Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Marshall Islands launches a sovereign crypto coin – Forex Brokerz
- A Deep Dive into the Dismal Success Rates of ITOs – Medium
- How to Make Health Care Unaffordable and Inaccessible – Fee
- 99.99% Currency Devaluations Highlight Need for Bitcoin – BeInCrypto
- The trade war hasn’t hit its peak yet. The US and China will both pay a heavy price – CNN
Americas:
- Andrew Yang 2020: “The American Dream is dying by the numbers,” Democratic candidate tells CBS News – CBS News
- How wiping out $1.5 trillion in student debt would boost the economy – MarketWatch
- Don’t fear a recession — the economy is looking solid and stable – NY Post
- The Future of U.S. Jobs Looks Bleak. Unions Are the Answer. – In These Times
Europe:
- Labour threatens to ban bankers’ bonuses – FT
- Brexit: John Bercow to step down as Speaker by 31 October – The Guardian
- EU will not recognize results of Russian elections in Crimea – Reuters
- Boris Johnson loses second attempt to trigger early general election – Independent
- Brexit negotiating team shrinks to just four staff – The Times
- Leo Varadkar tells Boris Johnson that Ireland and the UK might not remain allies and friends after Brexit – Business Insider
- Denmark just became the first country to ban PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging – CNN
Asia:
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- China Adds Almost 100 Tons of Gold to Reserves, Continues Ignoring Bitcoin – BeInCrypto
- A blow to Washington… China to invest $280 billion in Iranian sectors targeted by sanctions – Middle East Monitor
- DCEP: The Big Brother of China’s Digital Economy – BeInCrypto
- Myanmar: Rohingya Homes Destroyed for Government Facilities – BBC
- Cambodia Launches Campaign to End Child Labor in Brick Industry – VOA News
Trans-Tasman:
- $100 Bills and the War on Cash – Austropunkism
- Australia’s suicide rate to rise 40% if emerging risks such as debt not tackled – The Guardian
- Questions raised about Liberal MP amid claims of links to Chinese political influence operations – ABC
- NBN: Australia’s ranking for broadband speeds could ‘fall off a cliff’ – News.com.au
- Labor defends $1.2bn private school package it previously called a ‘slush fund’ – The Guardian
- The science is clear; we’ve more to fear from baby monitors than 5G – The SMH
- The wages explanation you won’t hear from Treasury or the RBA – New Daily
- Australia’s financial report card: Worst performance in the developed world – Independent Australia
- ‘A case study in government failure’: Ken Henry excoriates politicians, warns future jobs at risk – The Age
- Underemployment and overemployment problems leave few workers satisfied – ABC
- Australians increasingly fear climate change related drought and extinctions – The Guardian
- Labor to back ‘vegan terrorist’ bill – The Guardian
- ‘Farm invaders’ bill sparks Labor caucus dispute – The Age
- What if interest rate cuts fuel house prices but nothing else? – The Guardian