Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- One astounding chart shows how the death of the union has made economic inequality worse – Business Insider
- The 5 biggest stocks are dwarfing the rest of the stock market at an ‘unprecedented’ level – CNBC
- The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. And It’s a Nightmare. – New Republic
- The undersupply of housing has become one of the most important stories in economics in the past decade – The Atlantic
- For the Economy, Climate Risks Are No Longer Theoretical – WSJ
- Cryptocurrency Industry Debates Digital Dollar as Former Regulators Form Think Tank – BeInCrypto
- The New “Century Bond?”: Student Loan Maturities Stretched To 100 Years To Avoid Default – ZeroHedge
- American Economic Association worried the developed world is stuck in permanent low growth – FT
- Are Central Bank Policies Causing the Cryptocurrency Pump? – BeInCrypto
Americas:
- Second-hand private jet market boosted by Trump – FT
- Running United State’s health system is four times as costly as Canada’s – North 99
- Trump Tax Cut Hands $32 Billion Windfall to America’s Top Banks – Bloomberg
- American workers, the engine powering the world’s most potent economy, are dying faster than any other wealthy country – USA Today
- The Federal Reserve is stuck in quantitative-easing hell – MarketWatch
Europe:
- Belarus makes Forex trading tax exempt – Forex Review
- Angela Merkel warns EU: ‘Brexit is a wake-up call’ – FT
- Britain hit by another Asian grooming gang scandal – Fox News
- UK government loses file on its involvement with Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal – Independent
- Greek PM says he will veto any solution on Libya if maritime deal with Turkey is not scrapped – Ekathimerini
- Germany Shuns Greece: Athens Excluded from Berlin Summit on Libya – Greek Reporter
- Germany: ‘no Arabs please’ job rejection controversy – DW
Asia:
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- Black China: Africa’s first superpower is coming sooner than you think – NewsWeek
- Will China become an ‘AI super power’ by 2030? – NUA Dox
- Wuhan pneumonia: Japan confirms first case of new China coronavirus infection – SCMP
- ‘China spy’ and a last-ditch attempt to swing Taiwan’s election – Nikkei
- China’s trade deal with US ‘rewriting globalisation’, Europeans complain – SCMP
- What Americans Don’t Understand About China’s Power – NY Times
- China set to post weakest growth in 29 years as trade war bites, investment sputters – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- David Attenborough criticises Australian government, says ‘moment of crisis’ has come – The Age
- If the bushfires won’t force climate policy change, we need to circumvent Scott Morrison – The Guardian
- Mounting calls for Bridget McKenzie to resign over ‘extraordinary’ grant allocation – The Guardian
- Aussies on welfare told bushfire amnesty is over – Yahoo
- Minister McKenzie spits in the face of all decent Australians – New Daily
- With costs approaching $100 billion, the fires are Australia’s costliest natural disaster – The Conversation
- Greens MP pleads not guilty over climate protest outside PM’s residence – SBS
- The end of the checkout signals a dire future for those without the right skills – ABC
- Australia’s peak export tourism body says the country’s bushfire crisis will see the tourism sector suffer by at least $4.5 billion by the year’s end – SBS
- Malcolm Turnbull lashes out at former colleagues, Murdoch media over climate denial – New Daily
- Canberra agrees to send water to ‘buy time’ for drought-affected Braidwood – ABC
- Here’s hoping for a ‘stable and boring’ 2020 – Interest.co.nz