Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming And Humans Are The Cause – NPR
- The Age of Easy Money Is Nearly Over – Bloomberg
- Is a Recession Imminent? – Calculated Risk
- Blankfein Says Don’t Dismiss Bitcoin – Bloomberg
- From Oil to Ruthenium, Here’s How Commodities Are Bouncing Back – Bloomberg
- Can Blockchain And AI Accelerate The Arrival Of The IoT Economy? – Forbes
- Global Oversupply of Grains Puts a Squeeze on Giant Processors – WSJ
- Why the idea that the world is in terminal decline is so dangerous – Aeon
- The Global Economy Looks Good for 2018 – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin is a commodity, not a currency, Allianz’s Mohamed El-Erian says – CNBC
Americas:
- Elizabeth Warren and Donna Brazile both now agree the 2016 Democratic primary was rigged – Washington Post
- How a Tax Cut Turns Into a Tax Increase – Medium
- Donald Trump Stands to Gain Millions from the Republican Tax Bill – New Yorker
- Rubio: GOP tax bill doesn’t do enough to help working families – The Hill
- A ‘Massive’ Middle-Class Tax Cut May Not Be in Store -NY Times
- Trump’s tax cut won’t be the biggest in U.S. history – Reuters
- Trump nominates some club members to plum government jobs – USA Today
- Older people and Republicans, threatening free speech – Washington Post
- Donald Trump Is Replacing the Most Powerful Woman in America With a Less Qualified Man – Slate
- Yellen’s Legacy: Economic Progress but a Sense of a Job Unfinished – NY Times
- Trump wants a non-economist to lead the Fed. That could be dangerous – Washington Post
- Climate Change to Affect 10 Million Americans by 2075, CBO Warns – CBO
- The Staggering Value of Urban Land – CityLab
- Trump’s Nafta Withdrawal Threat Casts Pall Over Business Plans – WSJ
Venezuela Will Seek to Restructure Its Debt – Bloomberg - Trump boosts disaster aid for Puerto Rico rebuild – Reuters
- Argentina’s Biggest Futures Market Plans to Join the Bitcoin Party – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Irish foreign minister says Brexit promises ’undeliverable’ – Sky
- Child poverty in Britain ’set to soar to new record’ – The Guardian
- How Putin could yet save Britain from Brexit – The Guardian
- Brexit supply shock may cause more interest rate rises – In Facts
- Theresa May’s Brexit strategy hits a legal minefield – The Telegraph
- Greek bank test results still due in May despite EBA delay, says source – ekathimerini.com
- Number of EU nurses registering to work in Britain falls by 90 per cent – The Telegraph
Asia:
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- China’s Economy Is Poised to Win the Future – Time
- Japanese Financial Regulator Issues Warning on ICOs – The Merkle
- China Blinks on South Korea, Making Nice After a Year of Hostilities – NY Times
- The world’s 5 fastest growing cities for tourism are all in China – CNBC
- Facebook, Take Note: In China’s ‘New Era,’ the Communist Party Comes First – WSJ
- How China Swallowed the WTO – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- The Manus Island horror story stains us – The SMH
- ACCC to review NBN after complaints about network soar – News
- Government MPs are living in completely different universes from each other – The Monthly
- Greyhound racing to be banned in Canberra from next April – Brisbane Times
- E-cigarette ban in smoke-free areas of NSW attracts Government support – ABC
- Labor softens stance on citizenship audit, accuses Government of constitutional cover up – ABC
- Queensland election: LNP plans youth curfew, welfare freeze in Townsville – ABC
- ‘Reasonable steps’ to renounce foreign citizenship may not be enough – The Guardian
- Federal ICAC: Former judges call for national anti-corruption watchdog – ABC
- Vic Liberal Party presents Morrison with lump of brown coal, Yates ejected – Renew Economy
- Former Liberal leader John Hewson condemns Turnbull government over Manus Island – New Daily
- Poor auditing could be ‘canary in the coal mine’ for financial crisis: ASIC boss – ABC
- Senior public servants shouldn’t be allowed to go work for the big banks – ABC
- ACCC launches inquiry into NBN services – SBS
- ‘We risk being left behind’: Treasurer – SBS
- Retail sales disappoint again, staying flat in September – ABC
- Foreign buyer ban ‘will take some upward price pressure away’ – Interest.co.nz
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New centre-left Government makes for uncertain times – Interest.co.nz
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