Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- New study finds that getting rid of debt doesn’t just unburden finances, it takes a weight off the mind that clears up cognitive functioning – MarketWatch
- Progressive Capitalism Is Not an Oxymoron – NY Times
- Trump is leading a global attack against central banks. It could end in disaster. – Washington Post
Americas:
- Elizabeth Warren wants to use her wealth tax to wipe out Americans’ college debt and pay for tuition – CNBC
- American millennials think they will be rich – The Economist
- Elizabeth Warren’s student loan forgiveness plan: Could it super-charge the economy? – CBS News
- Medical marijuana industry was worth an estimated US$7.2 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 17% – Ponderwall
- Warren proposes $640 billion student debt cancellation – Politico
- Millennials will be crushed under debt: Non-housing debt now reaches $4+ trillion in the United States. – My Budget
- Trump’s Washing Machine Tariffs Stung Consumers While Lifting Corporate Profits – NY Times
- U.S. existing-home sales drop for fourth time in five months – Bloomberg
- Capitalism in crisis: U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system that made them rich – Washington Post
- GenX are a Retirement Time Bomb for the American Economy – Medium
- Trump sues to block subpoena for financial information – Reuters
- The One Chart that Saved the American Household – Crush the Street
Europe:
- Barclays to cut investment bankers’ bonuses – Financial Times
- Italy’s ‘perma-recession’ could trigger a €2 trillion financial crisis that threatens the eurozone itself – Business Insider
- Third of English residents think Scottish bank notes are fake – Sky
- Britons without a bank account ‘pay a £485 poverty premium’ – The Guardian
- France calls for EU to pool resources to protect ‘European heritage’ – Politico
- The French Ambassador Is Retiring Today. Here’s What He Really Thinks About Washington. – The Atlantic
- Europe’s love affair with electric cars drives NSW copper-mine quest – ABC
Asia:
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- Expert Claims Chinese Currency will go Crypto – Market Updates
- The Great Financial Crisis Ten Years On: Past Role and Current Risks from China – Hidden Forces
- Australia’s Huawei ban raises difficult questions for the WTO – East Asia Forum
- The easy decision for Indonesian farmers between palm oil and rice production – East Asia Forum
- Central Asia’s largest off-the-grid solar project in Afghanistan. – Infadium
- Jokowi back to the job of dealing with financial market realities – East Asia Forum
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Not my job’: Barnaby Joyce angrily rejects criticism over controversial water buyback – Canberra Times
- Barnaby Joyce requested updates on $80m sale of water by Eastern Australia Agriculture – The Guardian
- Helloworld chief made $200,000 donation to Liberal Party during government tender – The SMH
- LNP Senate candidate accuses weather bureau of fudging data to suit ‘global warming agenda’ – ABC
- AWU raids inquiry cost taxpayers $1.2 million – Canberra Times
- Water controversy prompts tax haven focus – Canberra Times
- Living on the disability pension: ‘It’s like the slow dimming of the light’ – The Guardian
- The budget’s dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you’re not meant to know about – The Conversation
- Former Greens leader Bob Brown describes Murdoch media headlines as ‘a disgrace to journalism’ – The Guardian
- Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture – The Conversation
- Shorten vows to fast-track wage growth – Canberra Times
- Labor demands answers on $80 million Murray-Darling Basin water buyback deal – ABC
- The end of the affair: why Australians are falling out of love with cars – The Guardian
- Auckland is on the cusp of being affordable for first home buyers – Interest.co.nz
- Non-banks see mortgage opportunity through RBNZ capital proposals – Interest.co.nz
- Time for outside scrutiny of RBNZ bank capital proposals – Interest.co.nz