Global Macro / Markets/ Investing:
- As Trade War Rages, China’s Sway Over the U.S. Fades – NY Times
- More than half of millennials in their 30s still banking on Mom and Dad – Yahoo
- Global real estate market activity remains healthy in Q1 despite economic uncertainty – CRE Herald
- The misunderstood 15 hour workweek of John Maynard Keynes – Hackernoon
- Should we fear population aging? – Brookings
Americas:
- Venezuela’s Collapse Is the Worst Outside of War in Decades, Economists Say – NY Times
- Low-Income College Students Are Being Taxed Like Trust-Fund Babies – NY Times
- How a cheap, brutally efficient grocery chain is upending America’s supermarkets – CNN
- American life is improving for the lowest paid – The Economist
- How Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is beating Walmart on low prices – CNN
- US housing starts jump in April amid lower mortgage rates – The Real Deal
- Homelessness in Santa Clara County spikes by 31% – San José Spotlight
- Trump is running the U.S. economy like he ran his businesses – The Week
- Without Venezuela’s oil, Haiti struggles to keep lights on – AP News
- Canada, U.S. reach deal to lift steel and aluminum tariffs – CBC
- Banks have been ripping off Americans for too long. I have a plan to end it – CNN
Europe:
- Russian Economy Slows Sharply As Consumer Demand Falls Amid VAT Hike – rferl.org
- Macron responds to gilets jaunes protests with €5bn tax cuts – The Guardian
- Anti-corrupution protest in Vienna, Austria – Discord
- Austria’s chancellor Kurz announces new elections after FPÖ scandal – Orf
- Have four or more babies in Hungary and you’ll pay no income tax for life, prime minister says – CNBC
- Germany labels Israel boycott anti-Semitic – BBC
- Europe’s far-right leaders unite with a vow to ‘change history’ – The Guardian
Asia:
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- There’s a Mystery in Just How Much U.S. Pork Is Going to China – Bloomberg
- China’s currency is sending a warning signal about the trade war – CNBC
- Did the US-China trade war and Donald Trump just make bitcoin investors a small fortune? – SCMP
- US bans Huawei from selling telecom gear – CNN
- US, China trade talks have stalled – CNBC
- US disinformation campaign on trade should set the alarm bells ringing – China Daily
- Japan lifts trade restrictions on American beef – CNBC
- Chinese tourists are shunning the US for Europe amid trade war – MSN
Trans-Tasman:
- Nation Re-Elects Man Who Took A Piece Of Fucking Coal Into Parliament – The Shovel
- Newly unemployed Abbott wondering which idiot screwed up Centrelink this badly – Chaser
- Australian Game of Thrones fan comforted to know final episode won’t be biggest disappointment this week – Chaser
- Shocked Leftie Starting To Think His Farm Invasions Weren’t Received That Well Outside Fitzroy – Betoota Advocate
- Inner city leftie shocked by election result – Betoota Advocate
- Furious Bill Shorten spotted riding dragon to North Queensland – Chaser
- Clive Palmer’s $60m election ad blitz appears to have failed to win a single seat – The Guardian
- Sportsbet declared Labor the winners and paid out over $1.3million early.. – News.com.au
- Can a politician take on Rupert Murdoch’s empire and win? Australia will be the test. – Washington Post
- What the Morrison government promised to do next – The SMH
- Tanya Plibersek considering Labor leadership – ABC
- High density living is no place for low standards – The SMH
- Apartment owners beware – Interest.co.nz