Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet – New Yorker
- Why Central Bankers Missed the Crisis – WSJ
- A Trade Deficit Isn’t a Mortgage – WSJ
- Across the West powerful firms are becoming even more powerful – The Economist
- Beyond the AI Arms Race – Foreign Affairs
- Leveraged Loans at Two-Year Low as Bonds Fall, Supply Weigh – Bloomberg
- Saudis Move to Counter U.S. Oil Strategy – WSJ
Americas:
- The New York Hustle of Amazon’s Second Headquarters – New Yorker
- A Republican won the Georgia governor’s race, but it was tainted by voter suppression – Mother Jones
- The generational gulf between House Democrats is shaping their leadership fight – Washington Post
- Bankrupt Sears wants to give executives $19 million in bonuses – CNN
- The San Francisco air quality is so bad that Uber drivers are selling masks out of their cars – Recode
- Outstanding Student Loan Debt Approaches $1.5 Trillion – Bloomberg
- Trump’s Trade Warrior – The Atlantic
- Trump’s White House Chaos Is Worsening – Bloomberg
- America’s two economies remain far apart – Brookings
- Mr. Brexit – The Atlantic
Europe:
- Russian tipped to take over Interpol in Kremlin victory – The Times
- The Brexit Fantasy Goes Down in Tears – New Yorker
- Why the UN is investigating poverty in the United Kingdom – WEF
- This Deal, No Deal or No Brexit? – Medium
- Mars Bars Could Run Out Within Two Weeks Of A No-Deal Brexit – Buzz Feed
- Jo Johnson: the inside story of Brexit and where it all went wrong – FT
- Why Britain Needs Its Own Mueller – NY Review of Books
- Brexit: How the Deal was Done – RTE Archives
- UK austerity has inflicted ’great misery’ on citizens, UN says – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Germany’s Schroeder warns against demonizing China – Reuters
- China’s Xi takes aim at US protectionism – BBC
- China is locking up its Muslim minorities, and pushing Islamophobia to get Europe to do it too – Business Insider
- Pence vows no end to tariffs until China bows – Reuters
- How China influences the diaspora through digital media – Asian Correspondent
- Why Is China Building So Many Different Types of Weapons? – National Interest
- Censorship in Hong Kong since the Umbrella Movement: An overview – Medium
- China to surpass France as world’s number one tourist destination by 2030 – GB Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Liberal Party incapable of dealing with climate change: Turnbull – Sky News
- Ageing ex mining chiefs set up new ginger group urging Paris exit – Renew Economy
- A radical plan to give every Australian a job who wants one is gaining momentum – SBS
- ‘Plunged into poverty’: Push to raise Newstart rate by $75 gathers crossbench support – New Daily
- Bob Katter joins fellow crossbenchers to demand an increase to Newstart – The Guardian
- ‘If Peter was the answer, what was the question?’: Turnbull’s spray at Dutton – Canberra Times
- Australia’s pollution mapped by postcode reveals nation’s ‘dirty truth’ – ABC
- China shuts the door on Australian coal – ABC
- The Coalition’s Israel embassy move trashes Australia’s reputation as a serious country – The Guardian
- Scott Morrison, the Prime Minister for fair dinkumness, is losing election options fast – ABC
- Frydenberg will pick up the election bill – Canberra Times
- How bad must it get for bank bosses to lose all their bonuses? – Canberra Times
- Australians charged $761 million each year for car batteries – Car Advice
- Government looks to super funds to back $2 billion small business plan – The Age
- Banking royal commission: What you need to know about the final round of hearings – ABC
- Fears Coalition’s encryption cracking laws could expand metadata retention – The Guardian
- Underwriting coal power exposes taxpayers to billions, industry group says – The Guardian
- ‘Problem in waiting’: why natural gas will wipe out Australia’s emissions gains – The Guardian
- Average value of home alterations declining in Auckland – Interest.co.nz
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The government should do the obvious to fix housing affordability – Interest.co.nz
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