Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Ancient History of Bitcoin – Bloomberg
- “Globalization Has Contributed to Tearing Societies Apart” – ProMarket
- Artificial intelligence is going to completely change your life – WEF
- Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel – Bloomberg
- The Crypto Hedge-Fund Bubble Is Starting to Deflate – Bloomberg
- Stocks’ Second-Quarter Start Is the Worst Since the Great Depression – Bloomberg
- Markets That Climbed the Trump Bump Are Tumbling Down From It – NY Times
- Stocks Tumble on Tech Rout as Support Levels Fail: Markets Wrap – Bloomberg
- Dow drops more than 450 points, Nasdaq falls into correction as Amazon leads tech lower – CNBC
- Return of volatility is a healthy resetting of markets – FT
- No Rent, Cheap Flights, $100 Art: How One Hedge Fund Keeps Costs Low – WSJ
- The First Real Estate Bubble? Land Prices and Rents in Medieval England C. 1300-1500 – SSRN
- Bahrain’s Biggest Oil Find Since 1932 Dwarfs Reserves – Bloomberg
- Data is not the new oil – Tech Crunch
- Stabilising the real economy increases average output – VOX
- The uncertain future of central bank independence – VOX
Americas:
- Corruption Is Trump’s Greatest Political Liability – NY Mag
- “How Can I F–k with Him?”: Trump’s War with Amazon Gets Personal – Vanity Fair
- Trump’s Amazon Tweets Dent His Stock Market Bragging Rights – Bloomberg
- Inside the Decade-Long Russian Campaign to Infiltrate NRA and Elect Trump – Rolling Stone
- Rising Rates Sounding Alarm Bells for Debt-Laden U.S. Consumers – Bloomberg
- Subprime New-Car Buyers Suddenly Go Missing From U.S. Showrooms – Bloomberg
- Trump’s Tariffs Hurting American Factories as Prices Skyrocket – Bloomberg
- U.S. Trucking Prices Are About to Rise Even More – Bloomberg
- EPA Will Ease Vehicle-Emissions Standards – WSJ
- The Fuel Powering Corporate America: $2.4 Trillion in Private Fundraising – WSJ
- Iowa’s Employment Problem: Too Many Jobs, Not Enough People – WSJ
- Rules of Engagement: How Cities Are Courting Amazon’s New Headquarters – WSJ
- Retailers Race Against Amazon to Automate Stores – NY Times
- Mall Vacancies Reach Six-Year High as Retail Slump Batters Local Economies – WSJ
- Will Trump Crash the Farm Economy? – NY Times
- Mexican leftist has 18-point lead as campaign kicks off – Reuters
Europe:
- Emmanuel Macron compares ’too big to be governed’ Google and Facebook to oil barons – The Telegraph
- Brussels plans crackdown on ‘fake news’ in social media – FT
- London remains graduate choice for financial services careers – FT
- Emmanuel Macron Talks to WIRED About France’s AI Strategy – Wired
- Action Plan on military mobility: EU takes steps towards a Defence Union – Europa
- European Citizens’ Initiative: 9 million citizens have got involved in EU law-making – Europa
- How an Outraged Europe Agreed to a Hard Line on Putin – NY Times
Asia:
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- China Urges More Trade Talks as Tariffs on U.S. Goods Begin – Bloomberg
- China Retaliates Against Trump Tariffs With Duties on American Meat and Fruit – WSJ
- China imposes tariffs in response to U.S. duties on steel, aluminium – Reuters
- Cover story: Is China’s Belt and Road working? A progress report from eight countries – Nikkei
- Trade war escalates as China says it will impose tariffs on 128 U.S. exports, including pork and fruit – Washington Post
- China imposes tariffs on over 125 US imports as fears of trade war grow – Mirror Online
- China and Vietnam call for settling South China Sea disputes and establishing healthy relations – ABC
Trans-Tasman:
- Secular groups call for review of ‘blatantly discriminatory’ school chaplains program – The Guardian
- Larissa Waters ‘overwhelmingly’ wins Greens preselection – Brisbane Times
- Public housing ban on people with drug records likely to do more harm than good – The Conversation
- No more Mr Nice Guy: Brace for a ‘cage fight’ election campaign – New Daily
- The fundamental operating model of Australian politics is breaking down – The SMH
- Students’ falling test scores costing the nation $120b in lost GDP, report finds – ABC
- Coalition MPs to lobby PM on energy policy – 9News
- Australians ignorant about social media data, ACCC chief warns – The Guardian
- What anti-Adani protestors can learn from the Jabiluka blockade – The Guardian
- Educational inequality widening Australia’s rich-poor gap, report finds – The Guardian
- Battle looms over rebates as Labor eyes changes to private health insurance – The SMH
- Organic vegetables in Australia under threat with new proposal to change import rules – Herald-Sun
- Migrant workers ‘left exposed’ by workplace watchdog amnesty promise – The SMH
- ‘It was never going to work’: Bunnings expected to struggle for buyers in UK – The Age
- Pacific workers, not backpackers, should do Australia’s regional work – The Guardian
- How different lenders’ stress tests affect the amount you can borrow – Interest.co.nz
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Is the Govt going far enough in its revamp of our privacy law? – Interest.co.nz
