Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Perverse Market Incentives Encourage High Prescription Drug Prices – Pro Market
- The bitcoin bubble – The Economist
- The Only Thing That Crashed This October Was Volatility: Chart – Bloomberg
- Amazon just bought three domain names related to cryptocurrency – CNBC
- The world’s first AI exchange-traded fund is set to run in Canada – Futurism
- Exponential ETFs Launches Reverse Cap Weighted U.S. ETF – Business Wire
- Amazon is invading finance without really trying – Quartz
- Bitcoin futures remind one expert of the risky products that caused the financial crisis – Business Insider
- 99% of Small Cap Growth Funds Underperformed Benchmark Over 15 Years – The Reformed Broker
- GOP Goes With the Global Flow: Tax People, Not Companies – WSJ
Americas:
- You Can’t Trust the Usual Gauges on This Economy – Bloomberg
- Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged as Leadership Change Looms – NY Times
- Corporate Tax Cut to Be Phased Out After a Decade – Bloomberg
- GOP Braces for ‘All Hell’ to Break Loose When Tax Bill Finally Drops – Bloomberg
- Tax Credit Bidding War – WSJ
- How Trump’s Corporate-Tax Plan Could Send American Jobs Overseas – The Atlantic
- Math Problem Bedevils Republican Tax Rewrite – NY Times
- “You Can’t Go Any Lower”: Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment – Apple News
- Trump signs GOP repeal of consumer banking rule – AP
Europe:
- Britain’s defense minister resigns in growing harassment scandal – Reuters
- The Latest: UK defense chief resigns after improper behaviour – AP
- What’s the Economic Cost of Brexit? Pineapples Tell a Tale – NY Times
- Deutsche Bank Seeks New Post-Brexit Frankfurt Office – Bloomberg
- Bank of England Rate Decision Tests Carney’s Credibility – Bloomberg
- Bank of England must raise interest rates now, says panel – The Times
- Why Catalonia does not deserve to be independent – Open Democracy
- Brexit May Cost 75,000 U.K. Finance Jobs, Top Regulator Says – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Find Out Some (But Not All) The Secrets Of China’s Foreign Aid – NPR
- Censorship is superfluous in Xi’s ‘New Era’ – Lowy Institute
- China’s Xi says hopes to promote relations with North Korea: KCNA – Reuters
- Google’s former CEO says US could fail in the AI competition with China – The Verge
- BOJ Kuroda laughs off face-watchers trying to predict policy changes – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- LNP blocking release of details of political donation breaches ahead of election – ABC
- ‘Significant’ funding cut for NSW corruption investigation unit – The SMH
- Undercover Malaysian reporter exposes slavery in Australia’s fruit picking industry; Malaysians among victims – Net.com
- Unions seek dramatic pay increases to ensure minimum ‘living wage’ – The Guardian
- Stephen Parry told senior colleague about dual citizenship concerns months ago – ABC
- ACCC launches inquiry into NBN services – SBS
- Time for Australia to wake up to scale and pace of clean energy transition – Renew Economy
- Kevin Andrews calls for ‘strong and decisive leadership’ as Coalition fractures grow – The Guardian
- Data breach sees records of 50,000 Australian workers exposed – The SMH
- Manus navy will remove detainees by force if necessary, base commander says – The Guardian
- Australia’s major banks will be forced to share more detailed credit data about millions of customers – The SMH
- Senior public servants shouldn’t be allowed to go work for the big banks – ABC
- AWU raid wasn’t the only time Cash’s office manipulated the media – The SMH
- Domino’s workers to get huge pay rise after Fair Work decision – The SMH
- NBN rollout issues, customer complaints see ACCC launch inquiry into wholesale service – ABC
- Uber and taxi fares to rise to pay for taxi plate compensation scheme – ABC
- New National line-up; ‘Time for Smith to move on’ – Interest.co.nz
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Other:
- Tesla’s Nightmare Before Christmas – Bloomberg
- Tesla Drives Farther Off Course – WSJ