The Market, Energy, And Political Page, Part 4, T+44 -- December 19, 2018

Europe: Over at the sidebar, a link to "the big stories." From there, "Europe at a tipping point." Were the "yellow vests" the beginning of the end?

New England: Massachusetts lifts moratorium on National Grid gas hookups: The move could boost projects that have been stalled for months, but regulators are imposing some restrictions on the utility. Don't expect the floodgates to open anytime soon.

Facebook: What’s Facebook worth to you? About a thousand bucks, according to a new study from scholars at Tufts University and three other schools that asked people how much it would cost to get them to quit the social media network.