Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Diversity and economic development – VOX
- Effects of retirement timing uncertainty – VOX
- Chanos says Valeant was biggest loser ever for hedge funds, topping Enron; Cost industry $40 billion – CNBC
- Stocks just gave up an important advantage they’ve held over bonds – Business Insider
- Ray Dalio warns on new era of globalisation in retreat – FT
- A $900 Billion Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert – Bloomberg
- France, UN tell Trump action on climate change unstoppable – Yahoo
- The dollar, bank leverage and the deviation from covered interest parity – BIS
Americas:
- GOP foreign policy leaders grow despondent – Politico
- Life in the White House bubble? Trump’s had practice – AP News
- There’s No Such Thing as a Good Trump Voter – Slate
- Clinton’s lead in the popular vote passes 1 million – Politico
- Ted Cruz’s New Adviser Is Even More Anti-Muslim Than Donald Trump – Huffington Post
- Don’t confuse Trump’s tax cuts with tax reform – Tax Policy Centre
- What Could Be Worse Than Repealing All of Obamacare? – NY Times
- Why Keeping Only the Popular Parts of Obamacare Won’t Work – NY Times
- US Bilateral Trade Balances: A New Guide to Trade Policy? – PIIE
- Trump’s Proposals Won’t Help The White Working Class – FiveThirtyEight
- Why Anti-Trump Protests Matter – Rolling Stone
- Wages Climb Higher, Faster – Atlanta Fed macroblog
Europe:
- Kremlin Finds a Defender in Congress – NY Times
- Swedish women get hotline to report mansplaining – The Independent
- America’s Friendship With Europe Has Been Horribly Damaged – The Atlantic
- Angela Merkel to run for fourth term: senior MP – Politico
- Refugees in Germany ’better educated than expected’ – DW.com
- German third-quarter growth halves post-Brexit, economists see better fourth quarter – Reuters
- German economy slows in third quarter – DW.com
- Merkel, with nod to Trump, warns against protectionism – Reuters
Asia:
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- China’s Great Leap Backward – The Atlantic
- China’s Tech Unicorns Look Increasingly Cursed – Bloomberg
- With TPP unlikely, Japan turns to Asian trade pact, East Asia News & Top Stories – Straits Times
- As TPP falters, Malaysia looks to China trade pact to bolster trade – Reuters
- China’s overheated Shenzhen and Wuhan step up curbs on home purchases – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Premier Mike Baird risks being known as the man who destroyed ICAC – The SMH
- Another supermarket fruit supplier caught allegedly underpaying migrants – The Age
- Radio National to lose eight staff as ABC cuts several programs from 2017 schedule – The Guardian
- Coalition faces industrial relations revolt from its own staffers – Canberra Times
- Australia’s Big Banks Still ‘Coughing Up for Coal’ – Probono Australia
- South Australian MPs’ conscience vote backs allowing same-sex couples to adopt – ABC
- As the world pushes for a ban on nuclear weapons, Australia votes to stay on the wrong side of history – The Conversation
- ABC still linking renewable energy to South Australia blackout – Renew Economy
- The myth around Australia’s “cheap” energy : Renew Economy – Renew Economy
- States could be forced to charge locals for rail and road projects – The Age
- Millions at risk of default in next 12 months but don’t know it – The Age
- The Government shouldn’t use super to help low-income savers – ABC
- Australia’s political donations: 85% of privately raised funds ‘not declared’ – The Guardian
- We Are Paying The Price For Becoming Too Precious – Huffington Post
- Australia should turn to Asia, not Trump, says Wong – Canberra Times
- A new temporary parent visa threatens to create second-class Australians – The Guardian
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