Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Climate-exodus expected in the Middle East and North Africa – Phys.org
- Ignore the Fed’s Yield Sign at Your Peril – WSJ
- Vivid History: ’How Money Got Free’ Is the Untold Story of Bitcoin – Coin Desk
- Untangling Bitcoin: Why Russell Yanofsky Is Taking Apart Crypto’s Oldest Code – Coin Desk
- Bitcoin is fiat money, too – The Economist
- The Global Stock Market’s Hidden Juice – WSJ
- The tide is starting to turn against the world’s digital giants – The Guardian
- What We Know About Financial Bubbles – WSJ
- The Coming Bear Market? by Robert J. Shiller – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- Leveraged Loans Are Back and on Pace to Top Pre-Financial Crisis Records – WSJ
- Real Wages Keep Powering Ahead, but Can the Trend Last? – WSJ
- A Divider Not a Uniter, Trump Widens the Breach – NY Times
- Trump’s Travel Ban Is Back—And This Time It’s Forever – Daily Beast
- Trump’s Shocking Recklessness – The Atlantic
- America, we need to talk about this ’police riot’ in a major U.S. city – Philly
- Cruz opposes latest Obamacare repeal – Politico
- Hot, isolated, and running out of supplies, parts of Puerto Rico near desperation – Washington Post
- Puerto Rico governor: ‘We still need some more help’ from Washington – Washington Post
- Puerto Rico’s Agriculture and Farmers Decimated by Maria – NY Times
- Puerto Rico facing crisis after Maria – BBC
- The entire island of Puerto Rico may be without electricity for months – VOX
Europe:
- Angela Merkel Makes History in German Vote, but So Does Far Right – NY Times
- Uber Tries Compromise With London Regulators – WSJ
- London’s Uber Ban Is a Big Brexit Mistake – Bloomberg
- Uber ready to make concessions to reverse London license decision: paper – Reuters
- Russian link to Trump and UK ‘murder’ – The Times
- Germany’s Caribbean coalition will shake Europe – Breaking Views
- The Trump Effect reaches Germany – Fox News
- Merkel Chastised as Far-Right Surge Taints Fourth-Term Win – Bloomberg
- Mrs May’s falsehoods and fantasies are designed only to keep her party together – The Guardian
- Reuters survey: 10,000 UK finance jobs affected in Brexit’s first wave – Reuters
Asia:
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- Is Trump All Talk on North Korea? The Uncertainty Sends a Shiver – NY Times
- North Korea’s A-Bomb Is Deterring U.S. First Strike, Russia Says – Bloomberg
- Pump more money into Hong Kong fintech start-ups – SCMP
- In Beijing and Abu Dhabi, Signs of Bannon’s Continued Influence – NY Times
- CPC to amend party constitution – Xinhua
- China Rebuffs U.S. Demand to Cut Off Oil Exports to North Korea – Bloomberg
- A Potent Fuel Flows to North Korea. It May Be Too Late to Halt It. – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Why Australian banks are walking away from $2.3 trillion superannuation honey pot – The AFR
- The truth about soaring power prices: wind and solar not to blame – ABC
- Think Australia can’t afford a Space Agency? Nope, you’re mistaken. – PBS
- Banks ditch ATM fees, but calls for a royal commission remain strong – The SMH
- Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and ANZ drop ‘foreign ATM’ fees – ABC
- Climate crunch: Australia to fail on Paris commitments without massive renewable switch – The SMH
- Labor MP ridicules universal basic income push and says it would worsen inequality – The Guardian
- Six things we learned: Death spirals and Tony Abbott’s sense of timing – Renew Economy
- AEMO warns gas ‘shortfall could be higher than expected’ – The AFR
- Bernie Sanders on Australian politics: Taken a troubling turn – News.com.au
- $5.1 billion in the pipeline of Toowoomba and Western Downs solar boom – The Chronicle
- Australian Government seeks ideas for regional rail enhancements – Rail Journal
- How a ‘bomb kit’ delivery changed thinking about border security – The SMH
- Wellness centres and rowing tanks: private schools are rubbing our noses in it – The Age
- The Trust Deficit: trust in our political class is in free-fall – Michael West
- Australian fleet must be wary of meddling in South China Sea affairs – Global Times
- Could APRA’s loan crackdown be limited to Sydney and Melbourne? – The SMH
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Ardern opens up on common ground with NZ First – Interest.co.nz
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All I want for Christmas is a Housing Minister – Interest.co.nz