Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- It Turns Out Spending More Probably Does Improve Education – NY Times
- Hedging Is an Afterthought for Traders With S&P 500 Near Record – Bloomberg
- Your New Hedge Fund Manager: The Faceless Hordes – Deal Breaker
- Trump rally could mark biggest postelection stock market rise since Hoover – MarketWatch
- Has Oil’s Problem Been Solved? – Real Investment Advice
- $1,570,000,000,000: how much the world spent on arms this year – The Telegraph
- The Volatility Paradox: Calm Markets but Soaring ‘Fear Gauge’ Trading – WSJ
- Treasury 10-Year Yield Tops 2.5% Amid Biggest Short Since 2014 – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump close to building out senior White House team – Politico
- Dispute over Russia reflects growing Republican resistance to Trump – Washington Post
- U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hacks ‘prioritized’ Democrats – Washington Post
- After Trump’s win, China and Mexico move to deepen ties – Reuters
- What’s Killing Low-Income Americans – Bloomberg
- This interactive map shows why renewables and natural gas are taking over the US – VOX
- There’s an Antidote to America’s Long Economic Malaise: College Towns – WSJ
- Venezuela pulls highest-value banknote ’to strike against mafia’ – BBC
- Black or white? In Brazil, a panel will decide for you – Globe & Mail
Europe:
- An Enemy of the Kremlin Dies in London – The Atlantic
- Turkey’s Economy Contracts for First Time Since 2009 – WSJ
- Brexit and the economics of populism – CER
- Greece Heads Toward New Crisis in Debt Saga as Support for Tsipras Slumps – WSJ
- UK considers plans to nearly halve international student visas – The Guardian
- European Central Bank’s Mario Draghi Learns the Limits of ‘Whatever It Takes’ – WSJ
Asia:
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- When Tyranny Takes Hold – New Yorker
- Trump May Have Wrong Asian Currency in His Crosshairs – Bloomberg
- Trump risks war by turning the One China question into a bargaining chip – Washington Post
- China Warns Trump Against Using Taiwan for Leverage on Trade – Bloomberg
- China Opens Its Markets to World—World Says No Thanks – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- The notion of evidence-based policy in Australia is dead – The AFR
- FactCheck: is Australia’s level of media ownership concentration one of the highest in the world? – The Conversation
- The recession we’re already in – ABC
- Climate change means workdays need to change during heatwaves, public health official warns – ABC
- Where the hell are the Liberal moderates? – The Monthly
- Fossil fuel divestment doubles in size as institutions representing almost AUD $7 trillion commit to divest – 350.org
- I Am Ashamed to Be Australian – NY Times
- Australia must not join race to the bottom on corporate tax, says Oxfam – The Guardian
- Credit rating agencies warn Scott Morrison ahead of MYEFO budget update – News.com.au
- Antarctica: Australian scientists prepare to unveil ‘holy grail of climate change’ amid $45m funding boost – MSN.com
- Concern over scientific research funding casts dark shadow over future of Australia’s Antarctic share – ABC
- Employer groups warn against underpayment and an uneven playing field – The SMH
- Driverless tractors to make big difference to life on the land – ABC
- Stalling NAPLAN results spark calls to raise expectations on teachers, students – ABC
- Economist Saul Eslake hits out at idealisation of manufacturing, small firms – The AFR
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English to name new Cabinet on Sunday – Interest.co.nz