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Ricketts Point, 1937, Peter Purves Smith, Art Gallery of South Australia
Macro & Markets
- Future shock: how will Covid change the course of business? – Guardian
- Chinese economy to overtake US ‘by 2028’ due to Covid – BBC
- Beyond the coronavirus, global shipping must meet the challenge of climate change – SCMP
- The year of the Great Humbling – New Statesman
- The Pandemic’s Long Economic Shadow – Project-Syndicate, Roach
- Globalization strikes back after COVID carnage – DW
- The long shadow of monetary policy – VoxEU
- The Chinese Communist Party vs Western liberalism – Asia Times
- For Corrosive Inequality, Look to the Upper Middle Class – Bloomberg
- Refugees Shouldn’t Monopolize the Immigration Debate – Bloomberg
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Americas
- Trump continues to block pandemic relief package as shutdown looms – Guardian
- US unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as midnight deadline for Donald Trump to sign relief bill passes – ABC
- The Dumbest Moments of the Trump Presidency – Slate
- Congress’ Stimulus Package Features Its Most Significant Climate Actions in a Decade – Slate
- The Triumph of Kleptocracy – The Atlantic
- America’s unemployed face a bleak Christmas – CBS
- From restaurants to retailers, virus transformed economies – AP
- U.S. jobless benefit cut-off pushes millions to financial cliff-edge – Reuters
- As small businesses await new US aid, it’s too late for some – AP
- President-elect Joe Biden set to crank up pressure on Russia – DW
- The Biden promise – Bruegel
Asia
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- Indian tech workers seek lifelines as Chinese firms exit amid border stand-off and coronavirus pandemic – SCMP
- Covid-19: China’s industrial firms see 15.5 per cent profit growth in November as economic recovery continues – SCMP
- More Chinese cities ease residency rules to boost local economies – SCMP
- Japan to eliminate gas-powered cars as part of “green growth plan” – CBS
- Deleted words from Xi’s economic policy speak volumes – Nikkei Asian Review
- Be water: Japan’s big, lonely bet on hydrogen – Nikkei Asian Review
- Taiwan casts net for trade deals as China blocks RCEP entry – Nikkei Asian Review
- China to strengthen military coordination with Russia – Asia Times
- China slowly retreating from Pakistan’s Belt and Road – Asia Times
- Covert action: China could push Taiwan into nuclear defense – Asia Times
- China orders Ant Group to return to e-payment roots as regulators rein in fintech’s unfettered expansion – SCMP
Europe
- Russian Parliament backs bill enabling Moscow to block US social media giants – ABC
- Boris Johnson admits Brexit deal falls short for financial services – Guardian
- Scientists call for UK lockdown after rapid spread of Covid-19 variant – Guardian
- There is hope on the horizon, but high debt hangs over Britain’s future – Guardian
- The new UK coronavirus mutations, explained – Vox
- Why Britain’s Brexit Mayhem Was Worth It – The Atlantic
- Sweden’s Covid-19 failures have exposed the myths of the lockdown-sceptics – New Statesman
- “Believe in science:” EU kicks off COVID-19 vaccine campaign – AP
- What now for British economy with UK-EU trade deal reached? – AP
- Brexit trade deal sparks relief but UK market will bear scars – Reuters
- Good times ahead for German post-virus economy – DW
- U.K. hit with worst recession in 300 years as country grapples with mutated COVID-19 strain – CBS
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Terra Specufestorus
- Taxpayer trips slashed: Millions saved as politicians forced to govern from home – Ninefax
- Year from hell: nation needs time to heal before hustings begin – Ninefax
- More working from home will transport us back to the future – Ninefax, Gitto
- China suspends Australian timber imports from New South Wales and Western Australia – ABC
- Riverland producers face financial hit from Christmas fruit fly outbreak – ABC
- China-Australia relations: lobster traders look closer to home to offset Beijing’s ban – SCMP
- Investigation: how political donations protect a cosy loophole for Australia’s plutocrats – Michael West
- The deceit of deterrence; a bankrupt strategic justification for defence expenditure – Pearls and Irritations, Scrafton…it is time for Australia to look at why its Defence is structured the way it is…
- What’s the best way to boost the economy? Invest in high-voltage transmission lines – The Conversation
- China’s imports of Australian copper concentrate plunge as tensions take hold – CNBC
- Study-abroad hub Australia wants students back — in small doses – Nikkei Asian Review
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…and furthermore…
- Plant-Based Meats Are More Popular Than Ever. But are they actually sustainable? – Slate
- Can We Convince the Sleeping Brain to Process Our Problems? – Slate
- The Mink Pandemic Is No Joke – The Atlantic
- What Drives Writers to Drink? – The Atlantic
- Who’s Afraid of MMT? – Project-Syndicate, Galbraith
- The End of Efficiency – Project-Syndicate, Skidelsky
- Understanding the Phillips Curve through the lens of workers’ bargaining power and business cycle fluctuations – VoxEU
- Negative rates explained: how money for (less than) nothing is helping out the budget – The Conversation
- History from below: What shaped the thought of E P Thompson, the great historian of ordinary working people and champion of their significance? – Aeon…E.P. Thompson was a great man…
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