Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 – NY Times
- The world has barely 10 years to get climate change under control, U.N. scientists say – Washington Post
- A major climate report will slam the door on wishful thinking – VOX
- Increased Dollar Dependence Sets World Up for `Liquidity Crunch’ – Bloomberg
- Why Quant Investor Cliff Asness Is Staying Calm, Despite a Tough 2018 – Bloomberg
- Strong global growth conceals emerging market fragility – FT
- Bankers’ liability and risk taking – VOX
Americas:
- Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party – The Atlantic
- Democrats Fear They’re the Wet Rag Party – Politico
- Apple tells Congress it found no signs of hacking attack – Reuters
- GOP Operative Secretly Raised at Least $100,000 to Search for Clinton Emails – WSJ
- Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For? – NY Times
- Dark clouds gather over the US housing market – FT
- This chart explains why Americans are so angry about health care – VOX
- America First Is a Winning Strategy, JPMorgan Says – Bloomberg
- Is the US economic system fair? Republicans, Democrats divided – Pew Research
- Brazilian Democracy on the Brink – Project Syndicate
- America’s Military-Industrial Base Is at Risk – NY Times
- Comparing the Wealth of U.S. Geographic Regions Over Time – Visual Capitalist
Europe:
- Bulgarian journalist killed in park – BBC
- UK would be welcomed to TPP ‘with open arms’, says Abe – FT
- Andy Haldane tapped to tackle UK’s productivity puzzle – FT
- Theresa May at the Conservative Party conference: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! – The Times
Asia:
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- China Says Interpol President Is Under Investigation – NY Times
- Hong Kong’s move against free speech – FT
- China Faces a Bleaker End to 2018 as Central Bank Cuts Reserve Ratio Again – Bloomberg
- Did Japan actually lose any decades? – FT
- China doubles down on state sector as trade pressure builds – FT
- China cuts banks’ reserve requirement to fuel growth – FT
- How China’s Peer-to-Peer Lending Crash Is Destroying Lives – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Prime Minister and Cabinet doubles consultant spend in one year – The SMH
- NSW Government orders Opera House to install pokies after realising it could turn a quick buck – Chaser
- Cancer Council calls for Australian review amid Roundup cancer concerns – ABC
- The U.S. May Get a Back Door to Encryption Back Doors, Thanks to Australia – Slate
- Vindication: dietitians cut ties with sugar lobby – Michael West
- Work-for-the-dole provider says Community Development Program is failing remote communities – ABC
- Scott Morrison resists calls to withdraw from Paris climate agreement – The Guardian
- Radical action needed to save Great Barrier Reef, major climate report warns – The Age
- Australia must prepare for a shift in global power towards China and India in the decades ahead – Canberra Times
- ‘Broken system’: Emergency departments in ‘crisis’ as mental health patients left waiting – ABC
- With the world watching, Australia prevented China from building its 5G network on national security grounds – Brisbane Times
- Labor says Frydenberg will be forced into backdown on GST guarantee – The Guardian
- The drug trade has just kept getting bigger,more dangerous and more prosperous – John Menadue
- Unions will launch a major advertising campaign targeting soaring executive salaries and company profits – 9News
- Housing market succumbs to Newton’s third law: ‘what goes up, must come down’ – ABC
- New register tracks Chinese foreign investment in Australia and shows where the money ends up – ABC
- Treasury seeks views on new infrastructure agency – Interest.co.nz
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What is Jacinda Ardern’s big idea? – Interest.co.nz