Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Man stole $122m from Facebook and Google by sending them random bills, which the companies dutifully paid – sniply
- The Credit-Card Kingmaker – WSJ
- With the iPhone Sputtering, Apple Bets Its Future on TV and News – WSJ
- How Often Is It a Stock-Picker’s Market? – A Wealth of Common Sense
- Do Stocks Outperform Treasury Bills? – SSRN
- Bond Market Flashes Recession Warning Before Round of Auctions – Bloomberg
- The Debt Crisis Is Coming Soon – WSJ
Americas:
- A Cloud Over Trump’s Presidency Is Lifted – NY Times
- No Collusion. No Exoneration. – Bullwark
- Swift Pushback on Stephen Moore, Trump’s Latest Pick for the Fed – Bloomberg
- Fed Needs to Get With The Program – U of Oregon
- The Remarkable Renaissance in US Fossil Fuel Production – Conversable Economist
- Fueled by Strong Economy, U.S. Labor Force Defies Projected Declines – WSJ
- Stanford’s new AI institute is inadvertently showcasing one of tech’s biggest problems – Quartz
- Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance. ‘There’s No Precedent in American History.’ – NY Times
Europe:
- It’s official: Russiagate is this generation’s WMD – Substack
- Russian air force planes land in Venezuela carrying troops: report – Reuters
- Tory Islamophobia row: 15 suspended councillors quietly reinstated – The Guardian
- Brexit: Ministers tipped to replace Theresa May rally round PM – BBC
- Britain Is Drowning Itself in Nostalgia – NY Times
- Cabinet coup to ditch Theresa May for emergency PM – The Times
- Capitalism Saved Sweden – AIER
- Britain’s wartime generation are almost as pro-EU as millennials – LSE
- Brexit: the week when it all fell apart – The Times
- The Brexit farce is about to turn to tragedy – FT
Asia:
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- China Has a Lot of Financial Opening Up to Do, Says Central Bank – Bloomberg
- Huawei ramps up foreign university investment despite US pressure – FT
- Trump’s ’economic illiteracy’ caused the US-China trade war, says professor – CNBC
- European foreign policy: a new realism on China – FT
- Japan braces for financial disruption when Akihito abdicates – FT
- China’s bids to improve food safety and welfare for its people are just empty words – SCMP
- Chinese Education Startup Puts Western Teachers on Notice – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- All Medicare rebates would go up in line with inflation from the middle of this year if federal Labor wins the next election – SBS
- Australian energy giant AGL ‘gouged’ customers after Hazelwood closure, new research shows – ABC
- ‘Out of line’: top Australian companies accused of undermining Paris deal – The Guardian
- New ABC chairman Ita Buttrose has history calling out ‘problems’ with multiculturalism – The Age
- China and US are the biggest investors in Australian water entitlement – ABC
- Why we have a booming budget and a sluggish economy – ABC
- Inner City Leftie Shocked Entire Population Don’t Hold Same Views As His 300 Facebook Friends – Betoota Advocate
- Number of Brits moving to Australia plummets amid Brexit uncertainty and a weakening pound – The Telegraph
- NSW Water Minister bows out following ‘threats’ and ‘aggression’ – ABC
- Where to find a home for under $400k in Australia’s capital cities – 9News
- Robo-debts scheme takes hard line: ‘We charge compound interest daily’ – The Age
- Frydenberg should call a no-holds-barred inquiry into superannuation now, because Labor won’t – The Conversation
- Royal Commission into terrorist attacks to be launched – Interest.co.nz