Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Global Solar Boom: How Solar Is Finally Moving Beyond Boom and Bust – Fox
- Risk sharing across the US and Eurozone – VOX
- How Often Does a Stock Fall 19% in One Day? Not Very Often – WSJ
- Technology vs. the Middle Class – WSJ
- Behind Closed Doors At Davos: “Make Elites Great Again” – BuzzFeed
- Investors Taper Bullish Bets as Trump Takes Office – WSJ
- What if the state provided everyone with a basic income? – BBC
- The Dollar’s Trump Trade Approaches an Inflection Point – Bloomberg
- Geographic Effects on Intergenerational Income Mobility – NIH.gov
- Why robots, not trade, are behind so many factory job losses – AP
- These Companies Are at Risk in a U.S.-China Trade War – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump struggles to shake his erratic campaign habits – Politico
- Bringing Back Jobs And Growth – White House
- An America First Energy Plan – White House
- CIA officers give mixed reviews of Trump’s strange visit – Washington Post
- The Numbers Game of Donald Trump – NY Times
- Expect Boom-Bust Cycle Under Trump – Bloomberg
- I asked my student why he voted for Trump. The answer was thoughtful, smart, and terrifying. – Mother Jones
- How Trump can use Obamacare to kill Obamacare – Politico
- Trump says will begin renegotiating NAFTA pact soon with Mexico, Canada – Reuters
- Mexico braced for exodus to US as ‘Trump effect’ hurts the peso – The Guardian
Europe:
- Australia Opens Talks With U.K. Over Trade Deals Ahead of Brexit – Bloomberg
- Trump Team in Talks with U.K. on Post-Brexit Trade Deal – Bloomberg
- Russia set to move closer to decriminalize domestic violence – AP News
- In Moscow, Trump inauguration inspires Russian hopes of new nationalist era – The Guardian
- Marine Le Pen Extols Far Right During Speech in Germany – NY Times
- Germany’s Schaeuble tells Britain to look to Swiss for Brexit ideas – Reuters
- Trump Administration Freezes Out Germany – handelsblatt.com
- Theresa May’s ‘Global Britain’ Is Baloney – NY Times
Asia:
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- China Slams Western Democracy as Flawed – Bloomberg
- What Do Traders at Myanmar’s Stock Exchange Do All Day? Nothing. – WSJ
- China cracks down on Mao critics – FT
- The Limits of Law in China – NY Times
- China clamps down on banks moving currency overseas – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Centrelink Admit Review System Too Slow To Save People From Fake Debts – Huffington Post
- Federal Court rejects application for Telstra to supply ‘personal’ metadata – The SMH
- Centrelink cooking the books on violence against public servants, union says – The SMH
- Barnaby Joyce won’t rule out dumping Renewable Energy Target – The Guardian
- Melbourne mall deaths: Daniel Andrews announces overhaul of bail laws – The Guardian
- Bail review needed to deal with ice problem which is like a ‘terrorist cell’, Senator Nick Xenophon says – ABC
- Same-sex marriage: Lawyers see red over Turnbull government’s vision for equality – Brisbane Times
- Government ‘working flat out’ to revise TPP deal without Trump’s support – ABC News
- Trans-Pacific Partnership: trade officials don’t know how it would work without US – The Guardian
- Gladys Berejiklian Becomes First Female Liberal State Premier – BuzzFeed
- Will the land titles registry privatisation bid be reversed? – The SMH
- Superannuation fight exposes retirement myths – The SMH
- Treasurer Scott Morrison has it wrong: The solution to housing affordability isn’t halfway around the world – Domain
- Scott Morrison looks to London to solve housing affordability crisis – The SMH
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‘We need to take cities out of the RMA’ – Interest.co.nz