiSaver help plug the infrastructure deficit? – Interest.co.nz
- Govt moves on Wellbeing and independence – Interest.co.nz