Short man with two dogs, Linda Marrinon, 1990, Art Gallery of NSW
Americas
- Trump Pulls U.S. Delegation Out of Davos Forum, Citing Shutdown – Bloomberg
- Shutdown clouds outlook for consumer-driven U.S. economic growth – Reuters
- Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye warns ‘back-stabbing’ Canada to stop rallying allies in row over detainees – SCMP
- Trump Vows to Reinvent Missile Defenses, but Offers Incremental Plans – NY Times
- Ocasio-Cortez breaks record with her ‘erosion of American democracy’ speech – Market Watch
- Most Americans couldn’t cover a $1,000 expense – CBS
- Affordability fuels new U.S. housing hot spots – CBS
- State Dept. employees ordered back to work as Trump nixes Pelosi trip and Davos delegation, citing shutdown – Washington Post
- Trump Flirts With Leaving NATO and ‘Zero’ Republicans in Congress Are Impressed – The Atlantic
- Will The Shutdown Hurt Trump’s Re-election Chances? – FiveThirtyEight
- U.S. Productivity and Why It’s Key To Understanding Today’s Economy – See It Market
- Home Prices Are Dropping All Over New York City – Bloomberg
- “Are We Really Where We Are?”: Trump, Putin, and Washington’s Unbelievable New Normal – New Yorker
Asia
- China’s state-owned companies enjoy record profits, even as private sector flounders – SCMP
- In China industrial heartland city of Chongqing, a painful economic transition is on full display – SCMP
- China corruption watchdog’s big catch Zhao Zhengyong linked to string of scandals – SCMP
- China doubles down on tax cuts in race to halt economy’s slide – Nikkei Asian Review
- Forget the Trade War. China Is Already in Crisis – Bloomberg
- Job jitters mount as China’s factories sputter ahead of Lunar New Year – Reuters
- China to trim growth target to 6%-6.5% this year – Nikkei Asian Review
Europe
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- Brexit: An ‘escape room’ with no escape – The Conversation
- Run Down the Brexit Clock – Project-Syndicate, Varoufakis
- Brexit: Blame it on the banking crisis – VoxEU
- As UK’s EU withdrawal nears, Germany steps up Brexit prep – DW
- Europe’s Most Important River Is Running Dry – Bloomberg
- U.K. Retail Sales Plunge in December in Black Friday Hangover – Bloomberg
- ECB Has Narrow Window for Rate Hikes Before Economy Is Too Soft – Bloomberg
- Trans-Atlantic rebuke for Trump downgrade of EU ambassador – DW
- Britain Finally Confronts Reality – Spiegel
- EU budget implications of a no-deal Brexit – Bruegel
- Jeremy Corbyn Can’t Have it Both Ways on Brexit – Bloomberg
Terra RentSeekerus
- Growing fears RBA will have to cut rates to stop tumbling house prices – Nine …a growing sense of panic on this – this reads as a plea….
- Liquidators chase Fraser Anning for eight months over failing business – Guardian…another S144 breach?…
- She won’t be right: the economic storm our leaders ignore – Nine, Hewson …worth a read…
- Trusts being used to avoid paying billions in tax, report warns ATO – ABC…Its time for a complete overhaul of Australian taxation laws – starting with who is paying and who is getting a concession and the economic impact of that……
- OECD gets Australia’s tax rate wrong, misses imputation – Michael West
- How the drop-off in construction gives Labor an election spending blueprint – Guardian, Jericho
- Superannuation: why we stick with the duds – The Conversation
- ALP dividend tax plan is ‘big risk’ for bank investors – Nine
- Aged care royal commission benefits Generation X: it’s too late for the silent generation – The Conversation…’I feel like I’m in jail’ my great aunt said to me…
- Why Is All of New Zealand Obsessed With This Drunken, Littering, Rowdy Tourist Family? – Slate
- ‘Free Trade’ (sic), Some Fundamentals (Part 1). – Pearls and irritations, Kerin
- We are paying to protect an industry that no longer exists. – Pearls and Irritations, Menadue
- Is The Australian making excuses for incompetent immigration administration? – Pearls and Irritations, Rizvi
- Liberal senator announces resignation, gets plum overseas post 60 minutes later – Nine…another one heading for the exit before being roasted alive in the upcoming election…
Macro & Markets
- U.S. vs. China — split trade from technological security – Nikkei Asian Review…is that actually possible?…
- Global Taxation for the Digital Age – Project-Syndicate
- America Must Face Reality on China – Project-Syndicate
- The Natural Course Of Things is Inevitable, Not Preventable – ValueWalk
- Secure funding is in governments’ own hands – FT.com
- LNG bunkering set to accelerate globally in 2019: SEA\LNG – Platts
…and furthermore…
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- Divers encounter gigantic great white shark off Hawaii – ABC…get a load of this…
- Last night was Australia’s hottest on record – ABC
- Erotic capital: how it helps (or harms) your career – Nine …this is significant in many workplaces…
- ‘Modern Monetary Theory’ Is a Joke That’s Not Funny – Bloomberg…just to get the juices of the MB cognoscenti going…
- Coffee: 60% of wild species are at risk of extinction due to climate change – The Conversation…this is serious…
- Sugar daddy capitalism: even the world’s oldest profession is being uberised – The Conversation
- Reduced flows reduces Darling’s ability to deal with drought – Michael West
- Bailing out the people: The public cost of excess private debt – VoxEU
- The Growing Popularity of Chinese Social Media Outside China Poses New Risks in the West – PIIE
- The Boys Are Watching: Men who are offended by Gillette’s moralizing new ad don’t realize why we need its message now more than ever. – Slate
- Wagyu beef moves from pastures to Silicon Valley petri dishes – Nikkei Asian Review
- Can a physics of panic explain the motions of the crowd? – Aeon