Macro Markets & Investing
- In 1990, just 5% of the Fortune 500 corporations were from emerging economies; now 26% are – Project Syndicate
- Bill Gross says investors have to be concerned about China’s growth – Bloomberg
- Why do so many economists insist on predicting economic growth even when they get it wrong? The Economist (2 reasons, first, its not a real profession or science and secondly, its hard to predict something that is unpredictable….)
- What’s going on China – the TLDR version from Andrew Charlton via ABC with video
Europe
- Volkswagen thought it was on top of the emissions scandal. Then came the DOJ’s lawsuit – The Economist
- David Cameron: I will stay as PM if I lose EU referendum – The Guardian
- Germany & hyperinflation: A selective memory of the past may be worse than no memory at all – The Economist
- The Dutch are taking on the EU presidency at a tricky moment in European history – The Economist
Americas
Asia/Middle East
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- CSRC boss Xiao Gang criticized for China’s stock market mayhem – China News Daily
- China’s central bank struggles to transition to new rate system – SCMP
- Chinese search for bigger homes as two-child policy means 17m babies could be born by 2021 – SCMP
- The Saudi execution of an Iranian cleric has deepened the Sunni-Shia rift. Where does that leave the west? – The Guardian
Australia
- Former PM Tony Abbott has a contest on his hands from Nick Xenophon’s party AFR
- Never before has nation’s economy been so tightly linked to China – AFR
- Marc Faber says RBA doing better job the Fed, government to blame for bubble – ABC
Other
- The future of personal transport: driverless, car-sharing – The Economist
- A neuroscientist explains: Why we find it hard to stick to New Year resolutions – The Guardian
- Why are people scared of Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes? Oh right, because of this. – The Washington Post (go get them Ricky!)