Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Introducing the ‘Great Reset,’ world leaders’ radical plan to transform the economy – MSN
- USA and China: Comparing Fiscal Deficits, Debt/GDP Ratios and the Trade Deficit – Medium
- MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos ex-wife, becomes the world’s richest woman – Mazech
- Walmart begins testing drone deliveries for household goods and groceries – The Verge
- Who Gets Hurt When the World Stops Using Cash – NY Times
- Druckenmiller says stock market is in ‘an absolute raging mania’ and fears Fed raised risk of inflation and deflation – MSN
Americas:
- Student Loan ‘Bubble’ Bursting – Newest
- The flip side of Trump’s eviction ban: Landlords face big crunch – Politico
- Billionaire Bloomberg to spend $100 million in Florida to help Biden – Reuters
- Bankruptcy filings are mounting. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg – CNN
- Used cars drive U.S. consumer prices higher in August – CNBC
- ‘Unprecedented’: the US west’s wildfire catastrophe explained – The Guardian
- U.S. economy is improving, weeks before the election. Will Trump benefit? – Reuters
Europe:
- Valdis Dombrovskis named new EU trade commissioner – Politico
- EU and US continue tug-of-war on Balkans talks – Euro Observer
- Spain pushes for Gibraltar to join Schengen area after Brexit transition ends – Politico
- UK government plans to remove key human rights protections – The Guardian
- How an Austrian ski resort became the centre of Europe’s Covid-19 outbreak – The Guardian
- ‘A threat to democracy’: how Europe’s media reacted to UK’s plan to renege on Brexit deal – The Guardian
Asia:
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- The Great Chinese data takeaway: Beijing’s secret global surveillance revealed – ABC
- Australia Has a Nuclear Option in Its China Diplomacy – Bloomberg
- China is increasing the pressure on the Mongolian minority – Archyde
- Groups back Inner Mongolia protest – Taipei Times
- China isn’t Europe’s ‘partner’ on climate – Politico
- Beijing ramps up its ethno-fascism – Taipei Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Queensland man’s daughter condemns Scott Morrison for turning funeral into ‘a circus’ – The Guardian
- Australians complain about weeks in quarantine. I’ve been in immigration detention for almost eight years – The Guardian
- Police head stomping incident referred to Professional Standards Command – The Age
- Thousands of prisoners to cast vote in upcoming state election for first time in Queensland’s history – ABC
- ‘A mighty effort’: Victoria reports lowest one-day rise in coronavirus cases in nearly three months – SBS
- What has this Coalition government actually achieved? – The SMH
- Company that owns rights to Aboriginal flag in the spotlight at Senate inquiry – The Guardian
- Now everyone’s a statistician. Here’s what armchair COVID experts are getting wrong – The Conversation
- ‘Unemployment shock’: will workers hardest hit by the pandemic be left to languish? – The Guardian
- Sydney awash with gas as research shows true climate cost – The SMH
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Population growth from migration turned negative in July – Interest.co.nz
- Westpac does about face on house prices- now expects them to keep rising – Interest.co.nz