Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Davos Billionaires Keep Getting Richer – Bloomberg
- Advocates of an open economy face rough road – FT
- Disney is already losing over $1 billion in streaming, and its Netflix competitor has yet to launch – CNBC
- ’The goal is to automate us’: welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism – The Guardian
- The Effects of Budget Deficits on Interest Rates – SSRN
- Driverless Cars Tap the Brakes After Years of Hype – WSJ
- Global Debt of $244 Trillion Nears Record Despite Faster Growth – Bloomberg
- Tesla to Slash More Jobs in Effort to Reduce Model 3 Price – WSJ
Americas:
- Trump is fraying nerves inside the Pentagon – CNN
- Microsoft’s Leap Into Housing Illuminates Government’s Retreat – NY Times
- America has never worried about financing its priorities – FT Alphaville
- Border walls – VOX
- Why more people are leaving New York than any other state – NY Post
- How Wealthy Americans Like Jack Benny Avoided Paying a 70% Tax Rate – WSJ
- Trump’s Tariffs Are Killing American Steel – Council on Foreign Relations
Europe:
- ’No solutions’ to Irish backstop in May’s Brexit call with cabinet – The Guardian
- Theresa May mulls amending Good Friday Agreement to get her Brexit deal past MPs – The Telegraph
- Economic confidence nosedives in UK boardrooms – FT
- EU Is Split Over Delaying Brexit By as Much as a Year, Diplomats Say – Bloomberg
- Ireland rejects bilateral Brexit border proposal – FT
- Could there be an “implementation period” after a no deal Brexit? – Full Fact
- Trump seeks to split EU as fight intensifies over Iran nuclear deal – Politico
- Draghi Running Out of Time to Sort ECB Top Jobs as Brexit Looms – Bloomberg
- Theresa May in Brexit meltdown – The Times
- The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class – NY Times
- Brexit: A grim process of elimination – RTE
- Brexit and the future of the British model of democratic capitalism – Political Quarterly
Asia:
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- Sri Lanka seeks regional bailout as balance of payments crisis looms – Nikkei Asian Review
- China’s Economy Slows to the Weakest Pace Since 2009 – Bloomberg
- Friends Don’t Let Friends Become Chinese Billionaires – Forbes
- Huawei chief warns of job losses amid 5G security concerns – FT
- U.S. demands regular review of China trade reform – Reuters
- Job jitters mount as China’s factories sputter ahead of Lunar New Year – Reuters
- Why Trump’s America is rethinking engagement with China – FT
- The Chinese investment boom in America is over – CNN
- China Offers Path to Eliminate U.S. Trade Imbalance, Sources Say – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Socialist utopia 2050: what could life in Australia be like after the failure of capitalism? – The Guardian
- We are paying Scott Morrison $527K to essentially run a caretaker government – The Guardian
- ‘We are in trouble’: Peter Dutton’s battle for the seat of Dickson – The Guardian
- Police make Sydney Airport arrest over alleged baby formula syndicate – ABC
- High Court rules against ATO, finding tax debts can be shifted between spouses – ABC
- Labor eyes electoral reforms to stamp out big donors – Brisbane Times
- Whatever happens to Kelly O’Dwyer’s seat, the Coalition are toast – The Guardian
- Major parties unveil big promises in countdown to election – Canberra Times
- Average Auckland rents rose 3.28% last year says Barfoot & Thompson – Interest.co.nz
- The value of capital stock & real estate in NZ – Interest.co.nz
- KiwiBuild not costing us, yet… – Interest.co.nz