Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Where to Invest When You’re Investing – Ofdollarsanddata
- Spatial distribution of development: The roles of nature and history – VOX
- Is the Deflation Cycle Over? – Project Syndicate
- The Illusion of Stock-Picking Skill – Wealth Front
- Rethink on Trump hits dollar and world stocks – Reuters
- Euro jumps after Trump adviser calls shared currency ’grossly undervalued’ – Marketwatch
Americas:
- Left Protests While Trump Junks Obama’s Global Immigration Plan – Breibart
- The Immigration Ban is a Headfake, and We’re Falling For It – Medium
- Behind Trump’s visa thinking – Axios
- How to Be a Welcoming City in the Trump Era – City Lab
- The Left Underestimates Trump’s Economic Plan – Bloomberg
- Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 5.6% year-over-year in November – Calculated Risk
- Why Democrats Should Oppose Neil Gorsuch – NY Times
- Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch – NY Times
- Senate Democrats go party of no against Trump – Politico
- I was fired from my journalism job ten days into Trump – Medium
- House to repeal Obama coal rule Wednesday – The Hill
- Military Spending in the United States – National Priorities
- Nearly 50 arrested on Capitol Hill demanding answers on Obamacare repeal – Think Progress
- Under A New System, Clinton Could Have Won The Popular Vote By 5 Points And Still Lost – FiveThirtyEight
- 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan sue EPA over water crisis – Reuters
Europe:
- David Cameron ’tried to get Mail editor sacked’ over Brexit stance – BBC
- Ken Clarke: Why I’m voting against Brexit – BBC
- Alarms Are Sounding in European Bonds – Bloomberg
- Fighting between Ukraine and Russia is heating up again – Business Insider
- Greek Bond Yields Surge Amid Stalled Bailout Review, IMF Quarrel – Bloomberg
- Eurozone unemployment drops, inflation jumps, but Greece still mired in misery – ekathimerini.com
- Austria to ban full-face veil in public places – BBC
- Eurozone Economy Grows at Faster Pace Than U.S. – WSJ
- EC could use thresholds to squeeze London euro clearing – Risk
- German Unemployment Falls to Record Low as Economy Gathers Pace – Bloomberg
- Euro-Area Inflation Surges to 1.8%, Intensifying ECB Debate – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Apple sees business in mainland China picking up, but Hong Kong not so much – Recode
- A big Chinese province admits faking its economic data – The Economist
- Make China Great Again – NY Times
- China has stolen 3.4 million American jobs since 2001 – Quartz
- Billionaire Is Reported Seized From Hong Kong Hotel and Taken Into China – NY Times
- Facebook Is Trying Everything to Re-Enter China—and It’s Not Working – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Society Is Screwing Over Young People On Housing While Telling Them It’s Their Fault – Huffington Post
- Australia-U.S. Refugee Deal: Chaos As White House Gives Conflicting Reports – Huffington Post
- Turnbull refuses to be drawn on his Liberal Party donations – ABC
- Turnbull Liberal donation to be disclosed – SBS
- Swallow the money: Malcolm Turnbull’s donation disclosure delay is foolish and unconscionable – Canberra Times
- The missing millions: Political donations likened to money laundering – ABC
- NXT senators contribute $250k each towards party’s election campaign – ABC
- Homeless camped outside Flinders Street Station told to leave – ABC
- Sydney rental prices climb as number of new units built increases – ABC
- NBN Still On Track For 2016 Completion, Turnbull Says – The Shovel
- ‘Painful’ sunscreen burn cases ignite call for review of product testing in Australia – ABC
- Immigration Department pays $1 million compensation to Save the Children workers fired from Nauru – The SMH
- In a global trend towards crimmigration, Australia has led the world – The Guardian
- Home buyer handouts at odds – The Australian
- Summer heat records smashed in Sydney and regional NSW – ABC
- West Australians embrace solar panels at record rate – ABC
- Our society is fraying. The problem starts with our political leaders – Ross Gittins – The Age
- Turnbull warns of tougher economic times for Australians – Bloomberg
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RBNZ has room to stay low – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The future has a subscription fee: how technology is changing what we own – Tech Radar
- The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS – New Yorker
- Humans’ stuff vastly outweighs humans – Science News
- Saudi Arabia signals end of tax-free living as oil revenues slump – The Guardian
- Tesla’s Big-Battery Revolution Hits a Turning Point – Bloomberg