Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Shadow banking is now a $52 trillion industry, posing a big risk to the financial system – CNBC
- World Bank President David Malpass says there is too much debt in the world – CNBC
- Derivatives still pose threat to the financial system – Live Mint
- Income Is Determined by the Scarcity of Your Contribution, Not the Value of Human Worth – fee
- Nearly half of young millennials get thousands in secret support from their parents – CNBC
- The Decade of Deleveraging Didn’t Quite Turn Out That Way – Bloomberg
- Signs of a global economic recovery in the second half are emerging – CNBC
- Millennials being squeezed out of middle class, says OECD – The Guardian
- Gen Z Is Likely to Temper Aging Socialist Millennials – Bloomberg
- Corporate tax secrecy is hurting everyone – even investment funds want to see more transparency – SCMP
- Five Charts Show Platinum Markets Coming to Life – Bloomberg
- What’s Missing From the U.S.-China Trade Deal – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Big companies are raising wages as competition heats up – MarketPlace
- Four Senate Republicans signal opposition to Trump’s plan to put Herman Cain on Federal Reserve Board – Washington Post
- Herman Cain’s Fed board bid in jeopardy, as GOP senators signal dissent – FoxBusiness
- How to say the ‘R-word’: bank executives grapple with recession talk – Reuters
- Elizabeth Warren Has a Novel Idea: Tax Corporations on the Profits They Claim Publicly – The Intercept
- ‘Retail apocalypse’ now: Analysts say 75,000 more U.S. stores could be doomed – Washington Post
- Fed officials are leaving the door open for more rate hikes if the economy improves, minutes say – CNBC
- Keep the Federal Reserve I Love Alive – NY Times
- U.S. Democrats seek up to $2 trillion to invest in aging infrastructure – Reuters
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Europe:
- EU27 is now free to hold summits without the UK – Euractiv
- Why you’re more likely to die of cancer in Europe than America – Politico
- EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is ‘Terrorist Content’ – Tech Dirt
- AI systems should be accountable, explainable, and unbiased, says EU – The Verge
- Russia passes bill to allow internet to be cut off from foreign servers – The Guardian
- Germany welcomes back priceless books lost in second world war – The Guardian
Asia:
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- China is best placed to tackle rural poverty globally, and the West isn’t happy about it – SCMP
- Huawei helps pull Taiwan’s tech sector out of iPhone slump – Nikkei
- Bank of Japan morphs into a hedge fund – Asia Times
- HSBC predicts China’s 2019 GDP will soar past others’ estimates – CNBC
- EU and China sign a Mandate of Trade Heaven – Asia Times
- China consumer inflation surge seen as unlikely to shift PBOC – The Star
- China’s exports recover in March, but imports crash again as trade war deal nears – SCMP
- China’s state pension fund to run dry by 2035 as workforce shrinks due to effects of one-child policy, says study – SCMP
- Asia’s export-driven growth model is on its last legs. What comes next? – SCMP
- Trade war hits Singapore harder as growth slows to 10-year low – Nikkei Asian Review
- Asian central banks to consider monetary easing this year, economists say – Nikkei Asian Review
- As China Trade War Cools, Japan Braces for Its Clash With Trump – Bloomberg
- Japan’s Economy Is Getting a Lot of Things Right – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- TIL The base salary for senators and members is $207,100 per annum – APH
- Josh Frydenberg on back foot over Adani at Kooyong election forum – The Guardian
- Instead of freedom, workplace flexibility and casualisation has brought us debilitating insecurity – The Guardian
- Both sides expect the election to be dirty but few thought Peter Dutton would stoop so low so quickly – The Age
- Adani yet to submit rail plans to Queensland Government – ABC
- Scott Morrison uses fresh Treasury costings to launch $387 billion tax assault on Bill Shorten – Canberra Times
- China agents interfered with Turnbull’s classified inquiry into Chinese influence in Australia – The SMH
- Housing market slumped in March with sales down 13% year-on-year – Interest.co.nz
- Net migration gain back up to near record highs – Interest.co.nz
- As economic challenges mount, is this a contest you’d be better off losing? – ABC
- Even for a Bank, 12,000 Job Cuts Seems Excessive – Bloomberg…not as excessive as Australian banking has been for a generation…
- An Australian Billionaire Dynasty Confronts the End of an Empire – Bloomberg
- Depressing contest means we have to consider the choice of parties and policies, not personalities – Ninefax
- Both sides expect the election to be dirty but few thought Peter Dutton would stoop so low so quickly – Ninefax
- ‘Morrison caught lying’: Bowen demands answers from Treasury over $387 billion tax costing – Ninefax
- Josh Frydenberg says Labor plans $387bn in new taxes, but facts say otherwise – Guardian
- Peter Dutton condemned for ‘disability excuse’ slur against Ali France – Guardian
- We need a national summit to promote trust in politics – Pearls and Irritations, Menadue
- Political leadership and the next war – Pearls and Irritations, Scrafton
- The myth that the Liberals are better economic managers – Pearls and Irritations, Menadue
- Retiree home ownership is about to plummet. Soon little more than half will own where they live – The Conversation
- Australia’s electricity grid can easily support electric cars – if we get smart – The Conversation
- On housing, there’s clear blue water between the main parties – The Conversation
- ‘Independents Inc’: Structures behind Steggall, Phelps, Banks and Yates spark AEC complaint – Ninefax
…And furthermore…
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- Cut! Is this the death of sex in cinema? – Guardian
- Julian Assange faces US extradition after arrest at Ecuadorian embassy – Guardian
- Chinese scientists add human genes to monkey brains in latest ethics controversy – SCMP
- The Case for Tighter Credit Spreads Is Compelling – Bloomberg, Authers
- How China Turned 350 Million Millennials Into Day Traders – Bloomberg
- Why hasn’t evolution dealt with the inefficiency of ageing? – Aeon
- Philosophical writing should read like a letter – Aeon
- The Politics of UFOs – Longreads
- Why Europeans Don’t Get Huge Medical Bills – The Atlantic
- What Is the Greatest Act of Courage? – The Atlantic…pop me down for tank man…
- The EU’s One-Sided Love Affair With Britain The Atlantic
- When You Die, Where Should We Upload Your Brain? – Slate
- Amazon staff reportedly listen to Alexa recordings, but company insists it takes privacy seriously – ABC
