Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public – WSJ
- The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it’s the only story that matters. – Washington Post
- Economic Growth – Our World in Data
- Why the falling cost of light matters – BBC
- The Next Financial Crisis Is Staring Us in the Face – Bloomberg
- The New Atlanta Billionaires Behind An Unlikely Tech Unicorn – Forbes
- The Price of Financial Advice Is, Finally, Falling – WSJ
- Planet has only until 2030 to stem catastrophic climate change, experts warn – CNN
- Bonds in $916 Billion Wipeout Spark Fear of Worst Run Since 1976 – Bloomberg
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty – The Atlantic
- Hedge Funds Retreat as Markets Advance – WSJ
- IMF Cuts Forecast for Global Growth as Trade War Takes Its Toll – Bloomberg
- Extremes in Bond Market Sentiment – Top Down Charts
- Will New Technologies Help or Harm Developing Countries? – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- Life on the Dirtiest Block in San Francisco – NY Times
- The press helped build Donald Trump’s lie; now it has to reckon with that – Media Matters for America
- The dark side of American conservatism has taken over – Washington Post
- Survey of battleground House districts shows Democrats with narrow edge – Washington Post
- I discovered the rest of America on my summer holiday – FT
- After selling off his father’s properties, Trump embraced unorthodox strategies to expand his empire – Washington Post
- As Storms Keep Coming, FEMA Spends Billions in ‘Cycle’ of Damage and Repair – NY Times
- Trump’s tariffs have already cost Ford $1B; now it’s planning layoffs – NBC
- The Looting of America’s Coffers – NY Times
- NAFTA 2.0: The Best Trade Agreement Ever Negotiated (Except for All of the Others) – Cato Institute
- Puerto Rico Needs a Better Debt Deal – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Feds freeze Russian oligarch’s assets, Upper East Side mansion – NY Post
- ECB warns banks to curtail booking trades and loans in UK after Brexit – FT
- A second Brexit poll is a bigger risk than leaving – FT
- Trust in Vladimir Putin declines steeply among Russians, poll shows – The Guardian
- UBS goes on trial in France over alleged tax fraud – Reuters
- Fifth Bond Sale Pulled as Cracks Grow in Europe’s Primary Market – Bloomberg
- Cutting the corruption tax: A way out for Greece – VOX
Asia:
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- The U.S.-China Trade Battle Spawns a New Era of Tariff Dodges – WSJ
- Angry Mobs Show All’s Not Well in China’s Toppy Property Market – Bloomberg
- Pakistan to begin bailout talks with IMF – FT
- Investors Flee China Stocks as Foreigners Dump $1.4 Billion – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Media Watch: Australian government is habitually releasing its climate emissions data at 4:00 on Friday afternoons – ABC
- Climate change: Environment Minister rejects top scientists’ advice on phasing out coal, after UN’s warning – ABC
- Tesla’s Battery In South Australia Breaks Stranglehold Of Natural Gas Industry – Clean Technica
- Australian government backs coal in defiance of IPCC climate warning – The Guardian
- NSW Government bowed to racing lobby and granted exemptions from new gambling laws, documents reveal – ABC
- Australia won’t give money to Green Climate Fund, says PM – Climate Change News
- Morrison vows no money for climate conferences and “all that nonsense” – Renew Economy
- ‘Father of Medicare’ John Deeble dead at 87 – The SMH
- Delaying benefit payments is saving the government millions – The Age
- Demand for detail as Coalition repeats call for regional migration – The SMH
- Pilbara wind and solar plans jump to 11GW as Macquarie provides capital – Renew Economy
- Following the money: where China’s $40bn investment in Australia is going – The Guardian
- NBN Co warns users about rising congestion – IT News
- Gladys versus Alan Jones and Australia’s most sackable chairman – Michael West
- Catholic Church’s $161m tower evidence of ‘vast wealth’ – New Daily
- Stagflation anyone? – Interest.co.nz
- What is Jacinda Ardern’s big idea? – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- 2018 Nobel in Economics Is Awarded to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer – NY Times
- Why Paul Romer won the Nobel Prize in economics – Marginal Revolution