Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin is close to becoming worthless – MarketWatch
- The Crypto Winter Is Here and We Only Have Ourselves to Blame – Coin Desk
- The digital-media bubble is bursting. That’s hurting a generation of promising young journalists. – Washington Post
- Climate change ’greatest threat’, UN told – BBC
- How to Use Behavioral Finance in Asset Management, Part I – The Big Picture
- Investors’ New Lifeline: The Trump Put – WSJ
- Speech by Governor Brainard on the structure of the Treasury market – Fed Reserve
Americas:
- Mueller preparing end game for Russia investigation – Yahoo
- American Capitalism Isn’t Working. – NY Times
- Fed’s Kashkari Still Believes Rate Increases Are a Bad Idea – WSJ
- Uncertainty surrounds White House agreements on trade with China, North America – Washington Post
- Cheaper Oil Isn’t the U.S. Boon It Used to Be – WSJ
- Despite Big House Losses, G.O.P. Shows No Signs of Course Correction – NY Times
- Here comes the governmint: The FDA turns its attention to menthol cigarettes – The Economist
- House prices have surged, and so will the government’s mortgage obligations – MarketWatch
Europe:
- France and Germany abandon ambitious plans for EU digital tax – FT
- The French “Yellow Vest” Movement and the (Current) Failure of – PIIE
- EU Doctors Quit Britain as Brexit Looms – WSJ
- Macron threatens to veto EU-South America trade deal if Brazil climate ambition collapses – Euractiv
- Denmark to banish foreign criminals to remote island – Telegraph
- George Soros-Founded University Is Forced Out of Hungary – NY Times
Asia:
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- Philippine Journalist, a Thorn to Duterte, Turns Herself In to Face Charges – NY Times
- Mnuchin warns China against going soft on trade commitments – FT
- Qualcomm says NXP deal is dead, even as China seen open to okaying it – Reuters
- Chinese government has taken aim at wedding industrial complex – The Guardian
- China Gets Top Stake in World’s Largest Gas Field in Iran Due to U.S. Sanctions – News Week
- 60% of German Firms plan to bolster investment in China – Yahoo
- G20 shows steady rise of Chinese clout – CBC
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Not up to the job’: former security monitor blasts Dutton for politicising encryption – The Guardian
- It’s not just Newstart. Single parents are $271 per fortnight worse off. Labor needs an overarching welfare review – The Conversation
- There is no way we will meet our Paris targets, and the Coalition couldn’t care less – The Guardian
- Labor extends lead as Coalition’s negative campaigning flops – The Guardian
- Property market falls tipped to dwarf 90s recession – The SMH
- Malcolm Turnbull says Coalition should back Labor’s energy policy – The SMH
- Greens to issue challenge to Labor on Adani mine – The Guardian
- Tesla’s giant virtual power plant with Powerwalls expands to 1,000 more homes in Australia – Electrek
- Why coal – and not renewables – is root cause of surging Australia power prices – Renew Economy
- Morrison effectively kills off future Liberal PM spills with party changes – ABC
- Farm work for welfare trial labelled a failure, demands for agriculture visa stepped up – ABC
- Political lobbyists who hide attempts to influence pose corruption risk, Icac warns – The Guardian
- Gareth Evans: Australia in the world. It’s time to punch our weight – John Menadue
- ‘Seasoned public servant’ appointed boss of big new housing ministry – Interest.co.nz
- New car sales cool sharply in November – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The CRISPR Baby Scandal Gets Worse by the Day – The Atlantic