Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Petrodollar, American Imperialism, Domestic Inequality, and their Oncoming Collapse – Medium
- Artificial intelligence and the threat of diminishing returns – Forbes
- Predicting Economic Outcomes with MMT & Minsky – YouTube
- The Future Is Blockchain: Untraceable Brings Back the Blockchain Futurist Conference – Medium
- Facebook removed from S&P list of ethical companies after data scandals – Telegraph
- U.S. markets regulators reach deal on Dodd-Frank swaps capital rules – Reuters
- The credit underwriting is a disaster’: Big money investors are sounding the alarm on a $2.5 trillion chunk of the bond market – Business Insider
- Low Interest Rates are Shifting Pension Funds Into Riskier Assets – Cassandra Capital
- Bank of Japan joins Fed, ECB in signaling easing if needed, keeps policy on hold for now – MarketWatch
- MSCI will increase the weight of China A Shares in MSCI Indexes – MSCI
- $12 trillion of negative-yielding bonds are sending a clear message of distress – QZ
- Growth in Global Financial Wealth Screeched to a Halt in 2018 – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Study Finds Trump Tax Cuts Failed to Do Anything But Give Rich People Money – NY Mag
- US companies strongly oppose Trump’s China tariff plan, call it detrimental for business – Economy Club
- U.S. College Grads Are In For An Unpleasant Surprise – Zero Hedge
- U.S. commercial, multifamily mortgage debt reaches $3.46tn in Q1 2019 – CRE Herald
- 1st-Time Homebuyers Are Getting Squeezed Out By Investors – NPR
- California adds 19,400 jobs, a quarter of all U.S. employment growth in May – LA Times
- The Trump economy house of cards collapses – Washington Post
- Los Angeles wants to tax landlords for vacant units – Daily News
- Worker bonuses slump 22 percent after GOP tax cuts – EPI
Europe:
- London’s Impact (Socially Responsible) Investing App tickr has nearly reached £1m in funding – Seedrs
- Greek research team has created the world’s fastest RAM – Ellines
- Nightmarish Detention for Migrants, Asylum Seekers – Italy and EU bear responsibility – HRW
- How Brexit made Britain a country of Remainers and Leavers – Economist
- UK PM hopeful Hunt says would go for no-deal Brexit if EU doesn’t shift – Reuters
- Merkel: rightwing extremism must be fought ‘without any taboo’ – The Guardian
Asia:
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- U.S. bars China supercomputer firms, institute from buying American parts – Reuters
- China sounds alarm over bad-loan surge at small banks – FT
- US Tells India It Is Mulling Caps On H-1B Visas To Deter Data Rules – Yuv News
- Nikkei: Apple Could Shift Some Production Capacity Out Of China – Bezinga
- Daughter of Uighur author says conditions at Chinese ‘re-education’ camp killed her father – CBC
- China needs nearly $440 billion to clean up rural environment: report – Reuters
- China still committed to getting rid of ‘big, foreign and weird’ place names – SCMP
- Hong Kong protesters disperse after blockade of police HQ – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Queensland approval of Adani plan ‘unlawful’, say environment groups – The Guardian
- Temperature rises will make Brisbane a ‘difficult place to live’ within 30 years, report finds – ABC
- Billionaire businessman launches legal action to keep Origin Energy fracking off NT cattle station – ABC
- Yellow submarine the centre of tug of war between two coastal towns – ABC
- Inside the police database that holds 40 million private records and any officer can access – ABC
- ‘Repay debt for years’: loan changes to hit 136,000 students – The Age
- Is the iron ore boom really different this time? – ABC
- Miners see 50% renewables as standard, but are aiming for 100% – Renew Economy
- ‘I promised you dollars. You promised me internet’: A tale of NBN woe – The SMH
- Shops full of vitamins, miracle pills ‘trashing pharmacists’ reputation’ – The Age
- RBA: Reserve Bank says Mortgage arrears rate at highest rate since GFC – News.com.au
- ‘It’s almost insulting’: $1000 offer for unit in cracking Mascot Towers – Domain
- ‘Dramatic growth’ driving Australia’s parking tech – The SMH
- Auckland housing market may be facing its next turn in prices – Interest.co.nz