Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Climate Change Jumps To Biggest Risk For Insurers – WPM
- Morgan Stanley says it’s too easy to own a Tesla now and that’s hurting the brand – CNBC
- Quantitative Easing Is Ending. Here’s What It Did, in Charts. – NY Times
- Labor and Capital in the global economy – Democracy Journal
- Ten years on: What have we learned from quantitative easing? – WE Forum
- The Perfect Bull Market Portfolio Might Have Blown Up Your Firm – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Leading US drug companies ‘conspired to inflate prices by up to 1,000%’ – Independent
- Warren, Nadler introduce bill to allow student loan borrowers bankruptcy relief – The Hill
- Where automation will wipe out the most jobs in the U.S. – Axios
- What’s Scarier Than Student Loans? Welcome to the World of Subprime Children – NY Times
- Middle Class Wealth Is Still at Lower Levels Than Before the Great Recession – Be In Crypto
- No major US company surveyed by CNBC supports Trump’s call for Fed to cut interest rates – CNBC
- Where Home Prices Are Rising the Fastest (Slowest) in America – Priceonomics
- Americans driving to Canada for cheaper insulin as prices skyrocket – Independent
Europe:
- Spain says Gibraltar is under ‘illegal occupation’ by the British – Euro Weekly News
- ‘Ireland is loaded with cocaine – we will lose a generation of young people if we don’t tackle it as a health issue’ – Independent
- Ireland ‘among worst EU states’ for racial violence based on skin colour – Irish Times
- Brexit party may get more EU election votes than Tories and Labour combined – The Guardian
- Germany debates ‘mosque tax’ to replace foreign funding – France 24
- The Changing Political Party Landscape in Germany – AICGS
Asia:
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- Trump Said It Would Be Wise For China To “Act Now” To Finish A Trade Deal With The U.S. – Stock Market News
- Pakistan to get US$6b from IMF to meet foreign debts – Channel News Asia
- India Hoped for an Abe. It Got a Lost Decade – Bloomberg
- China could switch off UK cars and household appliances under Huawei agreement, former government security adviser warns – Telegraph
- Chinese court slaps Japanese man with 5½-year prison term for spying – Japan Times
- Three more people detained as China continues to crack down on labour groups – SCMP
- Beijing’s South China Sea Bet On Duterte’s ‘Friendship’ Is Souring – Forbes
Trans-Tasman:
- Greens within striking distance in Josh Frydenberg’s seat of Kooyong, poll finds – The Guardian
- Mounting evidence the tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner – The Conversation
- Bill Shorten says a million Australians are doing two jobs and a million are underemployed. Is he correct? – ABC
- Scott Morrison expressed interest in overhauling negative gearing, according to official documents – ABC
- Vote Compass reveals Australia’s most left-leaning and right-leaning seats ahead of 2019 federal election – ABC
- Darwin, Australia Adopts China’s Tech for Total Social Control – Technocracy
- Federal election renews focus on Newstart and whether you can survive on $40 a day – ABC
- Couple lodges court claim for almost $500k in unpaid wages from cleaning company – ABC
- PM unsure if deposit plan will lift prices – Canberra Times
- Twyford holds firm on backing for Auckland light rail project – Interest.co.nz
- ‘Interest rate cut unlikely to prompt higher inflation’ – Interest.co.nz
