Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Stock Markets Did Far Better Under Obama Than Trump: S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones – Fortune
- Study Finds Trump Tax Cuts Failed to Do Anything But Give Rich People Money – NY Mag
- Negative Rates, Designed as a Short-Term Jolt, Have Become an Addiction – WSJ
- Companies See Climate Change Hitting Their Bottom Lines in the Next 5 Years – NY Times
- World of Negative Debt Now Tops One-Fifth of the Global Market – Bloomberg
- Dollar drops as rate cut bets mount, weak inflation halts euro’s rally – Reuters
Americas:
- American taxpayers paid over $90 billion more under Trump tax law – Yahoo
- Almost 80% of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck – The Guardian
- As foreign investment in U.S. farmland grows, efforts to ban and limit the increase mount – Investigate MidWest
- Proposed Bankruptcy Bill Could Wipe Out Student Loan Debt – NBC Chicago
- US Economy Losing Its Edge, Falls Below Hong Kong and Singapore – BeInCrypto
- Economists’ fears of a 2020 recession in the US surge – CNN
- US Fed Jerome Powell Signals Open to Rate Cuts on Trade Tensions – Bloomberg
- America’s refineries really need Mexican oil. Tariffs will hurt their business – CNN
- Outgoing White House economist says tariffs and deficits are bad for America – CNN
- U.S. growth would have contracted without trillions in government, consumer debt: Gundlach – Reuters
Europe:
- Why the UK Suddenly Is Suffering from a Physician Shortage – Fee
- Germany Is Wrong About Nuclear Power: Volkswagen’s boss is right to criticize his country’s decision to privilege coal over atomic power. – Bloomberg
- Biggest Czech protest since 1989 to call for PM’s resignation – The Guardian
- Putin’s Media Struggle to Deal With HBO’s Chernobyl – Moscow Times
- Finland pledges to become carbon neutral by 2035 – The Guardian
- Ukraine’s new president commits to EU, NATO membership – DW
- France top Europe destination for foreign R&D, industrial projects – France24
Asia:
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- Tiananmen Square Leader Says China Banned Uighur Parents From Naming Babies After Him – NewsWeek
- The west is complicit in the 30-year cover-up of Tiananmen – The Guardian
- They faced down the tanks in Tiananmen Square. Now they want their children to forget it – CNN
- Four charts show how much China’s economy has changed in 30 years – CNBC
- Huawei accuses a former manager of stealing trade secrets and luring employees away to start a US based rival. – SCMP
- Why China’s rare earths threat is no game changer in the trade war – Google News
Trans-Tasman:
- ABC’s Sydney office raided by Australian Federal Police over Afghan Files stories – ABC
- Read the Afghan Files stories that sparked today’s Federal Police raid on the ABC – ABC
- Betoota advocate offices raided by AFP over 1997 Endagine McDonald’s leaks – Betoota advocate
- Facial recognition quietly switched on at Queensland stadiums, sparking privacy concerns – ABC
- Australia’s economy slows to levels last seen during the GFC – ABC
- Why the Reserve Bank will cut rates again and again – ABC
- Adani jobs explained: why there are new questions over Carmichael mine – The Guardian
- Students given green light to protest after university dismisses free speech concerns – The SMH
- Australia’s house price downturn is now the largest on record – Business Insider
- Accused NDIS fraudsters had property in Indonesia: court – The SMH
- The great Auckland exodus – Interest.co.nz
- Cost of leaky building crisis drags on for Auckland – Interest.co.nz
