Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Tesla has a self-driving strategy other companies abandoned years ago – Ars Technica
- Here’s how we can break up Big Tech – Medium
- The world has awoken to the deal we’ve made for our personal data, but it may be too late – Axios
- Bill Gross: ‘We were looking for every penny we could get’ – FT
- Worst start to year for equity flows since 2008: BAML – Reuters
- The Sharing Economy Was Always a Scam – Medium
- The Servant Economy – The Atlantic
- Central banks shift stance in face of ‘pervasive uncertainty’ – FT
- How the epic ’Lord of the Rings’ deal explains Amazon’s slow-burning media strategy – CNBC
- Central bank digital currency: Concepts and trends – VOX
Americas:
- Springing forward to daylight saving time is obsolete, confusing and unhealthy, critics say – Washington Post
- Amazon’s Tax Breaks and Incentives Were Big. Hudson Yards’ Are Bigger. – NY Times
- Fed Chief Says No Need to Change Interest Rates at Present – WSJ
- New Money Is Driving a Revival in Detroit. Can It Stick? – Barron’s
- Workers suddenly have more power to demand higher pay and better jobs – Washington Post
- Capitalism and the Democratic Party – NY Times
- America’s Most Profitable Export: Money – NY Times
- Elizabeth Warren vows to break up Amazon, Google and Facebook – FT
- Trump Seeks Huge Premium From Allies Hosting U.S. Troops – Bloomberg
- The Democrats’ Dilemma – Politico
Europe:
- United States citizens will need a visa to visit Europe starting in 2021 – CNN
- The more we learn about Brexit, the more crooked it looks – Washington Post
- Thousands face ruin as £236m firm folds – BBC
- Russian Trolls Shift Strategy to Disrupt U.S. Election in 2020 – Bloomberg
- Worried about Brexit? What, with these geniuses in charge? – The Guardian
- Brexit: Cox, Barnier and the blame game begins – RTE
- France, inequality, and the social elevator – VOX
- Brexiteer Lawson plans UK return after failing to achieve French residency – The New European
- Norway Gives $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Approval to Dump Some Oil Stocks – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Leaked memo reveals China’s detailed plans in Italy – Euractiv
- U.S.-China Trade Deal Isn’t Imminent So No Summit Date Set, Envoy Says – WSJ
- ‘Under Red Skies’ Review: Living the Chinese Dream – WSJ
- China’s economy might be nearly a seventh smaller than reported – The Economist
- ‘China Could Have Been a Very Different Country.’ A Search for Family Reveals a Lost Moment – WSJ
- Chinese Stocks Plunge and It All Started With a Single Downgrade – Bloomberg
- China’s February trade data come in much weaker than expected; exports fall more than 20% – CNBC
- China’s tech strategy all talk, no action and a waste of taxpayers’ money, says its former finance minister Lou Jiwei – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Is Tony Abbott’s time up? – The Age
- By stoking recession fears, Morrison highlights his own failure on economy – The Guardian
- Tony Abbott’s Unpaid Election Internships Referred To Fair Work Ombudsman – 10 Daily
- Adani accused of ‘deceptive conduct’ in campaign criticising state government – The Guardian
- Despite Scott Morrison’s claims, more asylum seekers have arrived under his government than under Labor. These people are becoming an underclass of cheap, exploited labour. – The Saturday Paper
- Worst ever immigration minister: Asylum seekers jet in under Dutton’s nose – The SMH
- Rates could be cut three times this year as worries grow over economy – Canberra Times
- Gun ownership in NSW surges past 1 million mark just in time for state election – ABC
- What the next government needs to do to tackle unfairness in school funding – Grattan Institute
- Coal ash has become one of Australia’s biggest avoidable waste problems – ABC
- ‘Cantering off a cliff’: Investor group warns on weak emissions goals – Canberra Times
- Coalition accused of pork-barrelling grants in marginal seats – Canberra Times
- ‘It’s about women’s health’: Inside Labor’s abortion plan – Canberra Times
- With the electoral clock ticking, what are the Coalition’s 2020 prospects? – Interest.co.nz
- Auckland’s property market appears to be easing from the top end – Interest.co.nz
- Labour market trends: What we know – Interest.co.nz