Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- BlackRock Is Buying the Bonds Most at Risk From Added Fed Hikes – Bloomberg
- You Can Trade Bitcoin Futures. But Should You? – Bloomberg
- CBOE Website Crashes As Futures Trading Begins; Bitcoin Price Squeezed 10% Higher – Zero Hedge
- Bitcoin jumps higher as futures trading begins on CBOE; new futures rise – CNBC
- Deregulation will pave the way for the revolutionary technologies of the future – AEI
- Global growth in 2018 – slowing but not slow – FT
- Supervisors declare global bank-capital standards completed – The Economist
- How to give the gift of bitcoin this holiday season – CNBC
- Bitcoin Futures Launch Stokes Fears of Manipulation, Hacks, Glitches – WSJ
- Bitcoin Plunge Reveals Possible Vulnerabilities In Crazy Imaginary Internet Money – The Onion
- An Expert’s Guide to Navigating the World of Bitcoin – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Prescription Drugs May Cost More With Insurance Than Without It – NY Times
- Janet Yellen Didn’t Set Out to Be a Feminist Hero – NY Times
- Under Trump, E.P.A. Has Slowed Actions Against Polluters – NY Times
- Republicans step up defense of ‘not qualified’ judicial nominees – Politico
- California wildfires hit ’avocado capital of the world’ – Sky
- U.S. Diplomat’s Resignation Signals Wider Exodus From State Department – Foreign Policy
- The Taxman Cometh: Senate Bill’s Marginal Rates Could Top 100% for Some – WSJ
- As tax plan gained steam, GOP lost focus on the middle class – Washington Post
- Tax Plans May Give Your Co-Worker a Better Deal Than You – NY Times
Europe:
- I’m quitting as a hospital boss: dire NHS funding problems give me no choice – The Guardian
- Britain’s smaller banks jostle for business banking grants – Reuters
- Why is Switzerland Peaceful? – Marginal Revolution
- The contradictions that will plague the Brexit deal – RTE
- Global powers lobby to stop special Brexit deal for UK – The Guardian
- Ireland has just saved the UK from the madness of a hard Brexit – Irish Times
Asia:
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- China Audit Finds Provinces Faked Data and Borrowed Illegally – Bloomberg
- World’s Largest Water Diversion Plan Won’t Quench China’s Thirst – Bloomberg
- German intelligence unmasks alleged covert Chinese social media profiles – Reuters
- This is how nuclear war with North Korea would unfold – Washington Post
- Recycling Chaos In U.S. As China Bans ’Foreign Waste’ – NPR
Trans-Tasman:
- Greens single out 13 companies that paid no tax yet donated to major parties – The Guardian
- Private schools to get more than they need under Gonski 2.0 – The SMH
- Sam Dastyari urged to ‘consider his position’ by Labor frontbencher – ABC
- Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions highest on record – The Guardian
- Locals threaten violence against Manus Island asylum seekers at new accommodation – ABC
- One in three companies pays no tax, here’s why… – The SMH
- Politicians, stop pitching to the ‘average’ Australian; being middle class depends on where you live – The Conversation
- Peter Dutton: The same-sex marriage postal vote worked but we shouldn’t use it again – The Age
- Commentary: It’s time for Australia to decide what kind of relationship it wants with China – Xinhuanet
- Sam Dastyari warned Tanya Plibersek to abandon meeting with Hong Kong activist, sources say – The SMH
- Paywave fees in Australia: Banks should allow eftpos, report says – News.com.au
- Adrian Orr named new RBNZ Governor – Interest.co.nz
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The crunch approaches – Interest.co.nz