Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Watch Jamie Dimon speak about JP Morgan’s global strategy and the state of the economy – CNBC
- Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work – Freakonomics Radio
- The Dow Rose 167 Points on Hopes Trump and Xi Can Cut a Deal – Barron’s
- Governments could save $1 trillion in taxes by curbing corruption, new IMF research says – CNBC
- IMF chief points to global growth deceleration – WSWS
- Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet – Reuters
- An economic theory of everything: The IMF adds to a chorus of concern about competition – The Economist
- There are signs that the 10-year bull market for stocks is ending, Jim O’Neill says – CNBC
- Don’t Count on U.S.-China Trade Relations Warming Up Anytime Soon – Bloomberg
- Xi Jinping tells Donald Trump strategic leadership is key to trade deal benefiting both US and China – SCMP
- The next financial crisis will be worse than the 2008 crash. Here’s how the world can prepare for it – SCMP
- The US dollar will continue its triumphant run – unless central banks and the American economy change course – SCMP
- Beware the darkening clouds over global trade – Nikkei Asian Review
- What Will Cause the Next Debt Crisis? – Bloomberg
- Ray Dalio Sounds a New Alarm on Capitalism’s Flaws, Warns of Revolution – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Target raises minimum wage to $13 an hour in tight labor market – Reuters
- Job layoffs surge 35% to highest level to start a year in a decade – CNBC
- The student debt crisis has some asking if college is worth the cost – CNBC
- Dimon: U.S. student loan debt is ‘now starting to affect the economy’ – Yahoo
- Trump’s Border-Closure Plan (still) Has One Tiny Flaw: Economic Devastation – Vanity Fair
- Mapping America’s Growing Economic Inequality – CityLab
- Weekly jobless claims are at their lowest level since 1969 – NBC
- U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 49-Year Low, Below All Forecasts – Bloomberg
- Manufacturing Surge, a Boon for Trump, May Be Fading – NY Times
- Trump Is Close to Nominating Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve. God Help Us. – Slate
Europe:
- Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Happier and More Secure – Bloomberg
- German industrial orders slump most in over two years in February – Straits Times
- Italy said to cut 2019 GDP growth forecast to 0.1% from 1.0% – Forex Live
- UK headed for downturn as Brexit worries hammer services sector: PMI – Reuters
- Brexit is paralyzed and so is the UK economy – CNN
Asia:
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- Japan’s Nomura to cut $1 billion costs to revive wholesale business, shut branches – CNBC
- Trump set to announce plans for summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping to reach an end to trade war – Washington Post
- China pioneers cutting-edge technology to postpone oil field aging – CGTN
- Japan policymakers shun ‘Modern Monetary Theory’ as dangerous – Reuters
- Japan’s last big screen maker accepts bailout by Taiwan-China team – Nikkei
- China March new bank loans seen rebounding, further easing expected – Reuters
- Taiwan Just Became A Huge Variable In The China Trade War – Forbes
Trans-Tasman:
- Is Declining Union Membership Contributing to Low Wages Growth? – RBA
- After Christchurch shooting, Australia doubles down on being stampeded into catastrophically stupid tech laws – Boing Boing
- Renewables smashed records in 2018, says report – and truly trumped coal on cost – Renew Economy
- Australia’s animal extinction crisis worsening – News.com.au
- Centrelink has agreed to keep working on the robodebt system to make it fairer and more transparent – The Mandarin
- Seven steps Melbourne can take to regain its ‘liveable city’ crown – The Conversation
- Federal Government consulted social media companies about new laws after introduction to Parliament – ABC
- Australia will no longer contribute to major UN climate change fund – The Hill
- NSW Greens MP quits party to sit on the crossbench – The SMH
- NATSEM: federal budget will widen gap between rich and poor – The Conversation
- The Coalition is at war over Adani coal mine on the eve of the federal election – News.com.au
- How RBNZ made its assumption NZ’s not prepared to tolerate a banking crisis more than once every 200 years – Interest.co.nz
- Coalition’s visa privatisation plan believed dead – at least until after election – Guardian
- Tax office may apply 40% tax against multinationals for diverting profits – Guardian
- The battle for the Chinese Australian vote – Pearls and Irritations, Pun
- The Australian Pharmacy Guild continues to dud taxpayers and patients – Pearls and Irritations, Menadue
- Wages, jobs and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Pearls and Irritations, Turnbull
- Grain giant John Nicoletti sells 200,000 hectares of WA land to Saudi company for $60m – ABC
- Real diplomacy could have avoided China’s coal revenge – Pearls and Irritations, Bob Carr
- Heady election tax pledges can bring on long hangovers – Nikkei Asian Review
…and furthermore…
- It Isn’t Just Meat That’s Killing You – Bloomberg
- Do antidepressants work? – Aeon
- Is consciousness a battle between your beliefs and perceptions? – Aeon
- The Happiness Recession – The Atlantic
- Another 540 Million Facebook Users’ Data Has Been Exposed – Slate
- The Creeping Capitalist Takeover of Higher Education – HuffPost