Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bezos Selfie Controversy Triggers Alarm For Billionaires Worldwide – Bloomberg
- Wealth concentration returning to ‘levels last seen during the Roaring Twenties,’ according to new research – Washington Post
- Tesla Is Cranking Out Model 3s—Now It Has to Service Them – WSJ
- Plummeting insect numbers ’threaten collapse of nature’ – The Guardian
- The invention of inflation-indexed bonds in early America – Yale
- A bold new plan to tackle climate change ignores economic orthodoxy – The Economist
- When Amazon Went From Big to Unbelievably Big – The Atlantic
- Once flat and wide, Western skylines are now rising tall and sleek – Washington Post
- The truth about big oil and climate change – The Economist
Americas:
- Border talks at impasse as shutdown looms Friday, officials say – Washington Post
- For Democrats Aiming Taxes at the Superrich, ‘the Moment Belongs to the Bold’ – NY Times
- Billionaires flooded Republicans’ coffers just before the tax cuts passed – Mother Jones
- Tax code changes leave Americans asking, ‘What happened to my refund?’ – NBC
- How Millennials Could Restore American Prosperity – Barron’s
- Venezuela shifts oil ventures’ accounts to Russian bank… – Reuters
Europe:
- May to ask MPs for more time on Brexit – BBC
- Back May’s deal, then hold people’s vote: plan to end Brexit deadlock – The Guardian
- Paris seeks $14 million from Airbnb for illegal adverts – Reuters
- Car credit is driving wealthy UK towns into debt – FT
- Brexit-hit Spanish nurses deepen NHS staffing crisis – FT
- The Euro Crisis in the Mirror of the EMS: How Tying Odysseus to the Mast Avoided the Sirens but Led Him to Charybdis – Fed Reserve
- Labour’s no-deal Brexit ambush – The Times
Asia:
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- Cryptocurrency Was Their Way Out of South Korea’s Lowest Rungs. They’re Still Trying. – NY Times
- How official Chinese propaganda is adapting to the social media age as disaffection spreads among millennials – SCMP
- Turkey condemns China’s ‘torture and political brainwashing’ in Xinjiang – CNN
- China has no use for democracy. It needs a strong leader like Xi Jinping right now – SCMP
- Hong Kong tops ‘economic freedom’ chart despite political pressure from Beijing – CNBC
- China faces barrage of criticism over jailing of human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang – SCMP
- Thai universities tap into rising Chinese demand – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- The government has backed away from two explicit commitments to establish a register to help stamp out multi-national tax avoidance – The Guardian
- Why the AWU wants to question Michaelia Cash in court over union raids – ABC
- ACT Greens to move to allow hydroponic cannabis in Canberra – Canberra Times
- Tony Jones confirms he will leave ABC – TV Tonight
- Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what’s ‘retiree tax’? – The Conversation
- Antony Green on why crucial rural NSW election battles have forced him to abandon his Lower House calculator – ABC
- Scott Morrison ally helps French lock in submarine ‘contract of the century’ with Australia – ABC
- Christopher Pyne delivers damning verdict on the state of Australian politics – Canberra Times
- Coal miners derided climate action ‘sideshow’. Now it’s the main event – The SMH
- Negative gearing changes will affect us all, mostly for the better – The SMH
- ‘Biggest shake-up in building laws in our state’s history’ follows Opal Tower debacle – The SMH
- Scott Morrison ramps up border protection rhetoric with attack on Labor – The Guardian
- Revealed: 17 Australian residents believed detained in China’s Uighur crackdown – The Guardian
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You will never have ‘enough’ money – Interest.co.nz