Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the world of sneaker collectors.
Longform links
- What is Code? (bloomberg.com)
- The long history of technology and textiles. (aeon.co)
- Part one of the multi-part series on AB InBev ($BUD) the reigning king of beers. (ft.com)
- Subaru has a problem: success. (bloomberg.com)
- The rise of robots: who wins, who loses. (technologyreview.com)
- The battle over the American plate, via mail of course. (fastcompany.com)
- An excerpt from Shane Ryan's "Slaying the Tiger: A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour." (deadspin.com)
- How Maria Sharapova became the world's wealthiest female athlete. (bloomberg.com)
- What it's like to be a commercial airline pilot. An excerpt from "Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot."* (slate.com)
- Russ Roberts talks with Adam Davidson about the making of "The Big Short" movie. (econtalk.org)
Finance
- A dozen things learned from Mario Gabelli about investing. (25iq.com)
- Ten big lies the financial industry tells. (rpseawright.wordpress.com)
- A Q&A with Nathaniel Popper author of " Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money."* (kernelmag.dailydot.com)
- A primer on the light-speed world of high frequency trading. (suitpossum.blogspot.co.uk)
- The train wreck that is the Caesars Palace leverage buyout. (fortune.com)