Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the unlevel playing field of daily fantasy sports.
Quote of the Day
"When the Fed eventually does raise rates, it will be covered with near hysteria."
(Adam Davidson)
Longform linkks
- A new edition of Columbia's Graham and Doddsville newsletter is out with a series of interesting interview with value investors. (marketfolly.com)
- A dozen ways in which Charlie Munger and Philip Tetlock think alike.* (25iq.com)
- How Xiaomi became China's Apple ($AAPL) overnight. (qz.com)
- Investors are none too happy with Procter & Gamble ($PG) management. (ft.com)
- Why we keep returning to the story of Steve Jobs. (slate.com)
- The importance of social skills at the workplace is increasing. (nytimes.com)
- How shipping containers made distance irrelevant. (nautil.us)
- Lithium batteries are looking like the most plausible reason for the disappearance of MH370. (thedailybeast.com)
- How a F student became America's most prolific inventor. (bloomberg.com)
- The way we use Social Security numbers is absurd. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- What Alaska's salmon haul tells us about the environment. (interactive.fusion.net)
- The porn business is nothing like you think it is. (wired.com)
- 5 steps to being a better writer from Malcolm Gladwell. (thewaiterspad.com)