Global Macro/Markets:
- Gold is the worst investment of 2013 – Quartz
- Fiscal austerity is bad – there are no qualifications – Bill Mitchell
North America:
- America’s fiscal drag – Economonitor
- Paul Ryan: The GOP Plan to Balance the Budget by 2023 – Wall Street Journal
- Prosecuting Big Banks Not Always the Best Choice – New York Times
- Can the Fed Burst the Next Bubble Before It’s Too Late? – The Fiscal Times
- We’re Betting Big on Residential Real Estate: Blackstone CEO – CNBC
Europe:
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- The great Portugese hollowing out – Economonitor
- UK Funding For Lending to be put on steroids – Financial Times
- We saved the banks but risk losing a generation – Reuters
- Rehn hits back at critics of EU austerity policies – Reuters
- Britain’s perilous austerity bunker – Financial Times
- Greece Faces 150,000 Job-Cut Hurdle to Aid Payment: Euro Credit – Bloomberg
- On the Brink in Italy – New York Times
Asia:
- Japan discovers ‘ice’ gas – The Telegraph
- China’s new match-making markets – New York Times
- China housing bubble will pop in second half of 2013 – Reuters
- Chinese Stocks Plunge on Plan to Tax Home Sales – New York Times
Local:
- Gillard takes aim at Libs in 457 Visa row – The Australian
- Overseas student costs skyrocket – The Australian
- Life under Tony Abbott – don’t panic – The Age
- CBD retail landlords left reeling from tax rises – The Age
- Coal seam gas the latest NIMBY – The AFR
- Burke reforms over coal seam gas on wrong track – The AFR
- Bond traders peel back their expectations over rate cuts – The AFR
- Back to the future with Mark Latham – Matt Cowgill
Other:
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- Crude Sachsism: The Four Big Flaws in Progressive Attacks on Keynesianism – Next New Deal
- Labour markets: The “quasi-structural” unemployment issue – The Economist
