Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at a real-life case like The Americans.
Quote of the Day
"The problem is that as much as Google may be ahead, the company is also on the clock: every interaction with Siri, every signal sent to Facebook, every command answered by Alexa, is one that is not only not captured by Google but also one that is captured by its competitors."
(Ben Thompson)
Companies
- Be skeptical when pharmaceutical companies say they are being altruistic. (bloomberg.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) Fiber is an audacious plans for a national footprint. (recode.net)
- Rupert Murdoch took over National Geographic to much consternation. A surprising thing happened next? (bloomberg.com)
Investing
- What investors can learn from the lowly rat. (rpseawright.wordpress.com)
- Hedge funds these days are lobbying just like everyone else. (huffingtonpost.com)
- Crowdfunding will be heavily dependent on the funding portals in the middle. (mobile.nytimes.com)
Longform
- A good interview with Russ Roberts on the need for more humility in economics. (wsj.com)
- The gap between corporate haves and haves not have increased income inequality. (hbr.org)
- A ridiculous fight amongst millionaires and billionaires in an exclusive part of Hawaii. (bloomberg.com)
- The case for diversity as a public good. (bankofengland.co.uk)
- A paradox: women in Scandinavia are more equal but fail to 'reach it to the top' than in other countries. (newgeography.com)
- The awful economics of hosting an Olympic Games. (conversableeconomist.blogspot.com)
- Lessons learned from a former Navy SEAL. (thewaiterspad.com)
