Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Trump Is Gripped by Market Volatility—And His Role in It – WSJ
- Trump is reportedly ’glued’ to the stock market’s fluctuations and worried he’s causing them – CNBC
- Trump’s trade war has cost the S&P 10% this year, JP Morgan estimates – CNBC
- The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything. – NY Times
- Bitcoin Mining Guzzles Energy—And Its Carbon Footprint Just Keeps Growing – Wired
- Coinbase continues to explore support for new digital assets – Coin Base
- Dow falls 400 points on trade policy confusion – CNN
- Bitcoin slides to 15-month low – FT
- Drivers of commodity price booms and busts in the long run – VOX
Americas:
- Congress may have accidentally freed nearly all banks from the Volcker rule – Yahoo
- Rex Tillerson on Trump: ‘Undisciplined, doesn’t like to read’ and tries to do illegal things – Washington Post
- America’s New Religions – NY Mag
- Bullard suggests delaying December rate hike, first Fed member to publicly do so – CNBC
- The Housing Boom Is Already Gigantic. How Long Can It Last? – NY Times
- The Economy Faces Big Risks in 2019. Markets Are Only Now Facing Up to Them. – NY Times
- “US Regulators Have Essentially Become Do-Nothing Institutions” – Pro-Market
- How the Cashless Economy Shuts Out the Poor – NY Times
- U.S. Added 155,000 Jobs in November; Unemployment at 3.7% – NY Times
Europe:
- Tory MP suggests using possible ’no-deal’ food shortages in Ireland to drop the backstop – The Journal
- Ministers will order pharmacists to ration drugs if UK crashes out – The Times
- Warning of food shortages in Ireland – The Times
- Macron’s moment of reckoning – Politico
- Norwegian politicians reject UK’s Norway-plus Brexit plan – The Guardian
- Europe should be worried about Huawei, EU tech commissioner says – Reuters
- Brexit: Collapse in pound would be no bad thing, says David Davis – The Times
- How US billionaires are fuelling the hard-right cause in Britain – The Guardian
- Brexit and services: How deep can the UK-EU relationship go? – Centre for European Reform
- Switzerland risks EU financial sanctions after failing to endorse integration deal – FT
Asia:
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- American Entrepreneurs Who Flocked to China Are Heading Home, Disillusioned – WSJ
- U.S. Readies Charges Against Chinese Hackers – WSJ
- Huawei CFO to appear in Canada court as Chinese media slam arrest – Reuters
- Inside China’s audacious global propaganda campaign – The Guardian
- Japan to ban Huawei, ZTE from government contracts: sources – Reuters
- The Huawei saga has further damaged the myth of Chinese invincibility – Globe & Mail
- ‘Nationalist bubble partly to blame’ for fears over China’s global role – SCMP
- Uighur leaders warn China’s actions could be ‘precursors to genocide’ – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia’s encryption-busting law is ‘deeply flawed,’ says tech industry – The Verge
- Scott Morrison has brought out the ‘nuclear option’ and it doesn’t bode well – ABC
- Billions on the table as government looks to privatise visa system – Canberra Times
- Aussie tech industry ‘fuming mad’ after encryption bill passes – ABC
- Opinion – Why do crime-busters need ASIO-type powers? – Canberra Times
- Laura Tingle on Labor’s encryption law decision – ABC
- Law Council warns ‘serious problems exist’ in new encryption laws – SBS
- First state govt signs up to myGovID digital identity – IT News
- Climate change denial is delusion, and the biggest threat to human survival – ABC
- Solar panels at pension prices sees regional city taking energy into its own hands – ABC
- John Howard leads talks in China, Huawei dominates talks – The SMH
- Allianz Stadium demolition gets green light, work to begin in January – The SBS
- Moves to privatise visa processing ‘destructive’, union says – SBS
