Global Macro/Markets
- Howard Marks: The Wisdom of a Value Superinvestor – moiglobal.com
- Yes, There Are Individual Economists Worth Paying Respect to. But Is Economics Worth Paying Respect to? – Brad DeLong (in a word, no)
- US coal output forecast to fall despite Trump revival efforts Financial Times
Americas
- Unemployment is low only because ’involuntary’ part-time work is high – Business Insider
- Trump Skeptical He Would Accept Any Congressional Border Deal – Wall Street Journal
- Washington is under a state of emergency as measles cases rise – CNN (bloody anti-vaxxers….FFS)
- Trump ordered 15,000 new border and immigration officers – LA Times
- Democrats should be proposing a VAT, not a wealth tax, says AEI’s Pethokoukis – CNBC
- Trump advisers lied over and over again, Mueller says. The question is, why? – Washington Post
- Bank of England blocks Maduro’s $1.2B gold withdrawal – CNN
- Nearly 24,000 ordered to evacuate after Brazil dam burst, 250 missing – Reuters
Europe/Middle East
- Theresa May privately told Cabinet ministers she will ’rule out No Deal’ – The Sun
- Britons don’t grasp the EU’s essential motivation – The Guardian
- Britain has martial law option under Brexit no-deal, but no plan to exercise it – secretary – Reuters
- U.S. and Taliban Edge Toward Deal to End America’s Longest War – New York Times
- She Wanted to Drive, So Saudi Arabia’s Ruler Imprisoned and Tortured Her – New York Times
- Gucci Owner Owes $1.6 Billion Taxes, Italy Audit Finds – Bloomberg
Asia/Sub-continent
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- Manufacturers Take a Sales Hit in China – Wall Street Journal
- Trade Talks Spotlight Role of China’s State-Owned Firms – Wall Street Journal
- America Pushes Allies to Fight Huawei in New Arms Race With China – New York Times
- Malaysia stripped of hosting world championship after refusing Israeli Paralympic athletes – Haaretz
Australia/New Zealand
- Menindee fish kill: another mass death on Darling River ‘worse than last time’ Locals report thousands of ‘fish all around me just gasping for breath’ after third mass death in a matter of weeks – The Guardian
- Australian woman jailed for biting off husband’s tongue in Iceland claims self-defence – 9news
- Zali Steggall faces an uphill battle to unseat former prime minister Tony Abbott in Warringah – ABC
- Federal Liberal Minister plays down prospect of exodus ahead of federal election – ABC
- Litigation funder sets up in Australia to profit from banking royal commission – ABC
- Monster report to move markets – The Australian (only decent article I could find, The Oz has morphed into Fox News down under)
…and something interesting
- Another Side of #MeToo: Male Managers Fearful of Mentoring Women – New York Times
- People Strongly Against GMOs Had Shakier Understanding Of Food Science, Study Finds – NPR
- The fall of Facebook has only begun. – Medium
- Free Markets Don’t Create Free People: Bitcoin’s Tech Success Masks Its Failure – coindesk