Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Musk Says Tweet That Cost Him $20 Million Was `Worth It’ – Bloomberg
- Why should someone who is anti-austerity care about debt – Mainly Macro
- Our changing attitudes towards household debt – VOX
- Stock Market Strains Send Message the Fed Doesn’t Want to Hear – Bloomberg
- Forget Amazon and Google. Chip Stocks Are the Problem. – Barron’s
- Google Workers Fume Over Executives’ Payouts – NY Times
- Qualcomm says Apple $7 billion behind in royalty payments – Reuters
- Never Ask an Inflation Hawk to Do a Dove’s Job – Bloomberg
- Why almost everyone was wrong about Tesla’s cash flow situation – Ars Technica
- Wealth of world’s billionaires grew 20% last year, study reveals – CNBC
Americas:
- U.S. Economy Grew at 3.5% Rate in Third Quarter – WSJ
- Antisemitic incidents in US soar to highest level in two decades – The Guardian
- Trump shows little interest in uniting the nation during crises – Washington Post
- America’s Fatal Shame – The Atlantic
- 3% Growth, If We Can Keep It – WSJ
- U.S. government narrows focus of counter-extremism program – Reuters
- Obama: No one in my administration got indicted – CNN
- The Trump tax cuts were supposed to set off an investment boom. They haven’t so far. – Washington Post
- Red-Hot Economy? Women Aren’t Convinced – MY Times
- Republicans Rushing to Save House Seats From Onslaught of Democratic Money – NY Times
- Republicans Look to Safety Net Programs as Deficit Balloons – NY Times
- Trump warns of violence if GOP loses midterms – CNN
- U.S. Labor Markets Aren’t Truly Free – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Philip Hammond preparing to bring forward income tax cuts in Budget boost for Brexit – The Telegraph
- U.K. Suffers Brexit Trade Setback Over Copy-and-Paste WTO Terms – Bloomberg
- Brexit Talks on Hold With May’s Team in Disagreement, Sources Say – Bloomberg
- The Italian Budget: A Case of Contractionary Fiscal Expansion? – PIIE
- Russia’s trade intervention is just the start of Liam Fox’s problems – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Sri Lanka’s president suspends parliament, deepening crisis – AP
- The Guardian view on China’s detention camps: now we see them – The Guardian
- China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers – IT News
- In Japan, the Kit Kat Isn’t Just a Chocolate. It’s an Obsession. – NY Times
- China’s real estate booms, local capital scarcity, and industrial – VOX
- The Chinese century is well under way – The Economist
- China’s $35 Trillion Problem: Managing Financial Assets Is Hard – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia missing out on more than $5 billion by not legalising cannabis use, report finds – News.com.au
- NBN ‘not fit for commercial purpose’ – My Business
- Liberals and Labor urged to come clean on business paying for political access – The Guardian
- It’s nearly like the Wentworth by-election trouncing never happened – ABC
- China and Russia are eyeing up Antarctica — and experts say Australia should be more concerned – ABC
- Barnaby Joyce’s persecution complex adds to Nationals’ chaos – The New Daily
- Coalition embraces economic vandalism with worst possible energy policy – The Guardian
- The story of us: how the inflated Anzac myth obscures our national identity – The Guardian
- It’s raining bonuses at RFG after horror year for investors, franchisees – The SMH
- Queensland national parks lease plan angers conservationists and traditional owners – ABC
- Labor MP says Greens a ‘vanity project’ and opposition must steal votes back from the left – The Guardian
- Porter opens door to federal anti-corruption watchdog under crossbench pressure – Canberra Times
- Chinese-Australian woman to replace Julia Banks as Liberal candidate in marginal seat – SBS
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How much more tax are we paying under the Coalition Government? – Interest.co.nz