The great rock: dusk, Lloyd Rees, 1977, Art Gallery of NSW
Macro, Markets & Investing
- U.S., China resume trade talks in Beijing after ‘productive working dinner’ – Reuters
- US economic adviser hints at partial lifting of China tariffs – Nikkei Asian Review
- Brazil’s Vale slashes iron ore sales estimate after dam burst – Reuters
- Rout Hammers Palladium After Slew of Bubble Warnings – Bloomberg
- A Self-Described Uber-Bear Takes a Victory Lap – Bloomberg, Authers
- Global Bond Markets Go ‘Mad’ as Everything Rallies at Once – Bloomberg
- Xi and Trump miss a chance to expand markets – VoxEU
- This time, an inverted yield curve suggests the stock market has already peaked, some analysts say – MarketWatch
- Lockin’ tax haven’s door – Bruegel
- How Active Fund Management Is Like Playing Poker – ValueWalk
China & Asia
- China pledges to expand financial market opening as U.S. trade delegation arrives – CBC
- China’s latest anti-corruption scandal features Himalayan Viagra fungus worth more than gold – ABC
- South Korean population on cusp of steep decline – Nikkei Asian Review
- Why ageing China won’t overtake the US economy as the world’s biggest – now or in the future – SCMP
- No Middle-Income Trap for China – Project-Syndicate, Roach
- China boosts measures to open economy – China Daily
- China makes mammoth adjustments to investment and trade rules
Americas
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- Police in Canada, Australia investigate networks behind malicious R.A.T. software – CBC
- CRA executes search warrants on Vancouver properties in tax evasion case – CBC
- A tax on a tax: U.S. customs demands bigger bonds as trade tariffs rise – Reuters
- Canada takes tougher line with China on canola ban, demands evidence – Reuters
- U.S. economy shifts into low gear as fiscal boost wanes – Reuters
- Kudlow Says U.S. Ready to Extend China Talks by Weeks or Months – Bloomberg
- The Fed’s Future Is Political – Bloomberg
- New York Sues Sackler Family Members and Drug Distributors – NY Times
- Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy – Project-Syndicate, Stiglitz
- What If Tariffs Cost Trump The Farm Vote? – FiveThirtyEight
- Brave Old World: Immigration, inequality and intergenerational mobility in the US – VoxEU
- Conservative media’s war on AOC is hammering her poll numbers – Vox
- Average Americans can’t afford a home in 70 percent of the country – CBS
- How Donald Trump inflated his net worth to lenders and investors – Washington Post
- Trump Owns the Economy Now, for Better or Worse – NY Times
Europe & United Kingdom
- Britain rebukes Huawei over security failings, discloses more flaws – Nikkei Asian Review
- Budget Icelandic WOW Airlines declares bankruptcy, strands passengers across the Atlantic – ABC
- Brexit’s Endgame Leaves Brexiteers Behind – Bloomberg
- The ECB Is Struggling With Three Big Questions – Bloomberg
- The Unlovable Theresa May – NY Times
- President Higgins says EU’s economic policies threaten European unity – Irish Times
- ‘Brexit is aggressive and dangerously nostalgic. The UK is in for a brutal chastening’ – Irish Times
- Brexit Fever is Breaking – Project-Syndicate, Kaletsky
- The Eurozone’s Real Weakness – Project-Syndicate, Reichlin
- In a Bid to ‘Take Back Control,’ Britain Lost It – The Atlantic
Terra Incognita
- Multi-property owning landlords grow as negative gearing wanes – Nine
- Millionaires’ beach: Australia’s new richest postcode revealed – Nine
- Chinese Communist party-linked group not listed on foreign influence register – Guardian
- Sort out bank boss pay or we’ll do it ourselves, regulator says – The New Daily
- ‘An expensive rort’: Private health insurance costing the nation, experts say – The New Daily
- China’s policies put Australia’s $5bn coal export earnings at risk – Guardian
- Labor to end negative gearing concessions for new investors on January 1 – ABC
- Australia’s richest and poorest postcodes revealed in ATO’s 2016-17 tax statistics – ABC
- Households wealth drops $260b in just three months as debt hits a record 200pc of income – ABC
- WA cashes in on lithium boom as work begins on world’s largest lithium refinery – ABC
- Tax policy changes individuals need to know ahead of the federal election – ABC
- Why do some Chinese-Australians feel targeted by the Government’s new foreign influence laws? – ABC
- The false hope offered by talk of a living wage – The Conversation
- Bizarre: your true pay brackets revealed – Michael West
- Bad news. Closing coal-fired power stations costs jobs. We need to prepare – The Conversation
- Australia’s Property Slump Drives Biggest Wealth Drop in 7 Years – Bloomberg, Heath
- What’s driving China conspiracy theories in Australia? – SCMP…..SCMP now has a travel writer doing strategic comment on Australia – shows how much they care…
- NZ economy ‘quietly losing steam’ – ANZ survey – NZ Herald
- Scott Morrison’s latest stunt continues a trend of captain’s calls replacing policy – Guardian
- More Kiwis support capital gains tax than oppose in new poll – NZ Herald
- Labor’s proposed Australian Health Reform Commission is a welcome start. – Pearls & Irritations, Menadue
- Chinese social media platform WeChat could be a key battleground in the federal election – Pearls & Irritations, Sun
…and furthermore…
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- How 5G Will Transform the Way We Live and Work – Bloomberg
- No News Is Bad News for Civil Discourse – Bloomberg…..the trashing of journalism as a concept has weakened western society…
- Don’t Expect Car Ownership to Become Obsolete – Bloomberg, Bershidsky
- Disruption and credit markets – VoxEU
- The missing link: Monetary policy and the labour share – VoxEU
- Can Monetary Policy Benefit Everyone in Society? – St Louis Fed, Bullard…interesting read…
- The Cult of Homework – The Atlantic
- My Cats Rub Their Butts on Me Every Night – Slate
- ‘Avocado Toast’ Is Now a Paint Color – NY Times
- Dog breeds are mere Victorian confections, neither pure nor ancient – Aeon
- The right to know, or not know, the data from medical research – Aeon
- US reveals secret deal to sell nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia – Deutsche Welle…don’t mention the bone saw…
- Can the world quench China’s bottomless thirst for milk? – Guardian
- Legalized Betting Could Change How We Watch Sports – ProPublica
- A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you – Aeon
- Australian philosophy – Aeon