Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The big myth about offshore cash – YouTube
- The Climate Crisis? It’s Capitalism, Stupid – NY Times
- Bitcoin hits record high after smashing through $8,000 for first time – Reuters
- Meet the world’s youngest self-made billionaire – BBC
Americas:
- Yellen Will Leave Federal Reserve Next Year – NY Times
- Yellen to leave Fed board once successor Powell sworn in – Reuters
- White House: True cost of opioid epidemic tops $500 billion – AP
- Consumers Remain in Good Holiday Shopping Mood – Gallup
- A Shameful Sugar Policy – NY Times
- Trickle-down economics gets new life as Republicans push tax-cut plan – USA Today
- Should the Upper Middle Class Take the Biggest Tax Hit? – Bloomberg
- The Right Way, And The Wrong Way, To Measure the Benefits Of Tax Changes – Tax Policy Centre
- The Republican War on College – The Atlantic
Europe:
- No British judge on world court for first time in its 71-year history – The Guardian
- May Prepares New Brexit Offer After Strategy Talks With Cabinet – Bloomberg
- BOE’s Ramsden Says Brexit Has Put U.K. Into an Unusual Slowdown – Bloomberg
- Italy measures la dolce vita – Bloomberg
- EU watchdog tightens grip over use of foreign credit ratings – Reuters
- Merkel Says She Prefers New Elections Over Minority Government – Bloomberg
- Germany bans children’s smartwatches – BBC
- Germany could have Easter election: Green MP – Politico
- Brexit and the City: taking London’s financial pulse – Reuters
- The chancellor must end austerity now – it is punishing an entire generation – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Hong Kong Apartment Sets Asia Price Record, Post Says – Bloomberg
- Economic effects of natural disasters: New evidence from Japan – VOX
- The ’China Shock’, Exports and U.S. Employment: A Global Input-Output Analysis – NBER
- Germany bans children’s smartwatches – Tech Crunch
- China Targets Nvidia’s Hold on Artificial Intelligence Chips – Wired
- Alibaba Bets $2.9 Billion It Can Take on Wal-Mart in China – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- The chancellor must end austerity now – it is punishing an entire generation – Canberra Times
- Pressure builds on government to bring back Parliament, as crossbench resists delay – The Guardian
- ‘He is now irrelevant’: Does Tony Abbott’s defeat on marriage mark his final decline in Canberra? – Brisbane Times
- Australian Furor Over Chinese Influence Follows Book’s Delay – NY Times
- Corruption watchdog forced to hire temporary investigators after funding cut – The SMH
- Turnbull flags income tax cuts as Labor alleges ‘free beer’ distraction tactics – SBS
- Wage theft endemic across Australia – The SMH
- ‘My door’s always open’: Cabinet ministers appeal to Coalition MP threatening to quit – The SMH
- Conservatives attack storage report as “eco-evangelism”, Finkel responds – Renew Economy
- Why would Turnbull cancel Parliament? He’s desperate to survive – The Age
- Uber faces possible class action for devastating Victorian taxi industry – ABC
- Opioid prescription crisis: Everyday Aussies, not ‘doctor shoppers’, at heart of crisis, experts say – ABC
- Coalition’s crisis is simple: it keeps supporting deeply unpopular policies – Canberra Times
- Voters think the Turnbull government is on its own highway to hell – The Guardian
- A test of nerve for home owners – Interest.co.nz
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