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
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- 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