Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Ex-Lehman Financial Chief Doesn’t Look Back – WSJ
- Why Won’t Regulators Rein in Big Banks? – Foreign Policy
- Facebook’s Crackdown on “Fake News” Might Actually Be Working – Slate
- The Credit Crunch and the Great Recession (Wonkish) – NY Times
- Many Millennials Reject Capitalism — What Does This Suggest For Management? – Forbes
- The Next Financial Calamity Is Coming. Here’s What to Watch – NY Times
- If Jeff Bezos wants to help low-income people why not just pay them better? – The Guardian
- The Human Promise of the AI Revolution – WSJ
- Financial panic and credit disruptions in the 2007-09 crisis – Brookings
Americas:
- Fraying Ties With Trump Put Mattis’s Fate in Doubt – NY Times
- Money Talks. Will the G.O.P. Listen? – NY Times
- The Economy Is Humming, but Trump Is Tweeting. Republicans Are Worried. – NY Times
- Wealthiest Republican supporter in Ohio quits party – The Hill
- Donald Trump Jr. to Obama: My Dad Fixed the Economy You Could Not – Breibart
- Deficit hawks are dead, and few in Washington can muster any outrage – Washington Post
- A Grassroots Uprising in Amish Country Begins to Find Meaning in Politics – The Intercept
- As financial crisis shook the nation, Trump’s team saw payoff – Politico
- Fed’s Barkin Warns Tariffs Threaten Business Confidence – WSJ
- California Cities Lead the U.S. in Personal Income Growth – WSJ
- ‘We’re Using the Future for a Fiscal Dumping Ground.’ Beware Trillion-Dollar Deficits – Barron’s
- Yellen: Fed should commit to future ’booms’ to make up for major busts – Reuters
- Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not. – NY Times
- Americans Aren’t Practicing Democracy Anymore – The Atlantic
- ‘Robin Hood in reverse’: the crisis in the Brazilian state – FT
- We’re Measuring the Economy All Wrong – NY Times
Europe:
- Give Britain a new referendum on Brexit, says Sadiq Khan – The Guardian
- Russian sanctions threatened by Theresa May after Salisbury suspects were charged will not come into force until after Brexit – The Telegraph
- Bank not predicting no-deal house price slump, says governor – The Guardian
- A Warning From Europe: The Worst is Yet to Come – The Atlantic
- Russians Planned Attack on Lab Testing Salisbury Nerve Agent, Swiss Say – NY Times
- Carney predicts £16bn bounce to UK economy from Chequers Brexit deal – FT
Asia:
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- Trump to Announce New Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods – WSJ
- Trump has decided to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods in dramatic escalation of trade battle – Washington Post
- For economist, signs all point to solutions: Jim O’Neill – China Daily
- Israel is giving China the keys to its largest port – Haareetz
- Tech’s New Problem: North Korea – WSJ
- China to ask Wall Street for ideas on improving U.S. ties – Reuters
- In Xi We Trust: How Propaganda Might Be Working in the New Era – Macropolo
- China to ask Wall Street for ideas on improving U.S. ties – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘It’s saving lives’: community rallies to support Melbourne’s drug-injecting room – The Guardian
- Wentworth by-election: Kerryn Phelps confirmed as high-profile independent candidate – ABC
- Aussie housing prices could fall by as much as 40 percent in next 12 months – 9News
- Drought-stricken farmers challenge Coalition’s climate change stance in TV ad – The Guardian
- Australians told to call hotels, rather than rely on booking sites, for cheaper rates – The Guardian
- Royal commission into aged care sector – SBS
- Treasurer Josh Frydenberg challenges Labor on inequality, lays out new economic focus – The SMH
- Isn’t it time we had national summit to spark democratic renewal? – Michael West
- Criminals faking Malaysian identities to obtain Australia visas, exploiting cosy international relationship – ABC
- Morrison’s biggest problem is he’s stuck in the past – The SMH
- Population and participation make all the difference to unemployment and wages – ABC
- Australia is reported to UN human rights council over illegal detention of asylum seekers – The Guardian
- Cronyism is a weeping sore in Australian government – The Age
- Global financial crisis: Reflections from the heart of Australia’s government 10 years on – ABC
- Do-ups to the fore as housing alterations hit record high – Interest.co.nz