Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Uber’s secret weapon is its team of economists – Quartz
- Bitcoin must die – Slugger
- Dr. Doom Ignites A Bitcoin Firestorm – Forbes
- Oil could hit $200 ’or even double that figure’: Saudi threatens to retaliate against any sanctions over Khashoggi disappearance – Financial Post
- U.S. Stocks Have Been an Anomaly in Global Markets. Not Anymore. – WSJ
- Hedge Fund Bets on Beaten-Up New York Taxi Business – WSJ
- Why education reduces crime – VOX
- Big Oil Should Be Worried About Amazon’s Battery Play – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Bridgewater warns Fed could turn ‘hot’ economy to ‘mediocre’ – FT
- Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in 2016 – Bloomberg
- Tariffs Hit Those Trump Wants to Help: U.S. Factories – WSJ
- Elizabeth Warren builds expansive Democratic campaign effort ahead of likely 2020 bid – Washington Post
- Trump’s Stimulus Trumps his Trade Policy – Council On Foreign Relations
- Little Rock’s dangerous and illegal drug war – Washington Post
- Among the Ruins of Mexico Beach Stands One House, Built ‘for the Big One’ – NY Times
- Sears: Will It Shrink, or Close? – WSJ
- The New American Dream Home Is One You Never Have to Leave – NY Times
- What is a $15 wage really worth? Depends where you live – Pew Research Centre
- Thousands line up for zero-down-payment, subprime mortgages – CNBC
Europe:
- Negotiators reach Brexit divorce deal – Politico
- Brexit talks reach stand-off as May brands draft deal a ‘non-starter’ – Financial Times
- Brexit panic has started on the Continent. Now we must drive a hard bargain – The Times
- Britain faces nursing shortfall as EU recruits stay away – FT
- Prime London housing market hit by Brexit – FT
- Putin suffers Crimea blowback with Orthodox Church schism – FT
- EU leaders line up ’no-deal’ emergency Brexit summit for November – The Guardian
- Why Italy Could Be the Epicenter of the Next Financial Crisis – NY Times
- Mass German rally against far right – BBC
- Brexit: emails show DUP readying for no deal as Davis urges mutiny – The Guardian
Asia:
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- China’s removal of Meng Hongwei completes reshaping of public security ministry – SCMP
- China Weighing Up Range of Risks in Currency Policy, PBOC Says – Bloomberg
- In China, a Dot-Com Déjà-Vu – WSJ
- Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China – New Yorker
- How a $500 Billion Cash Injection Is Transforming Chinese Cities – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Goldman Sachs has a $6 million investment in Australia’s largest infrastructure company Transurban. Goldman is also advising the NSW government on the sale of WestConnex. It is a conflict of interest – Michael West
- Gay conversion therapy is happening in secret in Australia, report finds – ABC
- Barnaby Joyce is ‘set to call a leadership spill’ – Daily Mail
- Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce is backing a coal-led energy policy over the Snowy Hydro 2.0 – SBS
- Almost 6,000 doctors sign letter to PM demanding children be taken off Nauru – The Guardian
- Local film and TV content makes up just 1.6% of Netflix’s Australian catalogue – The Conversation
- Tony Abbott says Turnbull ‘owes it’ to Liberals to endorse Wentworth candidate – The Guardian
- Fairfax-Ipsos poll: So what was the point of the Liberal leadership implosion? – The SMH
- If you think the traffic is getting worse near you, here’s the proof – ABC
- More stench of corruption in the air with Stuart Robert and his mates, Sunland – Independent Australia
- Significant harm’: Telcos slam lack of detail in anti-encryption bill – The Age
- ‘Australia is in trouble’: The plan to fix Australia’s tax system – Business Insider
- Long Lunch: Big Pharma payments to doctors – Michael West
- FoodBank says 3.6m Aussies couldn’t afford food last year – ABC
- Made in Australia: Why the weaker dollar and Donald Trump’s trade war are good for local manufacturers – ABC
- Australia’s climate idiocracy must end – and there’s no time to waste – Greg Jericho
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Rents rising around the country but declined in Auckland over winter – Interest.co.nz