‘Holiday Resort’ 1946, Jeffrey Smart, Art Gallery of South Australia
Macro & Markets
- A historic oil price collapse, with worries headed into 2021 – Reuters
- China-Russia ties won’t be broken, declare Xi and Putin in signal to Biden – SCMP
- How China’s digital currency will thwart US dollar trap and help the world – SCMP
- The 4 major unknowns of how vaccines will affect the Covid-19 pandemic – Vox
- Pensions Swamped in a Sea of Negative Real Rates – Bloomberg
- The year the world gave up waiting for Big Tech to fix itself – CNN
Americas
- Republicans Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Borderline Socialist – Slate
- The debate over Joe Biden canceling student debt, explained – Vox
- Biden and the Underseas Cable Underworld – Slate
- Trump administration bolsters order barring U.S. investment in Chinese firms – Reuters
- Medical schools see surge in applicants, thanks to “Fauci effect” – CBS
- Why ‘Accidental Americans’ Are Desperate to Give Up Their U.S. Citizenship – Time
Asia
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- Japan gave US and UK intelligence on China’s crackdown on Uygurs in Xinjiang: source – SCMP
- China’s retail-sector borrowing ‘fell off a cliff’ in late 2020, with many small firms unable to access credit, report says – SCMP
- China increases foreign investment list by 10 per cent including AI, semiconductors and 5G – SCMP
- China’s P2P purge leaves millions of victims out in the cold, with losses in the billions, as concerns of social unrest swirl – SCMP
- China’s coronavirus success boosts confidence that its system is the best answer to the country’s challenges – SCMP
- Wuhan’s Covid Cases May Have Been 10 Times Higher, Study Shows – Bloomberg
- The long-term global balance of power is favouring China – Pearls and Irritations
- China’s economy is still months away from a full recovery, business survey finds – CNBC
- ASEAN bargains on RCEP trade deal to secure ‘centrality’ in Asia – Nikkei Asian Review
- China’s debt-heavy companies pay price for running afoul of Xi – Nikkei Asian Review
- China’s new deal with Pakistan has India in mind – Asia Times
- The cost of victory – Chinese interest rates – Asia Times
- How China can become the world’s top economy without starting a war – Nikkei Asian Review
Europe
- Brexit ‘big bang’ to trigger tectonic trading rift in Europe – Reuters
- Why Boris Johnson is perfectly happy to own his Brexit trade deal – Guardian
- Facebook to close Irish holding companies at centre of tax dispute – Guardian
- The City of London does not yet know what Brexit will mean – The Economist
- Brexit ends Britons’ right to live and work in EU – AP News
- With just days to go, Britain urges business to prepare for end of Brexit transition – Reuters
- China and EU ‘on verge’ of major investment deal – BBC
- COSCO faces backlash as it moves to tighten grip on Greek port – Nikkei Asian Review
Terra Specufestor
- Australia’s billionaires became 50% richer during pandemic – Guardian
- Australia’s growth may ‘never return’ to its pre-virus path after trade trouble with China, says economist – CNBC
- Is Rupert Murdoch still welcome in his native land? – Nikkei Asian Review…only at ScoMo’s house…
- Big Four banks still lending money to gamblers – Pearls and Irritations
- Don’t scare the horses: Morrison’s business-friendly reforms change little – Pearls and Irritations
- Investigation: how political donations protect a cosy loophole for Australia’s plutocrats – Michael West
- High Profits, Low Principles: betting losses balloon as Big 4 keep lending to gamblers – Michael West
- ‘Passing the buck’: Canberra puts heat on Andrews as farms plead for workers – Ninefax
…and furthermore…
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- The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep – The Atlantic
- Covid Has Transformed the Psychology of Ambition – Bloomberg
- Could Covid lockdown have helped save the planet? – Guardian
- Taxing the Wealthy Is Always Popular – Bloomberg
- The New Battles to Come Over Working From Home – Bloomberg
- 2020 Saw the Return of the State Leviathan. We Must Be Wary – Bloomberg
- 2020: Dozens of journalists killed in targeted attacks – DW
- Spectacular Ice Age rock paintings found in Colombian rainforest – DW
- Search engine giants like Google could soon face competition – DW
- Flying in 2021 — It can only get better – DW
- 125 years after cinema was born: Does it have a future? – DW
- ‘Trickle-down’ tax cuts make the rich richer but are of no value to overall economy, study finds – Washington Post
- Capitalism Delivered Promise, and Faced a Reckoning, in 2020 – Time