Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The IMF identifies the $5,200,000,000,000 that we spend every year on fossil fuel subsidies – Climate Citizens Lobby
- Riding alone in a car is a luxury—an increasingly unaffordable one – The Economist
- Millennials Are Helping to Sound the Credit Card Alarm – Bloomberg
- Financial expert breaks down Facebook’s cryptocurrency Facecoin – Ponder Wall
- Why Microfinance has become a Buzzword of the Decade – Medium
- Buffett’s Berkshire unveils $861 million Amazon stake – Reuters
Americas:
- America’s educational system is an ‘aristocracy posing as a meritocracy’ – MarketWatch
- The internet didn’t shrink 6% real estate commissions. But this lawsuit might – CNN
- Three decades of neoliberal policies have decimated the middle class, our economy, and our democracy – MarketWatch
- Graduating With Debt The Only Option For Many College Students – Iowa Watch
- Weak U.S. retail sales, industrial output point to slowing economy – Reuters
- In the battle of Trump personalities, ‘Tariff Man’ is winning, and Wall Street isn’t ready for it – CNBC
- Map: Cities in the South are being held back by student debt – Yahoo
- ‘We could talk ourselves into a recession’ – CNN
- The net worth of the average American family – CNBC
- U.S. Births Fell To A 32-Year Low In 2018; CDC Says Birthrate Is In Record Slump – NPR
- Economy of Brazil Diminishes After Industry Collapse – Industry Wired
Europe:
- Merkel: Europe must unite to stand up to China, Russia and US – The Guardian
- US warns against European joint military project – FT
- Germany’s Merkel welcomes European unity over Iran – AP News
- ‘Think ahead’: Italy MPs get incontinence warning after rejecting move to lower tampon tax – Euro News
- Majority of Europeans expect end of EU within 20 years – The Guardian
Asia:
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- President Trump considering placing tariffs on all Chinese imports – Export/Import
- China Bond-Payment Deals Done in Secret Stoke Default Concerns – Bloomberg
- China’s exporters of Donald Trump wigs and American flags ‘had no idea’ they face higher trade war tariffs – SCMP
- Trade war cuts U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to China – Reuters
- India is shutting down ATMs even as people use them more – Economic Times
- Time to sanction rights-abusing Chinese officials under Canada’s Magnitsky Act, experts say – National Post
- Trump declares ‘national emergency’ to make way for Huawei ban – Engadget
Trans-Tasman:
- “You’ll pay more rent under Labor” says guy with 7 investment properties – Chaser
- Australians’ Medicare details illegally sold on darknet – two years after breach exposed – The Guardian
- Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn’t, and here’s why not – The Conversation
- Essential poll: majority of voters think Bill Shorten will be the winner on Saturday – The Guardian
- The secret history of News Corp: a media empire built on spreading propaganda – The Conversation
- Unemployment climbs to 5.2pc, putting RBA under more pressure to cut rates – ABC
- Australia can’t afford three years of Clive Palmer calling the shots, Shorten says – The Guardian
- Aussie dollar plunges to ‘dangerous’ new low of 69.4 US cents – News.com.au
- The lowest blow of this election campaign may have come from a firm of real estate agents – The Guardian
- Visa overstayers fly under the radar during federal election campaign – ABC
- RBNZ capital proposals: An important decision that would benefit from an arbiter – Interest.co.nz
- Is Australia next for a populist outbreak? – Interest.co.nz