Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Notes on Global Convergence – NY Times
- Human capital formation during the first Industrial Revolution – VOX
- Major WTO Showdown Looks Harder to Avoid as U.S., China, EU Spar – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin’s White Paper Gave Us Liberty – Coin Desk
- The stock market is overdue for a one-day 5% or 10% plunge – MarketWatch
- Retirement savings and shadow banking – VOX
- Progressives have nothing to learn from “nationalist” backlash politics – VOX
- The rise and fall of Ethereum – FT
- Fiscal multipliers are larger when foreigners hold debt – VOX
- Who’s Ahead in the Battery Race? – Bloomberg
- Elon Musk’s extreme micro-management has wasted time and money at Tesla, insiders say – CNBC
- Why the Developing World Started Gaining on the West Bloomberg
Americas:
- DOJ Says Russian Trolls Are Interfering Online With the Midterms – The Atlantic
- The City That Had Too Much Money – Bloomberg
- Will Tech Leave Detroit in the Dust? – WSJ
- What’s the Matter With Manhattan? – The Atlantic
- Alan Greenspan’s prescription for American decline – FT
- US bank earnings show the wealthy are gorging on credit – FT
- New ‘Opportunity Zone’ Tax-Break Rules Offer Flexibility to Developers – WSJ
- The American Economy Is Rigged – Scientific American
Europe:
- Merkel Seeks Full Facts on Khashoggi’s Death – Bloomberg
- Marchers call for ’people’s vote’ on Brexit – BBC
- Italy Cut to One Step Above Junk by Moody’s in Wake of Bond Rout – Bloomberg
- Moody’s downgrades Italy’s ratings to Baa3, stable outlook – Moody’s
- Theresa May told by the EU to ’take it or leave it’ as Brexit talks risk collapse – Business Insider
- The car industry’s prophecies of doom must not be allowed to prevent Brexit – Brexit Central
- U.S. Banks Make Hay of European Trading Rules – WSJ
Asia:
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- Japan’s Hometown Tax – kalzumeus.com
- Is Chinese capitalism in crisis, as stock market rout drives private companies into the state’s arms? – SCMP
- China’s weak currency is helping it in the trade war — but Beijing doesn’t want it to fall further – Washington Post
- UBS warns staff over China travel after banker held in Beijing – Channel News Asia
- China’s massive bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai set to open – ABC
- Fear in classroom as students report teachers who have ‘radical’ opinions – SCMP
- Beijing continues it’s reverse Midas touch, this time, on Hong Kong – Hong Kong
- Taiwan to hold independence rally, irking China – DW
- China strikes upbeat note on growth despite slowdown – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Canada has legalised cannabis. This is why Australia should follow suit – ABC
- Voting For An Independent In Wentworth Will Lead To Instability, Says Nation’s Fifth Prime Minister Since 2013 – The Shovel
- Malcolm Turnbull Laughs And Pours Himself Another Stiff Tall Glass Of Diet Coke – Betoota Advocate
- The Wentworth byelection isn’t just a loss for the Liberals. It’s a disaster – The Guardian
- Wentworth by-election: Now that the Liberals have lost, what’s the state of play in the House? – ABC
- Morrison Lacks Whatever it Takes – Canberra Times
- Australia withdraws from Saudi investment summit over Khashoggi death – Reuters
- World’s worst gamblers: Australia continues to grow destructive love affair with sports betting – ABC
- Those on the hunt for a scapegoat should start with Peter Dutton – The Age
- Shifting the Australian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a big, cynical mistake – The Conversation
- Should Australia be turning its rubbish into electricity? – The SMH
- My Health Record inquiry backs away from return to opt-in – IT News
- Australia’s encryption-busting bill also after PINs, passwords – IT News
- The Nationals say it’s almost time to re-Joyce – New Daily
- Australia Wrestles With Saving the Great Barrier Reef – Bloomberg
- Australian R&D investment drooping – Lab Online
- Making fixing child poverty an economic priority – Interest.co.nz
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