Longform links: actual writing
Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can check out...
Books
- A look at "Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate" by Roopika Risam. (lareviewofbooks.org)
- A Q&A with Francis Fukuyama author of “In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir.” (reuters.com)
- An excerpt from "The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape From Afghanistan & Coming to America" by Rebecca Blumenstein and Dianna Kapp. (vanityfair.com)
- An excerpt from "Sugar Coated: Unboxing the Hidden Forces Shaping America's Favorite Breakfast Food" by Mario Nestlend Lisa Sutherland (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from "Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of the Strokes (and Rock ’n’ Roll), by Steven Hyden. (theringer.com)
Bonds
- The world's governments are paying dramatically more in interest. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- Derek Thompson talks with Liaquat Ahamed author of "1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World." (youtube.com)
- An excerpt from “A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World” by Robin Wigglesworth. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- Mary Childs talks bonds with Ed Al-Hussainy, portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle. (open.spotify.com)
Finance
- Hedge funds used to be a cottage industry. Now the largest hedge funds rival the big banks. (finance.yahoo.com)
- A profile of Hudson River Trading co-founder Jason Carroll. (bloomberg.com)
Longreads
- Kyle Harrison, "Longevity is almost like a mindset. The minute a dynasty starts treating its age as evidence, the age starts working against it." (investing101.substack.com)
- NIMBYism is wrapped up with worries about design and aesthetics. (worksinprogress.co)
- Why Albanians turned against a luxury resort backed by Jared Kusher and Ivanka Trump. (slate.com)
- Looked at over the very long run, democracy is still in ascendance. (ourworldindata.org)
- How seaweed become a hot commodity. (nytimes.com)
- AI could help us talk with animals. Should we? (bloomberg.com)
- On the downsides of meditation. (theatlantic.com)
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