Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Heat spike to cost global economy $2.4 trillion a year, says ILO – Counter Currents
- Working on a warmer planet: The effect of heat stress on productivity and decent work – ILO
- Quantitative Easing and Collusion – RT
- New Study Demonstrates an Economically Viable Path to Rapid Decarbonization – Clean Technica
Americas:
- Making Trump’s Tax Cuts Permanent Would Cost Nearly $920 Billion – Bloomberg
- A critical recession indicator used by the Fed just hit its highest level since the financial crisis – Business Insider
- “Someone Got Lucky”: The Mystery of the $1.8 Billion Trump Trade – Vanity Fair
- The Senate of Canada examines Open Banking – Medium
- Trump Fed pick wants to revive the gold standard. Here’s what that means – CBS News
- Jobs: Companies post most layoffs since financial crisis – USA Today
Europe:
- France to introduce ‘eco-tax’ on flights out of France – Reuters
- Europe Is In Crisis And Its Leaders Are In Denial – Forbes
- Northern Ireland abortion and same-sex marriage moves backed by MPs – BBC
- Belgium fined €5,000 a day for failing to implement high-speed internet law – The Bulletin
- Germany, the backbone of Europe’s economy, ‘hit a brick wall’ in the second quarter – Business Insider
- UK government urged to take steps to prevent persecution of Christians – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Rich Indians To The Rescue As Chinese Tourists Shun Thailand – NDTV
- South Korean firms’ China exodus sets example to others fleeing trade war – SCMP
- Mainlanders join fight for Hong Kong’s rights – Nikkei
- China demands US scrap $2.2bn arms deal with Taiwan – Nikkei
- Four Years on, China’s Crackdown Still Suppressing Human Rights Lawyers, Clients – RFA
- China’s venture capital boom may be turning into a bust – Straits Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Australians like me are ending up in jail and your tax cut won’t help – ABC
- Coalition’s $1bn welfare outsourcing accused of hurting vulnerable Australians – The Guardian
- Zetland apartments abandoned in secret evacuation over ‘severe’ defects – The SMH
- Peter Dutton’s home affairs department keeping strategic review secret from public. – The Guardian
- Australia’s business lobby has mastered the art of dressing self-interest up as national interest – The Guardian
- New encryption powers used at least five times by federal and NSW police – The Guardian
- ‘They were like jelly beans’: How US big pharma is pushing opioids to regional Australians – ABC
- Mineworkers fear ‘reprisals’ for raising safety concerns amid spike in deaths – The Guardian
- Scott Morrison calls for ‘more love’ as he prays for Australia at Hillsong conference – The Guardian
- Why developing nuclear weapons is an unrealistic option for Australia – The Conversation
- Australian capital cities will soon be connected by the largest network of high-speed EV charging stations in the country – Business Insider
- Consumers most pessimistic in two years, despite tax and interest rate cuts – ABC
- Property Investors Selling House At A Loss Expects Nation Feel Sorry For Them – Betoota Advocate
- Labor shouldn’t be tempted by a small target strategy – it needs to sell hope – The Guardian
- Auckland house prices remained resilient during early winter – REINZ – Interest.co.nz
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