Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why Central Banks are Refusing to Pull the Trigger on Rate Hikes – Liberty Nation
- Good Investing is Inherently Contrarian – YouTube
- Iran Legalizes Crypto-Mining As “Official Industry” – Iranian
- How to Stay Financially Stable When the World Might Be Falling Apart – NY Times
- We’re leaving so much food on farms to just rot in the fields – Fast Company
- What to Expect from the New G20 Crypto AML Regulation – CryptoHound
- Bretton Woods Is Dead: What Next? – Strategic Culture
- The Black Hole Engulfing the World’s Bond Markets – Bloomberg
- Quants seek human touch in reboot of investing strategy – FT
Americas:
- Trump Fed pick’s push for gold troubles lawmakers – Politico
- A Recession Is Coming. – NY Times
- Ohio Nuclear Energy Company Gets $1.1 Billion Bailout – The Intercept
- How NAFTA Killed the Green New Deal – CounterPunch
- Swamponomics: Exposing This Week’s Economic Fallacies – Liberty Nation
- How Close Are We To A New Monetary System? – CryptoCratist
- Warren: Trumponomics Will Trigger Economic Collapse – Liberty Nation
- Missing Trump’s 3% goal, US economy grew more slowly in 2018 – AP News
Europe:
- Danish Gambling Authority Blocks Access to 10 Online Casinos and 15 Skin Gambling Websites – Bloomberg
- In anticipation of a no-deal Brexit, six hundred UK-based aerospace firms have signed up to move from the British Civil Aviation Authority to the European Aviation Safety Agency – The Guardian
- To Prevent Population Collapse, Hungary Offers $35,000 For A Third Child – The Federalist
- Russian opposition calls for more protests after mass arrests – The Guardian
- Finland is winning the war on fake news. Other nations want the blueprint – CNN
- The French Army is hiring science fiction writers to imagine future threats – The Verge
- Experts call for ban on glass skyscrapers to save energy in climate crisis – The Guardian
- Boris Johnson to unveil biggest ad campaign since Second World War to prepare for ‘no deal’ – The Telegraph
- Brexit: government ‘operating on assumption’ of no deal, says Gove – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Vietnam seizes 125 kilos of rhino horn hidden in plaster – France 24
- Why foreign investors are fleeing India – Times of India
- FBI Director Says China Is Trying to ‘Steal Their Way’ to Economic Dominance – Time
- Apple Will Not Be Given Tariff Waiver Or Relief For Mac Pro Parts That Are Made In China – YuvNews
- Counterpoint: Indian smartphone market posts new record in Q2 – GS Marina
- Multiple casualties, houses damaged after series of quakes hits Philippines – RT
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘I’m broke’: Barnaby Joyce cries poor and is forced to slaughter his own animals for food and turn his heater off at night so he can support two families on his $210k salary – Daily Mail
- ‘I regularly don’t eat at all’: how people on Newstart get by – The Guardian
- Centrelink raises debt against dead disabled pensioner – ABC
- Xi Jinping’s cousin a high roller as Crown comes under pressure over crime, influence – The SMH
- Private health insurance: Australians abandoning ‘dud’ policies – News.com.au
- Brisbane luxury apartment defects force owner out of home still unliveable two years later – ABC
- Investigation finds no evidence of illegal whistleblower payment or fabricated cruelty on live export ship – ABC
- Paul Fletcher dodges questions about intervening in Newstart review – The Guardian
- Andrew Wilkie calls for parliamentary inquiry into Crown Resorts – The Age
- Angus Taylor remains in Labor’s sights over grasslands and power prices – The Guardian
- The new electricity boom: renewable energy makes staggering leap but can it last? – The Guardian
- Netflix and YouTube could be forced to produce more Australian content – The Guardian