Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why money continues to pour into private equity coffers.
Longform links
- Is the gap between emerging markets and the US a function of which party? (gmo.com)
- The story of the original high frequency trader. (medium.com)
- Does Vanguard have a big tax problem? (newsweek.com)
- An excerpt from Maria Konnikova's new book "The Confidence Game: Why We Fall For It … Every Time."* (nytimes.com)
- What people really need after a natural disaster. (bloomberg.com)
- How much does parenting really matter? Not much, after all. (quillette.com)
- Why is everyone taking potshots at Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropic zeal? (fusion.net)
- Is Facebook ($FB) luring you into being depressed? (nautil.us)
- How do we offset social influence? (farnamstreetblog.com)
- The televised sports bubble has popped. (thedailybeast.com)
- An in-depth talk with a candid Tiger Woods. (time.com)
- There's too much damn (good) television. (vanityfair.com)