Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires – Ars Technica
- Global economy is probably in recession – Reuters
- Cryptoknowmics- A brief Introduction – Medium
Americas:
- Florida raking in billions as Americans abandon high-tax states – Fox Business
- US Gun Lobby Chief Dismisses Calls For Tougher Firearms Checks – RTT News
- Biden: Tariffs Will Bankrupt US Businesses – Bipartisan Press
- Tame U.S. producer inflation supports case for another rate cut – Reuters
- How US regulators embrace toxic pesticides & the corporations that make them – RT
- Trump’s hypocritical war on savers – Yahoo Finance
Europe:
- The U.K. economy unexpectedly shrinks for the first time since 2012 – Bloomberg
- Almost every country in the European Union has seen its forest area increase in the past 25 years – The Economist
- Pound drops to being almost on par with the Euro – Standard
- Thousands rally at election protest in Moscow, leading activist arrested – Reuters
- Copenhagen hit by second blast in four days – DW
- U.S. overtakes Germany as UK’s biggest source of imports – Reuters
- Swedish Justice Minister hits back at Polish MEP’s attack on Sweden – The Local
Asia:
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- New IMF report doesn’t back Trump’s currency manipulation charge against China – Politico
- Huawei is considering manufacturing smartphones in Brazil – Medium
- Trump Included India As A Substance Transit Country – Yuv News
- Just when the world wanted US-China trade issue sorted, US not ready for deal – The Economy Club
- These global businesses are feeling the heat from Hong Kong’s protests – CNN
- America Will Not Do Business With Huawei – Yuv News
- India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Fall – Yuv News
- U.S. still evaluating requests from firms to sell to China’s Huawei: officials – Reuters
- The South Korea and Japan trade war, explained – VOX
- China is now the world’s largest official creditor – The Economist
Trans-Tasman:
- Plastic waste exports to be stopped, Australia planning to deal with its own waste itself – The SMH
- IPCC climate change report calls for urgent overhaul of food production, land management – ABC
- Why is the Australian energy regulator suing wind farms – and why now? – The Conversation
- Murdoch media fuels far-right recruitment – The Saturday Paper
- Australia called to reassess ties to Cambodian microfinance amid reports of child labour, debt bondage – ABC
- The bullying of school leadership by parents – The Saturday Paper
- “Aussies turning their backs on $17,000-a-week tradie jobs, boss claims” – News.com.au
- The bitter reality is the Morrison government doesn’t know how to deal with China – ABC
- RBA boss says raising Newstart more effective than tax cuts for the wealthy – SBS
- Should Australia be investing in nuclear energy? – Monash
- Robo-debt: What happens inside Centrelink’s ‘toxic’ debt recovery offices – 9News
- DayZ refused classification and banned in Australia – Kotaku
- Reserve Bank adamant it’s still getting bang for its monetary policy buck – Interest.co.nz
- Vacant land tax won’t be introduced anytime soon – Interest.co.nz