Impact of (likely, 2017?) yuan devaluation on AU? Not that much. Yuan 27% of $AU TWI, but big commodity contracts are in $US. FDI? Housing?
Trump’s econ. advisor on stability of CHN macro policy: “I do believe they will end up devaluing the currency…”blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016…br
How is this “patented” blimp-idea from Amazon an “inventive step” worth monopoly protection? #patentbs::..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…1X
On the UN Settlements vote: “[The world] remains in [Israel’s] favor but against the millstone around our necks…” haaretz.com/israel-news/1.…pfy1
“There have been some serious retrogressions over the years. Politics, and especially citizens’ trust in their…” creators.com/read/thomas-so…6u9t
Spacial distribution of Trump and Clinton majorities. The “Clinton Archipelago” puts Clinton’s 2.5m edge in context..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Py
tylercowen .@JustinWolfers Silly cheap talk that weakens rather than strengthens the Australian bargaining position, #LandoKalrissian
@tylercowen @JustinWolfers Silly certainly. There is no AU interest in any such “bargaining” (nor talk of it other than this NYT blather).
@dikenson You’re welcome, Dan! And we haven’t even mentioned sugar (much) :-/
@snlester @POLITICOEurope True… that’s why UK might be vulnerable to arm-twisting.
CassSunstein Terrific post by @tylercowen on Thomas Schelling. Wins an award (Schelling Award?) for most substance per paragraph.
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
@snlester @POLITICOEurope Might a TPIP-less EU cool UK interest with rigid ROO on access to the single market?
“The reality was that the EU’s leaders richly deserved Brexit and British voters were right to give them it”::thetimes.co.uk/edition/commen…
On WTO rules affecting the US “world-wide” taxation of corp. income, here’s Kenneth Dam’s excellent analysis (2002)::2001-2009.state.gov/e/eeb/rls/rm/2…
It’s not like this hasn’t happened before: the DISC (1971), FSC (2000) and ETI (2001) all breeched US obligations..twitter.com/tylercowen/sta…Kb
Poll implies ½ of #Remain voters want to get going. “68% of people think that Britain should go ahead with Brexit…”yougov.co.uk/news/2016/11/1…Kz
Non-Mkt Economy Anti-Dumping = A-D regulators pretending to fix the voodoo accounts of regulated exporters with yet more voodoo accounting.
✔️”Mr Johnson… accused [SAU] of “puppeteering” in “proxy wars” across the Middle East and of “abusing Islam.”nytimes.com/2016/12/08/wor…FH
✔ Recommended RT @Adam_Creighton Column: Damned lies and statistics - meaning less to more people theaustralian.com.au/business/opini…
The Right Stuff is finally exhausted. Damn, what a ride it was! Can’t believe it will ever be found again (but see Kipling’s “The King”).
EBA is for least-developeds only & no use for some of those. FTAs wd be better. EU still has high barriers for DCs:..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Ql
AU MFP growth still < 1 per cent. Yet Turnbull govt. taxes household savings/investment, cuts labor mkt competition::abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.…
Fortunately, this wretched headstone is not (all) that remains of the man who wrote An Arundel Tomb. twitter.com/Libroantiguo/s…
The Melbourne Ring Cycle continues. These translations no longer available in @Phaidon catalog but through Amazon pic.twitter.com/TalNxZ7v5f
“Japan ranked among the most natural resource-rich economies in the world – often leading Australia and Canada”nber.org/papers/w22865eq
How much will IND govt. screw out of the private sector and IND’s poorest by bank note cancellation? Possibly $bns::alt-m.org/2016/11/28/ind…