Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- SEC Sues Elon Musk For Fraud, Seeks Removal from Tesla – WSJ
- SEC charges Tesla, Elon Musk with fraud – CNBC
- Crypto and Cannabis Are the Perfect Post-Crisis Bubbles – Bloomberg
- Crypto’s Open Secret: Its Multibillion-Dollar Volume Is Suspect – Bloomberg
- CEO’s Plan to Save Sears Would Hand His Hedge Fund $1 Billion – Bloomberg
- Watchdogs Can’t Handle Wall Street’s Riskiest Loans – Bloomberg
- Crypto Meets Wall Street as Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain Files for IPO – WSJ
- Views of trade in the U.S., EU and Japan – Pew Global
Americas:
- ‘This guy doesn’t know anything’: the inside story of Trump’s shambolic transition team – The Guardian
- GOP governors call for delaying Kavanaugh vote – Politico
- Why Brett Kavanaugh’s Hearings Convinced Me That He’s Guilty – NY Mag
- Be Outraged by America’s Role in Yemen’s Misery – NY Times
- Silent no more, Senate’s angry Republican men roar to Kavanaugh’s defense – Washington Post
- One reliable way to raise wages is to … you know … raise wages – Washington Post
- Donald Trump’s foreign policy is putting the dollar at risk – Quartz
- Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Attack, Report Finds – WSJ
- Tariffs Start to Drag on U.S. Economy as Trade Deficit Widens – Bloomberg
- Trade Outlook Haunted By Specter Of National Security Tariffs – Forbes
- How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis – Collectors Weekly
- The Metal That Started Trump’s Trade War – Bloomberg
Europe:
- What can we learn from the Bank of England? – EconLog
- Goldman Sachs opens rival to UK high-street banks – FT
- The ‘Britain Alone’ scenario: how Economists for Brexit defy the laws of gravity – LSE
- What would a no-deal Brexit mean? Both experts and voters could be in for a shock – The Telegraph
- Italy’s government makes last-minute push on spending – FT
- In Britain, Even Children Are Feeling the Effects of Austerity – NY Times
Asia:
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- The Architect of China’s Muslim Camps Is a Rising Star Under Xi – Bloomberg
- Congress Challenges Google on China. Google Falls Short – Wired
- China’s Quest to Unlock Blockchain’s Treasure Chest – Medium
- China Unveils World’s Tallest Statue of Confucius – Next Shark
- China will be the World’s biggest economy by 2030 – Panda Radio
- Caught in the middle: Chinese-Americans feel heat as tensions flare – SCMP
- The Indo-Pacific is big enough for both China and India – East Asia Forum
Trans-Tasman:
- ABC board members appointed by Fifield despite being rejected by merit-based panel – The Guardian
- This is about more than the ABC – The SMH
- Liberals softening the ground for ABC sale – 9News
- ABC board members cling to their positions amid fallout from political interference affair – The Age
- Banking royal commission: The financial sector’s descent to the fourth circle of hell – ABC
- Tanya Plibersek just sent the Prime Minister a letter to ask what the hell Is happening with the tampon tax – BuzzFeed
- Blow to Cadbury workforce as humans lose out to robots in pursuit of ‘significant efficiencies’ – ABC
- Free speech for some: when conservative hypocrisy meets student activism – The Guardian
- Coalition back in the race, insists Dutton – 9News
- Richard Di Natale has said that Bill Shorten will be the next prime minister and warned the Greens will use their mandate to pressure Labor “to be as ambitious as it possibly can be” on emissions reduction – The Guardian
- New encryption law to force citizens to hand over computer passwords and mobile pins – or face $60,000 or five years in prison – Daily Mail
- Banks fall short of honesty: Treasurer – SBS
- Future submarine project deadlocked as French shipbuilder digs in on $50 billion contract – ABC
- Tesla big battery defies skeptics, sends industry bananas over performance – RenewEconomy
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Number of new homes consented in Auckland hits record high – Interest.co.nz
- ‘We are all in this together’ – PM Ardern’s message to the UN – Interest.co.nz