Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How antitrust enforcement can spur innovation – VOX
- The Long Economic and Political Shadow of History – Africa and Asia – VOX
- Why shocks to large banks cause big GDP swings – VOX
- Monopolies Are Worse Than We Thought – Bloomberg
Americas:
- U.S. Household Debts Climbed in 2016 by Most in a Decade – WSJ
- McCain: Dictators ’get started by suppressing free press’ – CNN
- McCain: Trump’s attacks on press are ’how dictators get started’ – Politico
- ’Enemies of the people’: Trump remark echoes history’s worst tyrants – BBC
- Trump Has No Foreign Policy – Politico
- Priebus: Trump’s comments on the media should be taken ’seriously’ – Politico
- What you need to know about the enemies of the American people the president warned you about – Dallas News
- Trump administration to expand groups of immigrants to be deported: documents – Reuters
- NY Times rips into Trump: ’An inept White House led by a celebrity apprentice’ – The Hill
- How Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul – The Atlantic
- Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis – NY Times
Europe:
- Only Germans Love the Euro These Days – Bloomberg
- Russia plotted to overthrow Montenegro’s government by assassinating Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic last year – The Telegraph
- Our Putin – NY Times
- In Munich, Pence Says U.S. Commitment to NATO Is ‘Unwavering’ – NY Times
- Merkel Pushes Back on Trump’s Media Attacks, Calls for ‘Respect’ – Bloomberg
- ’Before, Putin Was Unpredictable; Now It’s Trump’ – The Atlantic
- Russians Are Turning on Donald Trump – Foreign Policy
- What Does It Mean to Have ’Repeated Contacts’ With Russian Intelligence? – The Atlantic
- Angela Merkel says Europe must take MORE refugees and Islam ’isn’t source of terror’ – Daily Star
- Angela Merkel’s speech at Munich Security Conference 2017 – YouTube
- Trump Aides Try to Reassure Europe, but Many Are Wary – NY Times
- Merkel suggests euro is too low for Germany – Reuters
- A Dutch town put traffic lights in the pavement because people won’t stop staring at their smartphones – Business Insider
- Greeks Turn to the Black Market as Another Bailout Showdown Looms – NY Times
- Climate Change in Germany: Merkel Might Lose After All – Der Spiegel
- In Germany, the Male Breadwinner is Still King – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- No, China’s Trademark Decision On Trump Wasn’t A Favor For Accepting “One China” Policy – BuzzFeed
- China suspends North Korean coal imports, striking at regime’s financial lifeline – Washington Post
- China Suspends All Coal Imports From North Korea – NY Times
- Trump has a shocking conflict of interest with China – Business Insider
- Echoing Chinese dictator Mao Zedong, Trump declares western media the “enemy of the people” – Quartz
- Suspect in North Korea killing ’thought she was taking part in TV prank’ – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Mining industry tipped millions into pre-election clean coal campaign – The SMH
- Coalition says it may change Clean Energy Finance Corporation rules to fund coal plants – The Guardian
- Victoria to get its first large-scale solar plants – The Age
- Banking royal commission threat grows as government clashes with banks – The AFR
- Cash lurk: banks skim millions from customers, again – Michael West
- Centrelink’s debt collection ‘pushed him over the edge’ – The Saturday Paper
- AEMO sails under radar amid renewable energy blamefest – Michael West
- Aussie telcos must improve broadband speeds, not just confess to slow downloads – The Age
- Where homes earn more than work without owners lifting a finger – News.com.au
- Ciobo heads to China to drive Chinese tourism – Sky News
- Paediatrician calls for a re-think on ‘No Jab, No Pay’ immunisation policy – SBS
- Turnbull quashes calls to exempt big banks from $50 billion tax cut – SBS
- Australian politics has been remodelled. Hansonists are no longer outliers – The Guardian
- Sugar tax proposals divide experts and federal government – Canberra Times
- Australia positioned to be renewable energy superpower – Canberra Times
- Can Bligh win where bank bosses failed? – Canberra TimesHouse price growth to slow sharply, says Fitch – Interest.co.nz
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