Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Oil Price War Won’t Dethrone The Dollar – Oil Price
- Climate change will hit economy harder than COVID-19 lockdowns – Money Mag
- Modern, Pre-Modern, Or Post-Modern Money? A Brief Guide For The Perplexed – Forbes
- The MMT Myth – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- San Francisco voters approve taxes on CEOs, big businesses – AP News
- Management company owned by Jared Kushner files to evict hundreds of families as moratoriums expire – Washington Post
- US and UK citizens are world’s biggest sources of plastic waste – study – The Guardian
- Jobless claims: Another 751,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week – Yahoo
- U.S. manufacturing near two-year high in October – CNBC
Europe:
- Bank of England injects extra £150bn into the economy – BBC
- Macron calls for a refoundation of the Schengen area – Politico
- Two teenagers arrested in Belgium on suspicion of terrorist plot – The Guardian
- Vienna attack: Austria admits failing to act on Slovak warning on gunman – BBC
- Deal struck to enable EU to block budget payments to rogue members – The Guardian
- Volvo Trucks to launch full range of electric trucks in Europe in 2021 – Reuters
- The UK economy is heading back into recession – CNN
Asia:
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- The U.S And China: Emerging Economy Of China Threats The U.S – Virgin News
- How a Wise Decoupling May Be a Good Thing for Both China and the West – Alethon News
- Beijing just yanked Ant Group’s IPO to show Jack Ma who’s really in charge – CNN
- China Is TERRIFIED of Economic Decoupling – YouTube
- Hong Kong: People invited to snitch on their neighbours – BBC
- China’s industrial 5G ecosystem remains immature as companies struggle to find applications – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Clive Palmer loses High Court challenge to WA border closures – ABC
- Morrison will have a tough year in 2021, if Biden joins the leaders’ club – ABC
- ‘Price our dirty products’: Greens urge South Korea to hit Australia with carbon tariffs – The SMH
- Coalition’s plan for federal ICAC plan will create a toothless tiger – The SMH
- Government executives share in $12.8m of bonuses during public servant pay freeze – The SMH
- Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus — by putting faith in science – Washington Post
- Coalition, conservatives duck for cover on calls for US democracy – Michael West
- The NSW government is considering giving households vouchers of up to $100 each to pay for a meal in a bid to boost the state’s hospitality sector. – Port News
- Victoria plans 300MW Tesla battery to help stabilise grid as renewables increase – The Guardian
- Australia’s Treasury chief warns economic recovery could ‘falter’ without strong fiscal boost – The Guardian
- Renewables cut Australia’s emissions more than COVID, energy analysis finds – The Guardian
- Mortgage rates step lower yet again – Interest.co.nz
- Auckland ‘must be affordable’ – Interest.co.nz