Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The High Financial Price of Our Short Attention Spans – WSJ
- Companies are on the hook if their hiring algorithms are biased – Quartz
- Goldman Sachs, advisor to the ultra-rich, plans to offer wealth management for the little guy – CNBC
- World Economic Forum Objects to Misuse of the ‘Davos’ Brand – WEF
- Banks’ Golden Deposits Are Heading Out the Door – WSJ
- 7 Reasons Why Goldman Believes Professional Investors Are Now Bailing On The Market – Zero Hedge
- Quants Now Trade Exotic Stuff. But Can They Handle Illiquidity? – Bloomberg
- How Blackstone Landed $20 Billion From Saudis for New Fund – Bloomberg
Americas:
- They Said Seattle’s Higher Base Pay Would Hurt Workers. Why Did They Flip? – NY Times
- Donald Trump’s strategy as midterms approach: lies and fear-mongering – Toronto Star
- Unemployment Looks Like 2000 Again. But Wage Growth Doesn’t. – NY Times
- President Trump calls Jamal Khashoggi’s death ’a plot gone awry’ – USA Today
- Trump and Republicans settle on fear — and falsehoods — as a midterm strategy – Washington Post
- Donald Trump embodies the spirit of our age – FT
- Tribalism Isn’t Our Democracy’s Core Problem. The GOP Is. – NY Mag
- The Mooch interprets what the White House was like through dance – NY Post
- What to Make of Trump’s Cryptic Tax Cut Statement – WSJ
- If You Win $1.6 Billion Mega Millions, Don’t Take the Cash – NY Mag
- Two in Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana – Gallup
- Who Will Teach Silicon Valley To Be Ethical? – NY Times
- U.S. Student Debt May Be a Crisis Now. Soon It Will Be a Catastrophe – Bloomberg
- Tax Reform and U.S. Effective Profit Taxes: From Low to – NY Fed
Europe:
- In Win for Trump, Merkel Changes Course on U.S. Gas Imports – WSJ
- Vote Again on Brexit – Bloomberg
- Italy tells EU it will stand firm on budget plan – FT
- Germany halts arms deals with Saudi Arabia, encourages allies to do the same – Washington Post
- Trump’s EU Trade Talks Quickly Become Contentious – Bloomberg
- UK peer-to-peer lender asks regulator for help – FT
Asia:
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- The Trade War’s Latest Casualties: China’s Coddled Cats and Dogs – NY Times
- The United States and China — The Avoidable War – ASI
- A Newspaper Banned In China Is Now One Of Trump’s Biggest Defenders – Buzz Feed
- China will soon require blockchain users to register with their government IDs – The Verge
- Kudlow accuses China of refusing to engage on trade – FT
- A Big Secret in Japan Debt Market Is Getting Harder to Keep – Bloomberg
- China’s slowing economic growth should not be a concern – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Sad, Dejected Scott Morrison Asks Pet Piece Of Coal Why Wentworth Voters Deserted Him – The Shovel
- Union rally floods Melbourne CBD as tens of thousands march for minimum wage increase – ABC
- Most voters believe Morrison has failed to transform Coalition – The Guardian
- Go to an early election; get smashed’: NSW Liberal’s advice to Morrison – The SMH
- No matter your age or gender – there is no escaping the underemployment boom – The Guardian
- Report recommends overhaul of My Health Record, but key changes not supported by Coalition – The Conversation
- A NSW Liberal MP’s call for a snap federal poll to save state seats is slammed as Sydney-centric – ABC
- Government under pressure to get kids off Nauru as Labor drops opposition to travel ban – ABC
- Of all the politicians, Julia Gillard was the only one survivors really wanted – The SMH
- Helping farmers in distress doesn’t help them be the best: the drought relief dilemma – The Guardian
- Australia backs hydrogen project to store renewable energy – Reuters
- Swarms of bees descend on Sydney, triggered by weather and a battle of the queens – ABC
- Solar sends day-time prices negative in coal-dominated Queensland – Renew Economy
- PM resists push for NZ refugee deal after Labor, crossbench offer ‘compromise’ – SBS
- Auckland’s new housing supply now almost keeping up with population growth – Interest.co.nz