Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Google has more temp and contract workers than actual employees — but they have far fewer rights – MarketWatch
- Affordable Housing Is Doable For Builders And Buyers, But Here’s The Problem – Forbes
- Multiple Developing Countries ban Plastic trash imports – BBC
- Morgan Stanley sees global recession ‘in three quarters’ if Trump escalates trade war – CNBC
- Uber’s Path of Destruction – American Affairs Journal
- U.S. stock market forgoes $5 trillion in returns thanks to trade war, estimates Deutsche Bank – MarketWatch
- The Crypto Market saw Rapid Growth, but Adaption is Imperative – Medium
Americas:
- The gig is up: America’s booming economy is built on hollow promises – The Guardian
- Net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has dropped 34 percent since 1996: study – The Hill
- A new credit bubble gets ready to burst – Greenwichtime
- Foreign-Born Workers Make Up Highest Percentage of U.S. Employment Since 1996 – WSJ
- Here are the states where Trump’s Mexico tariffs would hit the hardest – CNBC
- Study Finds Trump Tax Cuts Failed to Do Anything But Give Rich People Money – NY Mag
- ‘Should these platforms exist at all?’: One GOP senator’s crusade to rein in — and rethink — big tech – NBC News
- U.S commercial and multifamily mortgage maturity volumes to rise in 2019 – CRE Herald – CRE Herald
Europe:
- ECB warns of rising financial stability risks – Times of Malta
- EU plans first satellite fleet to monitor CO2 in every country – Climate Change News
- German Social Democrat leader Andrea Nahles announces resignation after European election losses – DW
- A quiet revolution sweeps Europe as Greens become a political force – The Guardian
- Donald Trump wants the UK to be weaker – he’s the last person we should look to for advice on Brexit – Independent
- Europe is in the grip of radical political change – Spiked
Asia:
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- Japanese firms plan exodus from China amid U.S. tariffs – My Sanantonio
- Trump brings tariff war to India, drops its developing nation status – The Star
- China Launches Investigation Into FedEx in Trade War Escalation – Bloomberg
- China is reportedly on the brink of ‘major retaliative measures’ against the US as the trade war escalates further – Business Insider
- China accuses US of ‘naked economic terrorism’ – AFP
- China won when Trump blindsided Mexico with tariffs, says former Mexican ambassador to China – CNBC
- Malaysia’s Mahathir proposes common East Asia currency pegged to gold – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- ATO whistleblower facing 161-year prison sentence says he ‘almost died from the stress’ – ABC
- Explaining Adani: why would a billionaire persist with a mine that will probably lose money? – The Conversation
- People smugglers ‘evolved from using boats to planes’ under Dutton: Keneally – SBS
- When being poor is a crime in Australia – ABC
- It may yet turn out that this was a good election to have lost – The SMH
- Trump Administration Considered Tariffs on Australia – NY Times
- Chinese warships dock at Sydney’s Garden Island – ABC
- With rate cuts and the real risk of a recession ahead, can Australia’s economic run of luck continue? – ABC
- Minimum wage joke falls flat before bad economic report card – The New Daily
- Jim Molan and mates could face disciplinary action following internal Liberal investigation – Canberra Times
- Sushi operators slugged more than $380,000 for underpaying ‘vulnerable’ migrant workers – SBS
- Queensland Coalition MPs push for inquiry to lift Australia’s nuclear power ban – The Guardian
- NZ vs AU mortgage rates – Interest.co.nz