Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Mexico Is Showing the World How to Defeat Neoliberalism – Truth Dig
- Infection Plunges Global Oil Consumption? – YouTube
- Oil Production on Federal Land Topped 1 Billion Barrels, Reducing Impact OPEC Has on Markets – Tennessee Star
- Economic fallout from China’s coronavirus mounts across the globe – Nation Thailand
Americas:
- Wet’suwet’en rail blockades a ‘serious threat’ to economy, Alberta Premier says – Edmonton Journal
- Trump & Schacht: Death Economy Methods in Declining America – Journal Neo
- Bernie Sanders Proposes $4.35 Trillion Tax Increase on ‘Wealth’ – CNS News
- White House considering tax incentive for more Americans to buy stocks, sources say – CNBC
- Amazon axes delivery partners in U.S.; hundreds of jobs cut – BNN Bloomberg
- Bernie Sanders may be just what U.S. capitalism needs, says top economist – CBC
- Mexico’s Fight for National Banking Revives a Forgotten History – Strategic Culture
- Technology is poised to upend America’s property market – Economist
- Argentina Economy Chief Warns of ‘Deep Debt Restructuring’ – Bloomberg
- Trump First President To Budget Sending Education Bucks Back To States – The Federalist
- Wage gains for low earners have helped sustain America’s economic expansion – The Economist
- Immigration to America is down. Wages are up – The Economist
Europe:
- ‘People are suffering’: French doctors cite funding, staff shortages in public hospitals – France24
- France company Total considers stopping fuel oil sales for power to reduce carbon footprint – Reuters
- In wake of Brexit, EU to put Cayman Islands on tax haven blacklist – The Guardian
- Macron sets out 10-year vision for EU: says EU must have effective defence policy, removal of vetos, larger budget, and integrated capital markets – The Guardian
- The Economist publication says Irish unification becoming likely – Irish Central
- The Kremlin is pushing Belarus to merge with Russia – Euractiv
Asia:
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- China cleaning and locking away banknotes – Asia Times
- Coronavirus Brings China’s Debt Problem Back Into Light – Barrons
- China has filed 84 patents for a digital yuan – Decrypt
- China Is Disintegrating: Steel Demand, Property Sales, Traffic All Approaching Zero – Zero Hedge
- Chinese Refiners Go on Buying Spree as Oil Too Cheap to Ignore – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- The economy of a server: Waitress reveals on TikTok she was paid $13.81 for 70 hours work – News.com.au
- Childcare costs now higher than private school fees, as experts call for new funding model – ABC
- ‘We want to see balance’: Right-wing activists target primary school children on climate – The SMH
- Albanese calls on Phil Gaetjens to make sports grants report public – The Guardian
- Senator Lambie commits to supporting cashless welfare card. – Independent Australia
- The dangers of nuclear power in Australia – Independent Australia
- PM’s assistant minister Ben Morton linked to clubs awarded more than $38k in grants scheme – The Guardian
- Has Eric Abetz just accidentally handed Labor its smoking gun on sports rorts? – ABC
- Australian consumer watchdog to examine anti-competitive behavior by Google and Facebook – The Guardian
- Electricity prices are tumbling for generators, why not for consumers? – New Daily
- More than 13,000 new homes completed in Auckland last year and numbers still rising – Interest.co.nz
- Govt to start charging people it houses in motels – Interest.co.nz