Links 24 December 2018

Global Macro / Markets / Investing:

• What You Can Learn from One of Warren Buffett’s Smartest Investors – WSJ
• Hard-Money Men, Suddenly Going Soft – NY Times
• A New Center Being Born – NY Times
• Wall Street Could Change The Game For Bitcoin Again – Forbes
• Investors Are in Retreat, and the Poorest Countries Are Paying for It – NY Times

Americas:

• For Trump, ‘a War Every Day,’ Waged Increasingly Alone – NY Times
• Treasury Secretary Mnuchin moves to quell firestorm, says Trump never said he would fire Fed Chairman Powell – CNBC
• Russians launched pro-Jill Stein social media blitz to help Trump, reports say – NBC
• You Can’t Serve Both Trump and America – The Atlantic
• Government Shutdown to Continue for Days as Senate Adjourns Until Thursday – NY Times
• Trump lashed out at Whitaker after explosive Cohen revelations – CNN
• Dear Anonymous Inside the Trump Administration – NY Times
• The budget breakdown of a 25-year-old who makes $100,000 a year and is excellent with money – CNBC
• Where Government Is a Dirty Word, but Its Checks Pay the Bills – NY Times
• One Year Later, Benefits From Corporate Tax Cut Seem Muted – WSJ
• Trump’s “Moderate” Defense Secretary Has Already Brought Us to the Brink of War – The Intercept
• California’s Far North Deplores ‘Tyranny’ of the Urban Majority – NY Times
• A recession is coming. Trump is going to make the recovery worse. – Washington Post

Europe:

• Corbyn: Brexit would go ahead even if Labour won snap election – The Guardian
• Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Last surviving fighter, Simcha Rotem, dies at 94 – BBC
• EU formally extends sanctions against Russia by six months – Reuters
• UK warship in Ukraine ‘sends message to Russia’ – BBC
• Punk rockers who fled to Sweden now face deportation back to Russia – Euro News
• Germany -new law banning child marriage declared unconstitutional – WND

Asia:

• Report: Kenya Risks Losing Port of Mombasa to China – Maritime Executive
• China is not the economic superpower people think. That’s why it’s important to wait it out. – Washington Post
• Malaysia seeks $7.5 billion in reparations from Goldman Sachs: FT – Reuters
• China’s November Trade and the U.S. Trade Data from October – Council on Foreign Relations
• How the world’s resistance to China caught Xi Jinping off guard – Washington Post
• Dragonfly project is shelved – The Intercept

Trans-Tasman:

• The grassroots push to oust Tony Abbott from Warringah – The Age
• Nationals senator Steve Martin defends $531,000 spent on office refurbishment – The Guardian
• Coalition Announce Plan To Build Giant Coal-Powered Spiders As Seen In Wild Wild West – Betoota Advocate
• One business used 17 interns, but offered no jobs in taxpayer-funded program – Brisbane Times
• It is payback time for partisan politics? – Canberra Times
• Out of control: Expenses claims made by Federal politicians – Independent Australia
• From ideas boom to innovation bust: How Australia turned against tech – Canberra Times
• Tesla activates Powerwall 2 Storm Watch to keep the lights on in upcoming cyclone – Electrek
• The buck stops here: This is the human face of a construction industry in crisis – ABC
• Labor asks AFP to investigate $350,000 job offer to Craig Kelly preselection challenger – The SMH
• The houses have it – Interest.co.nz