Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Growing number of cryptocurrencies spark concerns – FT
- In Defense of Economic Populism by Dani Rodrik – Project Syndicate
- Libor Manipulator Didn’t Understand Libor – Bloomberg
- Ethereum Price Highs Overshadow New Wave of Tech Issues – Coin Desk
- The Challenges of Building Ethereum Infrastructure – Medium
- The failure of Davos – Splinter News
- Jeff Bezos net worth: Amazon CEO now richest person in history – CNN
Americas:
- White House Official Floated Withdrawing U.S. Forces to Please Putin – Daily Beast
- Trump Gets a Reality Check on Deregulation – WSJ
- Away from Washington, a more personal Mattis reveals himself – AP
- Fed officials are scrambling to figure out how to fight the next recession – Business Insider
- Median Family Net Worth Below 1989 Level: Debt-To-Money Worst Since ’62 – ZeroHedge
- Will Trump Punish the Farm Belt? – WSJ
- The impending GOP catastrophe in Trump’s backyard – Politico
Europe:
- German hostility risks derailing UK plans for bespoke Brexit trade deal – The Telegraph
- Brussels warns UK companies of shut-out in event of no-deal Brexit – FT
- We can undo privatisation. And it won’t cost us a penny – The Guardian
- Britain’s Ladies See Less Leisure as Men Enjoy Extra Five Hours – Bloomberg
- Tax credit debt – The Universal Credit problem nobody is talking about – Politics UK
- ‘Pervasive’ skill shortages across UK economy to drive up wages – Telegraph
- British Ban on Microbeads to Protect Oceans Comes Into Force – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Alibaba’s Jack Ma Will Consider Listing Units in Hong Kong – Bloomberg
- Alibaba’s Return Home Would Carry a Sting – WSJ
- Alibaba will ’seriously consider’ Hong Kong listing, says founder Ma – Reuters
- North Korea to Send Delegation to Winter Olympics, Commits to Military Talks – WSJ
- Left and Right Agree: Get Tough on China – WSJ
- US to decide on trade sanctions against China this month – Nikkei Asian Review
- China Changes the Way It Manages Yuan After Currency’s Jump – Bloomberg
- How China’s Stifling Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies: QuickTake Q&A – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- South Australia planning to build the world’s largest thermal solar plant – The SMH
- Sydney Trains issued with please explain over network meltdown – ABC
- Melbourne’s Sudanese community reclaims ‘African gangs’ slight in powerful campaign – The Age
- Millennials using the stock market to build their wealth are nervous about a crash – ABC
- How many motorists are using the widened M4? Government refuses to say – The SMH
- Federal Minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells accuses China of funding ‘roads that go nowhere’ in Pacific – China power – ABC
- Govt sell-off plans could cost chance to fix the NBN, ex-CTO warns – IT News
- Turnbull Government conceals damning climate data – Independent Australia
- Acoss urges crossbenchers to reject ‘unnecessarily cruel’ welfare overhaul – The Guardian
- African-Australian community taskforce established to tackle youth crime – The ABC
- WA’s housing market close to bottoming – WA Today