Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Is the Internet hollowing out the middle class? – Gerry McCovern
- IMF suggests effectively Banning Cash…. Cashing In: How to Make Negative Interest Rates Work – IMF Blog
- The Price of Universal Basic Income – James Allan
- Milton Friedman: What is Monetary Policy? – Infadium
- China,Ireland,India have sold over 94.4 Billions of US Debt in last 12 months. – Next Gen News
- Where Growth Is Concerned, Is Population Destiny? – Economist
- Does Bitcoin’s decentralization represent a better solution to the next financial crisis than central bank regulation? – Be in Crypto
- The Middle Class is being Disrupted by the One Percent – Medium
- Why Uber and Lyft drivers may be skewing low unemployment numbers – Business Insider
- Millennials Most Likely to Invest to Cryptocurrencies, Most Worried of a Stock Market Crash – Be in Crypto
Americas:
- Capitalism in crisis: U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system that made them rich – Washington Post
- Southern California paychecks soar with workers in short supply – OC Register
- Wage growth shaping up as key 2020 factor for Trump – The Hill
- Canada’s Brookfield looks to acquire Mytrah Energy – Live Mint
- The 20 Fastest Growing Jobs in America—And How Much They Pay – Fortune
- Dem says marijuana banking bill will get House vote this spring – The Hill
- The IMF Is Fueling an Argentine Crisis – Again – Project Syndicate
- Why the Shrinking Trade Deficit Signals Good Things About the U.S. Economy – Time
- Trump’s Nafta Revisions Offer Modest Economic Benefits, Report Finds – NY Times
- U.S. homebuilding near two-year low; permits extend decline – Reuters
Europe:
- Minister rules out new debt possibility to stimulate slowing German economy – Financial World
- Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population – The Guardian
- Ireland: Silicon Valley For Tax Evasion for Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and many More – Next Gen News
- Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky ‘wins presidency by landslide’ – BBC
- Austria draft law would require real names for internet comments – Engadget
Asia:
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- Central Asia’s largest off-the-grid solar project in Afghanistan – Infadium
- The easy decision for Indonesian farmers between palm oil and rice production – East Asia Forum
- Jokowi back to the job of dealing with financial market realities – East Asia Forum
- Chinese refineries can’t get enough copper concentrate – Mining
- Who’s Really Buying Property in San Francisco? – The Atlantic
- Japan’s inflation edges higher but its central bank is still in a bind – We Trade
- Some Better-Than-Expected China Data Can’t Save the World Economy – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia house prices falling at fastest rate since 2008 financial crisis – Next Gen News
- Environment emerges as key issue for Aussie voters – Straits Times
- Labor promises to scrap $444 million grant to reef fund – The Courier
- Coalition candidate Gerard Rennick floats 12 per cent company tax rate, suggests early education a conspiracy – ABC
- Growing calls for a water royal commission – SBS
- Most back Newstart rise over tax cut: poll – Canberra Times
- Newstart increase: big majority of voters across parties back rise, poll finds – The Guardian
- Stuck on Newstart: ‘I don’t understand why more people aren’t angry’ – The Guardian
- Is Australia’s once bountiful supply of dairy products about to turn sour? – ABC
- How Malcolm Turnbull’s Easter tweets help Bill Shorten’s cause and Labor’s campaign – ABC
- Inside Australia’s deepest gold mine — how deep can history go at Gwalia? – ABC
- Water and drought continue to hurt NSW regional communities — and they’ve had enough – ABC
- Don’t let sneaky graphs fool you: minimum wages do not cost jobs – Michael West