MUST READS Chinese trade drop adds to global economic woes – BBC Globalization and its New Discontents – Project Syndicate We’re in a Low-Growth World. How Did We Get Here? – NY Times Are We Reaching the End of World Records? – Scientific American The ancient Olympics were dirty, violent, corrupt affairs – PRI Trump advisers defend all-male economic team – Bloomberg Is Donald Trump trying to throw this election? – The Week Trump is right: It’s time to rethink NATO – Politico EXCLUSIVE Gary Johnson op-ed: There’s another choice – The Hill A Third Of Sanders’ Supporters Aren’t Backing Clinton Five Thirty Eight How Central Bank Enabled Financialization Divided America – Contra Corner Updating Government Finance Quasi-Capitalism – CBB The Seven-Year Short – Bloomberg
MARKETS/INVESTING Stocks: 4 things to know before the open – CNN/Money Earnings beats are concealing bad results – MarketWatch Stock markets and U.S. dollar both climb as ‘risk-on’ mode dominates – Reuters Oil prices plummet amid continued oversupply, with no end in sight – Guardian The Indexing End Game: The Wilshire 5000 Only Has 3,607 Stocks – Dark Bid Waiting Forever for Fed Model Bull Case on Stocks to Come True – Bloomberg Sell everything? This stock-market rally dares you – MarketWatch Gold inches lower on U.S. payrolls, rate hike fears – Reuters Investing in Gold in 2016: Global Paradigm Shifts in Politics and Markets – Acting Man The Colors of Money Andrew Jackson Still Fights the Banking War – GoldSilverWorlds
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING A Realistic Look at July’s Nonfarm Payrolls – Wall Street on Parade Can a North Dakota Oil Town Break the Boom-Bust Cycle? – The Atlantic Is now the time to switch Britain’s mix of economic policies? – Telegraph Venezuela’s zoo animals are dying, and people could be next – Quartz The spy saga of an Iranian nuclear scientist ended with his execution – Vice News Ordinary people can’t afford a home in San Francisco. How did it come to this? – Guardian The boom that never materialized: boomerang homebuyers – OC Housing News PBOC Signals More Use of ’Innovative’ Monetary Policy Tools – Bloomberg Will the Bubble Pop Even if the Fed Never Raises Rates? – Mises
