Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Diversify Into Hard Assets, but Not Bitcoin, Says Billionaire Investor – BeInCrypto
- How One Chart Shows That Even The Harshest Critics of Capitalism are Too Soft On It – Medium
- Amateur Investors Are Making Risky Bets That Could Wipe Them Out – Bloomberg
- Mark Cuban, who made billions from the dot-com bubble, says here’s how you’ll know the rally is over – CNBC
- How Real World Use Cases Will Drive Crypto Growth in 2020 – Coin Telegraph
- With record profits on Wall Street, small bonuses will annoy bankers: experts – Reuters
Americas:
- If Worker Pay Had Kept Pace With Productivity Gains Since 1968, Today’s Minimum Wage Would Be $24 an Hour – Common Dreams
- Paul Krugman Admits Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme – Economic Policy Journal
- U.S. Union Membership Hits Another Record Low – WSJ
- Amazon Is Investing an Unprecedented Amount on City Council Races – Route Fifty
- President Trump at The World Economic Forum: America Is Winning Again – CRE World
- Economists’ research shows the case for increasing construction becomes more solid by the day – Bloomberg
- U.S. manufacturing was in a mild recession during 2019, a sore spot for the economy – Washington Post
Europe:
- More Than Half of UK Public Universities Commit to Divest Fossil Fuel – CIO
- Lagarde’s New ECB Starts With Old Question of Missing Inflation – Medium
- Greek parliament elects former top judge Sakellaropoulou President of the Republic – First woman President in Greek history – ekathimerini.com
- Spain nears life without coal sooner than anyone thought – Bloomberg
- The EU is planning to give the UK a much worse trade deal after Brexit than either Canada or Japan – Business Insider
- Europe gives people the best opportunities to improve their financial situation, as 17 of the top 20 most socially mobile societies are in Europe. – WEF Forum
- Italian authorities seize nearly 10 tons of infected Chinese pork – DW
Asia:
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- Chinese government quarantines city of Wuhan over coronavirus outbreak – The Hill
- Chinese Economy is a Ponzi Scheme – Yield Blog
- Chinese embassy urges US official to stop smearing China-Pakistan cooperation – China Org
- What Taiwan’s election says about Beijing’s Taiwan policy – Washington Post
- Reports of ‘big brother’ China social credit system untrue: AI expert Xue Lan – Reuters
- Don’t shun China, urges Merkel at American prize ceremony – Yahoo
Trans-Tasman:
- Mining giant BHP says Australian bushfires hurting coal production – SBS
- Peter Dutton’s office was suspected of leaking ‘classified’ medevac information – ABC
- Scott Morrison’s stance on climate change makes it harder for future governments to undo his damage – The Guardian
- Andrew Forrest says fuel loads, not climate change, are primary cause of bushfires – The SMH
- Tony Abbott: councils and sports clubs in former PM’s seat received $1m in grants – The Guardian
- Australia fires pushing Earth’s limits as scientists fear long-term effects of emissions – NBC News
- Sport grants: more than $1m given to nine clubs linked to Coalition MPs – The Guardian
- ‘This is just a rort’: Anthony Albanese says PM must sack Bridget McKenzie – SBS
- Bushfire crisis: more than half of all Australians found to have been directly affected – The Guardian
- Scientists hate to say ‘I told you so’. But Australia, you were warned – The Conversation
- Net migration gain down by a third over the last three years – Interest.co.nz
- Need for emergency housing sky-rocketing – Interest.co.nz
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