Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Future of Pointless Work – New Republic
- Tesla, software and disruption – Benedict Evans
- Why currency markets are so worried about Argentina – FT
- New ‘Speed Bump’ Planned for U.S. Stock Market – WSJ
- The battle between two elites: the haves and have-yachts – FT
- Every Generation Gets the Beach Villain It Deserves – NY Times
Americas:
- Spooky Theory on Ills of U.S. Diplomats in Cuba – NY Times
- John McCain’s Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet – New Yorker
- Why Milk Matters in U.S.-Canada Trade Feud – WSJ
- Why You Should Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make – NY Times
- Want to revive the political center? Fight corruption. – Washington Post
- Donald Trump threatens to terminate NAFTA if Congress stands up for Canada – Toronto Star
- Trump Wins a Round on NAFTA, and America Loses the Trade War – The Atlantic
- The Unconstrained Presidency – Foreign Affairs
- For Whom the Economy Grows – NY Times
- Boom! US economy logs best performance in nearly 4 years – CNBC
Europe:
- Brexit: Entering the final phase – RTE
- Britain’s Losing Trade Strategy – Project Syndicate
- The IMF abetted the European Union’s subversion of Greek democracy – Open Democracy
- Brexiteer Odey bets £500m AGAINST British businesses – Mail Online
- Champagne bubbles up as a Brexit issue – The Times
Asia:
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- Pentagon cancels aid to Pakistan over record on militants – Reuters
- India Pushes Back Against Tech ‘Colonization’ by Internet Giants – NY Times
- To Counter China, U.S. Looks to Invest Billions More Overseas – WSJ
- EU ends trade controls on Chinese solar panels – Reuters
- How Should We Remember Deng Xiaoping’s Legacy? – Caixin
Trans-Tasman:
- CSIRO pours Australia’s first eco-friendly gold bar produced without toxic cyanide – ABC
- Mortgage rates are going up as house prices are falling and that’s unusual … and a worry – ABC
- ‘Winning the lottery’: Australian ministers waved through dozens of visitor visas – The Guardian
- The texts, threats and lies that will haunt the Morrison government – The SMH
- The reason why Julie Bishop is not leader – and no, it’s not because of her gender – The SMH
- Australia will honour Paris climate agreement, Simon Birmingham says – The Guardian
- ‘Nanny state’: Bill Shorten pokes fun at Peter Dutton over au pair controversy – The Guardian
- Malcolm Turnbull’s son solicits donations for Labor candidate in Wentworth byelection – Canberra Times
- Alan Tudge backs a bigger Australia as he eyes the demon of population policy – The SMH
- Why doesn’t Victoria have a container deposit scheme? – The Age
- Remote housing feud descends to insults – Perth Now
- States expected to push ahead with mandatory reporting laws despite Catholic opposition – ABC
- Federal Government fast tracks $395m for key infrastructure projects in South Australia – ABC
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Migration by the numbers: what is up and what is down – Interest.co.nz
- Systems thinking, logic; and why GDP is past its use-by date – Interest.co.nz