Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How the world welcomed president Donald Trump – Quartz
- Buy, George? World’s largest fund manager hires Osborne as adviser – The Guardian
- ’Don’t damage trade’, emerging market leaders tell Trump from Davos – Reuters
- Disillusioned in Davos – Larry Summers
- The Illusions Driving Up US Asset Prices – Project Syndicate
- Don’t Blame Davos Man for Globalization’s Limits – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Donald Trump Strikes Nationalistic Tone in Inaugural Speech – WSJ
- Trump’s real war isn’t with the media. It’s with facts. – VOX
- What President Trump Doesn’t Get About America – NY Times
- Trump’s first full day: Prayer, bowling, and a visit to the CIA – Politico
- Will the women’s march be another Occupy, or a Democratic Tea Party? – Politico
- Women’s marches draw estimated 3M people across US – The Hill
- Why Trump’s Inauguration is Not the Beginning of an Era – Medium
- On his first day in office, Trump broke 34 promises – Think Progress
- Every mention of global warming and climate change deleted from the White House website as Donald Trump arrives – The Independent
- The battle between California and Trump is beginning – California Sunday
- Trump’s executive order on Obamacare – The Incidental Economist
- Trump’s Grim View of the Economy Ignores Most Americans’ Reality – NY Times
- Venezuela 2016 inflation hits 800 percent, GDP shrinks 19 percent: document – Reuters
Europe:
- Northern Ireland’s EU exit will destroy peace deal, says Gerry Adams – The Guardian
- Russia’s Putin ready to meet Trump – Reuters
- Angela Merkel Looks for Clues on How to Read Trump – Bloomberg
- UK council cuts will lead to more people sleeping rough, charities warn – The Guardian
- Theresa May’s ‘Global Britain’ Is Baloney – NY Times
- The problem with the English: England doesn’t want to be just another member of a team – New European
- Godfather of ‘Brexit’ Takes Aim at the British Establishment – NY Times
- A Greek tragedy: how much can one nation take? – FT
- Europe’s rich since 1300 – VOX
- The redistributive function of the EU budget – VOX
- Britain’s Pound Depreciation Isn’t Working – WSJ
Asia:
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- The Trump Effect? Asian Companies Look To The U.S. For Growth Opportunities – Forbes
- China sees ’grim’ situation in relations with Taiwan this year – Reuters
- Asian media decry isolationist Trump, fear economic, diplomatic turmoil – Reuters
- China steps up censorship for Trump inauguration – FT
- Two China real estate consultancies halt monthly home price data – Reuters
- A Default Storm Is Brewing Over China Junk Bonds – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Not even the tennis can distract us from how badly this government is doing | Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- Medicare levy increase on the table as Turnbull budget speculation begins – The Age
- TPP Dead as US withdraws – Nikkei
- Declassified documents show CIA’s interest in Australian communism – Canberra Times
- Australians lose trust in politics, media, business – even NGOs, survey finds – Canberra Times
- “Brexit: Australia eyes relaxed UK immigration under trade deal” – BBC
- Facial recognition to replace passports in security overhaul at Australian airports – The Guardian
- Slater and Gordon lawyers investigating if Centrelink debt system breaches law – The Guardian
- Submissions on 18C cite laws that pose ‘greater risk’ to free speech – The Guardian
- Lockout laws to dominate 2017’s first Brisbane City Council meeting – Brisbane Times
- Social media and the death of democracy: How toxic politics is keeping ‘good people’ away – ABC
- One Nation: Chinese-Australian candidate says Hanson ‘has nothing against Asians’ – ABC
- The maps that prove Sydney’s urban sprawl is making us sick – The SMH
- Australia’s conservative government fiddles on climate policy while the country burns – The Guardian
- Revealed: the schools, electorates and political party that get the most Gonski money – Canberra Times
- Aust looks for new trade deals – The Australian
- TTP is just so yesterday, PM – The Australian
- Do-nothing Turnbull loses votes – The Australian
- Parliament is returning but why bother? PM’s agenda is threadbare – Canberra Times
- The pointy end of Victoria’s faulty building crisis – The Age
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