Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Are Capital Flows Expansionary or Contractionary? It Depends What Kind – IMF
- El Nino’s Sugar Shortage Drives Bullish Bets to Seven-Year High – Bloomberg
- Hedge funds lick wounds after tough year – FT
- Measuring the concentration of wealth – VOX
- As Oil Keeps Falling, Nobody Is Blinking – WSJ
- Brent Crude Drops Below $40 for First Time in Almost Seven Years – Bloomberg
- The Best Good News for the Climate: Global Emissions Dropped in 2015 – Slate
- Commodity crunch: iron ore hits 10-year low as rout deepens – The Guardian
Americas:
- U.S. Strategy Seeks to Avoid ISIS Prophecy – NY Times
- Donald Trump Calls for Barring Muslims From Entering U.S. – NY Times
- Donald Trump thinks he can call Bill Gates to ’close up’ the internet – The Verge
- Economist’s Criticism of Federal Reserve Policies Gains Ground – NY Times
- The Jobs and Workers of Tomorrow – jedkolko.com
Europe:
- How Finland’s Exciting Basic Income Experiment Will Work–And What We Can Learn From It – fastcoexist.com
- This conservative wunderkind is taking France by storm – The Week
- National Front Gets a Boost in French Regional Elections – NY Times
- Greek 10-year bond yields rise to highest since mid-September – ekathimerini.com
Asia:
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- China’s forex reserves suffer third-largest monthly decline – FT
- China Forex Reserves Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Two Years – WSJ
- Where Rich Chinese Are Stashing Their Cash: America’s Hotels and Strip Malls – WSJ
- Chinese Companies Are Trapped in IPO Logjam – WSJ
- Aging, real rates, and labour bargaining power: the case of Japan – FT
- How will China tackle its debt dilemma? – weforum.org
Local:
- Leaked plans show huge GST hike – Canberra Times
- Abbottalypse: ‘I would have won election’ – Canberra Times
- Tricks and cuts: How PM found $1.1b – Canberra Times
- Parko: ‘Once in a lifetime’ opportunity for tax reform – Canberra Times
- ATO launches new foreign crackdown – Canberra Times
- Little PT improvement for billions spent – The Age
- Up to 50 city towers could be high fire risks – The Age
- Landlords should respect renters – The Age
- Reform solution: overhaul old taxes – The Australian
- Commodity slide adds to deficit – The Australian
- Ricky Muir slams car lobby’s ‘outrageous’ Yakuza import claims – The AFR
- Peter Costello warns against GST rise – The AFR
- GST may be regressive but so is bracket creep: Martin Parkinson – The AFR
- Australian tax system ‘resembles 1950s’: Australian Public Service head – ABC News