Global Macro / Markets / Investment:
- The Recession and Bear Market in 2016 in 2 charts: ZH
- Why Russian oil is resilient to the crude bear market: Bloomberg
Americas:
- Oil price collapse behind huge budget deficits in US states: Reuters
- Climate change behind bearish natural gas and oil markets as warm weather reduces demand: Reuters
- “Military” style police is not working in the US as attitudes firm against law enforcement: IBT (we’re going down this same stupid path of turning police into a “force”)
Europe:
- The EU must decentralise or disintegrate: Hugo Dixon (proven throughout history that large scale institutions fall under their own gravity if they dont decentralise their functions.)
- Spanish elections point to huge uncertainty as economy falters: FT
Asia/Middle East:
Advertisement
- Saudi’s jail someone for suggesting a “constitutional” monarchy: BBC (hard to reform Islam when the Sauds act like pricks) and of course beheadings continue for no crime, even teenagers
- As their ‘war on terror’ is exposed as a fraud, just a control for power: Project Syndicate
- China reforming bankruptcy laws and rules for its biggest companies: Business Insider
- As it unveils its 2016 blueprint: WSJ
- China GDP growth to be sub 6% next year and lower possibly says UBS: Bloomberg Video
Local:
- Corporate Oz tax avoiders seek more “reform” in wages, ala Workchoices 2.0: AFR
- Productivity Commission says reduce Sunday rates to Saturday level: Fairfax
- Agricultural sector applauds global subsidy cut but want more reform: AFR (this is good news)
- Why is who is the new head of the ABC front page news, discussion and opinion at The Oz’n’Chips? Get over it fellahs.
Other:
- Cleveland Fed wonky research on what “work” males and females do in and out of the house: Cleveland Fed
- Killjoy Neil deGrasse Tyson on why BB8 wouldn’t work in the Star Wars world: BI
- As another killjoy says why you shouldn’t watch Star Wars because blah blah, its banal/reflection of failed society/wah wah. Get a life – its just a story! We’ve been telling stories like this for 1000’s of years. Some people think too much and feel too little. Fairfax