Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Kraft Heinz Was a Classic Bet for Warren Buffett. Then It Soured. – WSJ
- Warren Buffett annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter – Berkshire Hathaway
- What’s the Point of Modern Monetary Theory? = People’s Policy Project
- If Central Banks Are the Only Game in Town, We’ve Lost – Bloomberg
- Don’t Fight the Robots. Tax Them. – NY Times
- Stressed Outflows and the Supply of Central Bank Reserves – NY Fed
- The Dollar Is Still King. How (in the World) Did That Happen? – NY Times
- Bernanke Killed The World Economy, New Academic Study Confirms – Zero Hedge
Americas:
- How America Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Deficits and Debt – NY Times
- Workism Is Making Americans Miserable – The Atlantic
- Fed Embarks on a Rethink of Its Inflation Target – WSJ
- The $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Just Improve Lives. It Saves Them. – NY Times
- ’Moment of reckoning’: US cities burn recyclables after China bans imports – The Guardian
- Despite Tight Job Market, Labor Force’s Income Is Squeezed – WSJ
- Venezuela’s elite restaurants thrive as food shortages worsen – FT
Europe:
- Brexit could be delayed until 2021, EU sources reveal – The Guardian
- An Italian Expose Documents Moscow Money Allegedly Funding Italy’s Far-Right Salvini – Daily Beast
- Brexit must not be frustrated, May vows – BBC
- Brexit could be delayed until 2021, EU sources reveal – The Guardian
- Germany fails to deport nearly every second asylum seeker – Reuters
- YouGov poll: Brexit regret is at its highest ever – Business Insider
Asia:
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- China’s Entrepreneurs Are Wary of Its Future – NY Times
- Trump Vents Frustration With Trade Czar as China Talks Continue – Bloomberg
- The $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Just Improve Lives. It Saves Them. – Bloomberg
- How one building reflects the Chinese economy’s struggle with itself – The Economist
- China Deleveraging Is Dead as $34 Trillion Debt Habit Roars Back – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Labor calls in auditor over sports grant presented by Liberal candidate Georgina Downer – The SMH
- China’s policy on Australian coal is ‘as dark and impenetrable as night’ and that’s how it wants it – ABC
- We can no longer rely on coal for our future prosperity. We must plan for life without it – The Guardian
- Morrison ignored boat security advice – The Saturday Paper
- The end of uncertainty? How the 2019 federal election might bring stability at last to Australian politics – The Conversation
- Scott Morrison pledges $2 billion, 10-year boost to Direct Action fund in election climate pitch – Canberra Times
- Better economic managers? You gotta be shitting me – The AIMN
- Sixty per cent of voters support medevac bill, GetUp poll finds – The Guardian
- Australia is the biggest exporter of liquid natural gas so why is Victoria facing a future shortage? – ABC
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison poised to campaign in Labor-held Cowan – The West
- PM lashes ALP’s strategic ship fleet plan – SBS
- Labor won’t prejudge Adani as it could harm future decisions, Tony Burke says – The Guardian
- Australia’s offshore contracts: how millions were spent for dubious outcomes – The Guardian
- Dealing with NZ’s population and immigration in the 21st century – Interest.co.nz
- Cullen’s CGT: Not to be taken seriously – Interest.co.nz
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