Links 6 September 2019

Global Macro / Markets / Investing:

• Bitcoin Scammer Stealing $63 Million Brutally Tortured and Murdered by Business Partners – Article Clerk
• How the Left Should Respond to a New Global Slump – Jacobin Mag
• 20 years after the dot-com crash: Is this time different? – Venture Beat
• NY Fed President John Williams says low inflation is ‘the problem of this era’ – CNBC
• Is the Fed Preparing to Topple US Dollar? – Journal Neo
• Warren Buffett Explains How he made Huge Returns – YouTube
• Tesla: The Growing Nickel Problem – Seeking Alpha
• Wall Street rises on strong Chinese data, Hong Kong and Brexit news – The Star
• Oil prices soar after positive China data – Nine Finance
• How negative interest rates hit loans? – Bloomberg

Americas:

• Alan Greenspan says it’s ‘only a matter of time’ before negative rates spread to the US – CNBC
• How a Trump Tax Break to Help Poor Communities Became a Windfall for the Rich – NY Times
• Trump Says a Recession Isn’t Possible Because Everyone Is Rich – Rolling Stone
• Auto union workers overwhelmingly vote to authorize strikes at GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler – CNBC
• Canadian paper: ‘Why are we allowing China to bully Canadians here?’ – National Post

Europe:

• Salvini era is over as Italy moves toward pro-EU government – Politico
• UK MPs vote by 329 to 300 to back a bill aimed at blocking a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. – BBC
• Winston Churchill’s grandson to be expelled from Conservative Party for voting against Boris Johnson on Brexit – Washington Post
• Boris Johnson has lost control and more talks are pointless, says EU – The Times
• UK MPs reject motion for an early election – BBC
• Erdogan says it’s unacceptable that Turkey can’t have nuclear weapons – Reuters

Asia:

• China, US agree to new round of trade talks – The Star
• US and China agree to meet in October for trade negotiations – CNBC
• As Trump Escalates Trade War, U.S. and China Move Further Apart With No End in Sight – NY Times
• Indonesia’s Future Capital in the Forest – VOA News
• End of extradition bill fails to appease Hong Kong protesters – Aljazeera
• How important is Hong Kong to the rest of China? – Reuters
• China’s economic prospects are less promising than Japan’s or South Korea’s at similar stages – SCMP

Trans-Tasman:

• ‘Treated like terrorists’: Australia’s Border Force ‘targets’ visiting Hong Kong activists – ABC
• Spending growth in NSW hits zero as Australia’s economy slumps to GFC levels – The SMH
• No surprise, but shocking: there’s no other way to spin Australia’s GDP – The Guardian
• Home ownership by 25- to 34-year-olds fell from 61 percent to 44 percent between 1981 and 2016 – The Conversation
• Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop to be grilled over private-sector jobs – The Guardian
• Toyota diesel emissions expose broader problem with car pollution in Australia – ABC
• Foreign interference more of ‘an existential threat’ to Australia than terrorism: ASIO chief – ABC
• ‘Key demand’: EU wants Australia to dump taxes on European cars – The Age
• ‘A big change’: AMP begins cancelling financial advisers’ licences – The SMH
• Permanent migration drops to its lowest level in a decade – SBS
• Myer to continue closing stores after sales fall 3.5% over past year – The Guardian
• KiwiBuild reset leaves little hope for young people  – Interest.co.nz
• Value of new building work hits almost $4 billion in June quarter – Interest.co.nz