Links 7 January 2019

Macro/Markets

• The Economics of Soaking the Rich – New York Times
• American Economic Association: How Can Economics Solve Its Gender Problem? – American Economic Association
• Fed Chairman Powell to Markets: I Hear You – New York Times
• History has some troubling lessons on bear markets – Financial Times
• Apple Beware: Samsung’s Great Fall in China Was Swift – Wall Street Journal
• Best Income Investments for 2019 – Barron’s

Americas

• Third senior Pentagon employee resigns in a fortnight – ABC
• The Border Wall: How a Potent Symbol Is Now Boxing Trump In – New York Times
• The People vs. Donald J. Trump – New York Times
• Trump claims support from past presidents for the wall: Clinton, Bush and Obama beg to differ – Politico
• Ocasio-Cortez wants higher taxes on very rich Americans. Here’s how much money that could raise. – Washington Post
• Trump Referred to Shutdown as ‘Strike’ in Profanity-Laced Meeting With Democratic Leaders – Daily Beast
• Hundreds of TSA screeners calling out sick – CNN
• Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand gauges Wall Street executives’ interest in backing a potential 2020 presidential run – CNBC
• Trump mulls declaring national emergency in an effort to secure wall funding – ABC News
• Former Canadian Prime Minister tweets that Trump is a motherfu**er – CTVNews (not sorry eh?)

Europe/Middle East

• Labour faces ‘mass challenge’ over Brexit policy – The Guardian
• Clashes erupt in Paris as ’yellow vests’ protest at unrepentant Macron – Reuters
• Iran plans naval drills with Russia in Caspian Sea – Reuters
• The euro at 20: An enduring success but a fundamental failure – The Conversation
• Ireland gains over 4,500 Brexit-related jobs in 2018 – agency – Reuters
• House price growth at near six-year low – BBC
• US to be ‘very supportive’ of Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria – Times of Israel

Asia/Sub-continent

• Inside the US’ delegation for China trade war talks: Washington’s big guns will be absent – South China Morning Post
• Nervous markets: how vulnerable is China’s economy? – Financial Times
• China’s New Red Guards – OUPblog
• Death toll from Philippine storm, landslides climbs to 126 – Channel News Asia
• China says will cut banks’ reserve requirements, taxes, as bad news piles up – Reuters
• Chinese censors go old school to clamp down on Twitter: A knock on the door – Washington Post
• China: President Xi Jinping tells army to be ready for battle as Taiwan calls for support to defend democracy – Newsweek
• Threatened Bluefin Tuna Sells For $3 Million In Tokyo Market – NPR

Australia/New Zealand

• PM condemns ‘ugly racial protests’ after three arrested in St Kilda – ABC
• Low-scoring students to be barred from becoming teachers under Labor plan – ABC
• Fraser Anning to bill taxpayers more than $2800 for flights to St Kilda rally – SMH
• Chef suicide rates: Australian restaurants breed poor mental health – News.com.au
• Absolutely trashed’: 50 Units Gutted in Opal Tower – The Age
• Senate’s decisions to stop Tony Abbott abolishing clean energy agencies helped create renewable energy projects worth $23.4bn – The Guardian

Other

• Major Consulting Firm McKinsey Finds Little Evidence of Practical Blockchain Use Cases – Cointelegraph
• How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation – BuzzFeed News
• We Need to Not Freak Out About the Robot Revolution – Wired
• NASA Will Be Conducting its First Real-World Test of its Planetary Defense Spacecraft – Interesting Engineering