Apologies for late links today!
Australia
Resources industry construction jobs to collapse (SMH/Age Pasometer)
A question for Joe Hockey: why? (Age – mentions Negative Gearing vis Manufacturing Euthenasia)
Powering states to be one economy (SMH/Age Gitto)
Australians pay top dollar for overseas money transfers (SMH/Age)
Where the RBA’s US85¢ came from (AFR)
The curious case of the never-ending deficit (AFR)
Australia ‘to be an energy superpower’ by mid 2017 (UK Telegraph – AEP goes hog wild on gas)
Europe
ECB battles Basel rules in war for SME finance
Berlin Plays It Safe on Banking Union
Welcome back to the eurozone nightmare
Putin Speech Hints at Big Problem
European Union inches towards ‘Banking Union’
North America
The True Cost of a Higher Minimum Wage
Rethinking the Idea of a Basic Income for All
Ten Theses on Growth, Employment, and Inequality
Fed could set off year-end fireworks
U.S. Charges Chinese Man With Conspiracy to Steal Secrets
The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet will hit a mind-boggling $4 trillion any day now
The Fed will look for add-ons to its taper trick (FT. El-Erian)
Why stagnation might prove to be the new normal (FT. Summers)
Why the Federal Reserve must taper quantitative easing before Christmas
Asia
How Li Qiang Cheers Zhejiang’s Private Spirit
Yi Gang: China’s Forward-Thinking Forex Chief
Chinese internet stocks propel US hedge fund to double-digit returns
Economic growth to propel yuan’s rise next year
Sundries
Gold Funds See Unprecedented 31% Slump With World Losing Faith
Structured credit: They’re back! Leveraged super seniors return