Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Problem for Small-Town Banks: People Want High-Tech Services – WSJ
- How Jeff Bezos Went to Hollywood and Lost Control – NY Times
- Crazy Elon vs. the SEC, Round Two – WSJ
- The Fed Faces a New World – Barron’s
- Quantitative easing was the father of millennial socialism – FT
- MMT for Dummies – Credit Writedowns
- Paul Krugman Asked Me About Modern Monetary Theory. Here Are 4 Answers. – Bloomberg
- The Case for Green Realism – Project Syndicate
- Climate Change Is Here—and It Looks Like Starvation – The Nation
Americas:
- Trump Says Dollar Too Strong, Swipes at Fed for Raising Rates – Bloomberg
- Who Pays for Silicon Valley’s Hidden Costs? – NY Mag
- The ’heartbreaking‘ decrease in black homeownership – Washington Post
- Trump campaign pushes government intervention on 5G – Politico
- Centrist Democrats push back against party’s liberal surge – Washington Post
- Trump and GOP promised economic growth much better than Obama’s. That’s not what happened – CNBC
- The Fall of ‘America’s Money Answers Man’ – NY Times
- House Democrats prepare case to request Trump tax returns – NBC
Europe:
- Ivan Rogers on Brexit: “What Surprises Me Is the Extent of the Mess” – Der Spiegel
- When Britain chose Europe – FT
- Theresa May’s Team Fears She Will Lose The Second “Meaningful Vote” And Is Now Plotting A Third Attempt – BuzzFeed
- Deficit Conquered, Germany Is Finally Boosting Public Spending – Bloomberg
- Tory Eurosceptics offer devil’s bargain to Theresa May – FT
- The Tories’ response to raging Islamophobia? Turn a blind eye – The Guardian
Asia:
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- The US-China trade war was supposed to save American industry, but it is forcing companies to look overseas – SCMP
- China drove fintech funding globally in 2018 despite rising tensions with US, report says – SCMP
- Even Before Trump and Kim Met, Nuclear Talks Had Run Aground – WSJ
- U.S. to end large-scale military drills with South Korea – NBC
- China Syndrome redux: New results on global labour reallocation – VOX
- China is blocking joint World Bank report that calls for state-owned enterprise reform – Washington Post
- China bans 23m from buying travel tickets as part of ’social credit’ system – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Revelations that more than 2000 people died after receiving a Centrelink robo-debt notice highlight the failings of an already flawed system that continues to target the vulnerable. – Saturday Paper
- Julie Bishop: I was Liberals’ best bet to beat Bill Shorten in Federal election – The West
- A foreign company is ploughing ahead with plans to drill the Great Australian Bight – New Daily
- Coalition doubles all government debt since Federation in just under six years – Michael West
- Scott Morrison insists he’s not distracted by ministerial exodus as Christopher Pyne bows out of politics – ABC
- Another reason some MPS might be calling it quits before the election – News.com.au
- Liberals confronting their toughest battle yet in WA – WA Today
- Households’ living standards are still falling as GDP per capita heads for a recession – ABC
- GST fix set to punch hole in federal budget – Canberra Times
- What will a wellbeing budget mean for New Zealanders? – Interest.co.nz
- Taxes on wages & salaries spurt higher – Interest.co.nz