Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- What the world worries about – The Economist
- Agglomeration economies, productivity, and quality upgrading – VOX
- Giving Thanks: Hedge-Fund Managers Are Still Super Rich Edition – Vanity Fair
- The founder of Vanguard on the power of indexing – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Republicans Divided Between Romney and Giuliani for Secretary of State – NY Times
- Trump’s team of gazillionaires – Politico
- Central Americans surge north, hoping to reach U.S. before Trump inauguration – Reuters
- The US’s century-long destruction of Native American land, in one animated map – VOX
- Venezuela’s Currency Just Had the Biggest Monthly Collapse Ever – Bloomberg
- Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say – Washington Post
Europe:
- Brexit can be stopped, insists Tony Blair as he rules out return to frontline politics – The Telegraph
- EU adopting three-tier approach to Brexit – Sky
- Theresa May suffers backlash over flagship business reforms – FT
- Merkel fears social bots may manipulate German election – Reuters
- Why Italy should vote no in its referendum – The Economist
- Fiscal policy is too vulnerable to fickle politics – The Times
- Greek Discontent Brushed Off as Investors Bank on Debt Relief – Bloomberg
- France’s would-be Thatcher is short on reform – Politico
- ECB sees rising risks to euro zone financial stability, watching for Italian vote fallout – Reuters
- London Property Prices Falling Faster Than You Think, NAMA Warns – Bloomberg
- Bundesbank’s Weidmann: Time for Slow Phase Out – handelsblatt.com
Asia:
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- China is testing a new long-range, air-to-air missile that could thwart U.S. plans for air warfare – Popsci
- China Struggles to Steady Yuan’s Decline – WSJ
- Tokyo has November snow for first time in 54 years – Yahoo
- China orders Xinjiang residents to hand in passports – FT
- In India’s Demonetization Chaos, Rent-a-Body Startup Makes Hay – Bloomberg
- Rupee Sinks to Record as Foreign Funds Dump Indian Assets on Fed – Bloomberg
- Japan Has the World’s Gloomiest Millennials – Bloomberg
- This $100 Billion Chinese-Made City Near Singapore Is ’Scaring Everybody’ – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Melbourne faces death by gridlock, even with billions spent on new roads – The Age
- Ministers to be sent to ‘cyber bootcamp’ after damning review into #CensusFail – Canberra Times
- The Greens drive regular Aussies into the arms of Pauline Hanson – Crikey
- IBM to pay more than $30m in compensation for census fail, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull suggests – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull requests legal advice on pursuit of ‘save Medicare’ grandfather – Canberra Times
- George Brandis: Labor calls for Attorney-General to be sacked over ‘secret’ multi-million-dollar WA deal – ABC
- Labor labels George Brandis ‘corrupt’ following new Justin Gleeson revelations – The SMH
- Death toll rises after “thunderstorm asthma” outbreak strikes Australia. – arstechnica.com
- Single-use plastic bags to be banned in Queensland from 2018 – ABC
- How can the left respond to the global resurgence of far-right populism? – The Guardian
- Sydney is one of the world’s least-fun places to live, but Melbourne is second-best – News.com.au
- Youth smoking increased after plain packaging – Callaxy Files
- John Hewson: the Nationals have too much influence over Malcolm Turnbull’s government – The Age
- Australia’s rate rigging scandal spreads offshore – ABC
- Young people too cocky about their condom use, study shows – ABC
- Foreigners pile back into Australian property, reignite bubble fears – Reuters
- Government to scrap telco-specific competition laws – ComputerWorld
- The ‘Australian Legendary Kingdom’ theme park could open on the Gold Coast – News.com.au
- City deal will boost housing supply and drive down sky-high prices – The Australian
- Federal Government rules out negative gearing changes – ABC News
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More banks push mortgage rates up – Interest.co.nz
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Other:
- Economists are prone to fads, and the latest is machine learning – The Economist