Jitterbugs, 1945, Weaver Hawkins, Art Gallery of NSW
Markets Macro & Investing
- The Sorry State of the World Economy – Project-Syndicate, Basu
- Trump hails China trade talks progress and says he will meet Xi Jinping soon – Guardian
- China says Washington trade talks were ‘frank’ and made ‘important progress’ – SCMP
- Donald Trump hails trade talks’ progress, says meeting Xi Jinping ‘possible’ on trip to meet Kim Jong-un – SCMP
- Iron Ore’s Rally Is Living on Borrowed Time – Bloomberg
- Corruption in Eurasia: Transparency International paints bleak picture of anti-democratic decay – BNE Intellinews
Asia
- The cursed year: Xi and China brace for a wild 2019 – Nikkei Asian Review
- Ahead of Election, Indian Leaders Are Accused of Suppressing 45-Year Unemployment High – NY Times
- China Vows to Buy More U.S. Goods, Sees Progress in Trade Talks – Bloomberg
- Why Cutting Interest Rates Won’t Help China – Bloomberg
- South Korean economy records slowest growth in six years – SCMP
- Bad start continues for China economy as private data shows manufacturing activity weakest since 2016 – SCMP
- Apple held hostage by its Chinese puzzle – Nikkei Asian Review
- Negative equity rears head again as 262 homeowners see property values drop below outstanding loans – SCMP
- India’s farmers win big in latest budget – CNBC
- How serious is the Chinese economic slowdown?– Prospect
Americas
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- Fed policy turn not good news for Trump as risks mount – Reuters
- Trump Optimistic on Trade Deal With China, but May Keep Tariffs Anyway – NY Times
- Fed Signals End of Interest Rate Increases – NY Times
- Is Venezuela’s 20-Ton Pile of Gold About to Head to Dubai? – Bloomberg
- Trump’s First Two Years, in Thirteen Charts – Bloomberg
- As Democrats target Trump’s tax returns, audit claims loom large – Reuters
- US charges 20 in Chinese ‘birth tourism’ scheme to help pregnant women secure birthright citizenship for kids – ABC
- Canada’s economy shrank in November as many sectors contracted – CBC
- U.S. lawmakers move to curtail president’s power to levy tariffs – CBC
- The Federal Reserve’s worrying slide from villain to pushover – SCMP
- Bernie Sanders’s new plan to supercharge the estate tax, explained – Vox
- Travel agents charged with bringing pregnant Chinese women to give birth on U.S. soil – LA Times
- Elizabeth Warren Also Got Asked About Banning Private Health Insurance. She Dodged the Question. – Slate
Europe
- One in three UK firms plan for no-deal Brexit relocation, IoD says – Guardian
- UK wages worth up to a third less than in 2008, study shows – Guardian
- EU imposes ‘safeguard’ measures to curb steel imports – Reuters
- Italy slumps into recession as eurozone prospects dim – NZ Herald
- Italy Slides Into Recession as Europe Stalls, Stoking Global Fears – NY Times
- As Chances of No-Deal Brexit Rise, British Companies Scramble to Prepare – NY Times
- Italy Has a Very Serious Problem – Bloomberg
- Dublin Is Bursting at the Seams – Bloomberg
- EU Ready to Push U.K. Near Point of No-Return on Brexit, Diplomats Say – Bloomberg
- Italian Industry Slump Worsens Outlook for Economy in Recession – Bloomberg
- The euro: From monetary independence to monetary sovereignty – VoxEU
- The EU Needs a Brexit Endgame – Project-Syndicate, Pisani-Ferry
- The Threat of a Eurozone Recession – Project-Syndicate, Reichlin
- Three Lessons from QE in Europe – Project-Syndicate, Gerlach
- Russia’s central bank bought a record amount of gold in 2018 – BNE Intellinews
Terra Specufestorus
- Australia’s largest donors revealed: Discover the millions funding politicians – ABC
- The whistleblower, politician and journo who hauled the banks before a royal commission – ABC
- As China-US tensions escalate, Australia is in a bind – ABC
- Unions, gaming industry and wealthy business owners top annual list of political party donors – Nine
- Michaelia Cash to give evidence to court hearing over police raids on AWU – Guardian
- NZ has fewer people than we thought … so we don’t need to build so many houses – NZ Herald
- Commissioner Hayne turns Treasurer’s moment in the spotlight ice-cold – Nine
- Budget deficit narrows on back of surging personal income tax – Nine
- Inflation growth remains lower than Reserve Bank wants. How will it act? – Guardian
- Tasmania’s gambling election shows Australia needs tougher rules on money in politics – The Conversation
- Banks are enabling economic abuse. Here’s how they could be stopping it – The Conversation
- NBN myths: inside the “independent” models which failed a nation – Michael West
- Australian independent media on the rise – Michael West
- Home values falling at fastest rate in 36 years with prices returning to 2016 levels – New Daily
- Frydenberg has no doubt banks inquiry spawned credit squeeze – New Daily
- Australian unis under pressure over Huawei ties as Brumby quits board – Nine
- A year on, few predicted house prices would fall this fast – Nine…Australia’s mainstream media lives in a bubble…
- The big short: more drama for banks – Nine
- UK child migrants sent to Australia offered $36k compensation – Guardian
- ‘We had no choice but to sell’: FONGO taking hold of home sellers – Nine
…and furthermore…
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- The World Bank and IMF are in crisis. It’s time to push a radical new vision – Guardian….or push them to stage it somewhere with ebola virus…
- Why a market model is destroying the safeguards of the professions – Aeon
- The Best Economic Policy for the Working Class – Bloomberg
- Nonsense economics: the rise of modern monetary theory – Prospect
- How Elizabeth Warren’s Tax on the Rich Would Work – Bloomberg
- Economics helps explain why suicide is more common among Protestants – Aeon
- Ownership structure and productivity of multinationals – VoxEU
- Reimagining Davos – Project-Syndicate, El-Erian
- The Unstoppable Spread of Lethal Drones – The Atlantic
- The world’s two greatest nuclear powers are ditching a crucial nuke treaty – CNBC
- Why we need to be wary of narratives of economic catastrophe – Aeon
- The marvel of the human dad – Aeon