The IMF has cuts its forecast for the global economy

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/global-expansion-is-weakening-amid-growing-risks/ 

The Real Economics of Migration

https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/the-real-economics-of-migration-by-ian-goldin-and-ben-nabarro-2018-11?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=7b8831f388-op_newsletter_2018_30_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-7b8831f388-93606349&mc_cid=7b8831f388&mc_eid=15a07d4aa7&barrier=accesspaylog

France could overtake UK as world's sixth biggest economy as Brexit bites

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/france-overtake-uk-worlds-sixth-biggest-economy-brexit-bites-143135618.html?guccounter=2

Carbon Taxes at the Barricades

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/carbon-taxes-after-french-yellow-vest-movement-by-adair-turner-2018-12

Why Is the Fed Still Raising Interest Rates?

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/three-reasons-for-fed-interest-rate-increases-by-martin-feldstein-2018-12

Should there be a tax on red meat?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46122227 

Here are 3 lessons Europe can learn from China’s flourishing start-ups

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/3-lessons-europe-can-learn-from-china-flourishing-start-up-ecosystem

US slaps tariffs on $200bn of China goods as trade war escalates

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/slaps-tariffs-200bn-china-goods-trade-war-escalates-180918000824791.html

How Australia has gone 25 years without a recession

https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/03/16/how-australia-has-gone-25-years-without-a-recession

Bank of England raises UK interest rates

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45043776

Argentina raises interest rates to 40%

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44001450

Globalisation and Knowledge

https://www.ft.com/content/1bdcf69c-470c-11e8-8ee8-cae73aab7ccb?segmentId=778a3b31-0eac-c57a-a529-d296f5da8125