Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Is modern monetary theory too good to be true? – Modern Monetary
- World’s Largest Pension Fund Loses $165 Billion in Worst Quarter – Yahoo
- Covid-19 Isn’t Killing Cash. People Are Hoarding More of It – Bloomberg
- Dollar’s dominance to slowly melt away over coming year: Reuters poll
- How pandemics past and present fuel the rise of mega-corporations – The Conversation
Americas:
- Converting America’s Faded Retail Structures Into Livable Space. – City Journal
- Real Estate Prices Fall Sharply in New York – NY Times
- Two months of gains, but a huge jobs deficit remains, and deepening pain is on the horizon: Congress needs to act – EPI
- Even Before the Recession, Employment Was Slowing – Econ Browser
- A top economist says the $4 trillion federal deficit isn’t the problem — it’s how we’re spending the money – Business Insider
- U.S. economy won’t grow as fast as expected over next six months, CBO says – Market Watch
Europe:
- Russian Citizen Pleads Guilty for Biggest US Financial Cyber Crime – Forex Review
- Air France set to cut more than 7,500 jobs – BBC
- Eurozone economic activity grows despite the uncertainty of COVID-19 – Economo
- German renewables surge to 55.8% of net generation for first half 2020 – Renew Economy
- China says Spain is reponsible for the Virus as WHO searches for COVID-19 origins – Euro Weekly News
- EU must not sacrifice the Amazon rainforest on the altar of trade with Brazil – Climate Change News
- EU takes three more countries to court over anti-money laundering failings – Times of Malta
Asia:
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- China’s Confucius Institutes rebrand after overseas propaganda rows – SCMP
- Hong Kong libraries pull books by territory’s pro-democracy activists in wake of China security law – France24
- Chinese Police try to silence Chinese students abroad with threats to families – Apple Daily
- Hong Kong activists planning ‘parliament in exile’ after China brings in security law – The Guardian
- Indian PM Modi Warns China on Surprise Border Trip: ‘The Era of Expansionism Is Over’ – Breitbart
- China Now Picks Up Territorial Dispute With Russia, Claims That Vladivostok Used To Be Chinese Land – swarajyamag.com
- It’s not just India, China has border disputes with 18 countries. Here’s the list – India TV News
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia’s register of threatened species critical habitat not updated in 15 years – The Guardian
- Environment Minister approves Whitehaven’s tenth coal mine – Michael West
- Pork Missile: Government fires cash at weapons-maker EOS in Battle for Eden-Monaro – Michael West
- Australia Has a Flesh-Eating-Bacteria Problem: In the beach towns south of Melbourne, everyone, it seems, knows someone who’s been attacked. – The Atlantic
- How to fuel an economic disaster: A beginner’s guide in 3 easy steps – New Daily
- A Savage Call: energy tsar calls time on Australia’s gas cartel – Michael West
- Sydney train passenger with COVID symptoms rushed to hotel quarantine – News.com.au
- How a German media company brought Australia’s greatest magazine empire to its knees – The SMH
- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian embroiled in grant rorting claims – The SMH
- China warns Australia against going ‘further down the wrong path’ – The SMH
- There is no energy scarcity with nuclear it is ‘functionally infinite’ – Sky News
