Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at lessons learned Eugene Kleiner.
Quote of the Day
"Higher global wealth is a positive development. The world does face some serious risks, but negative yields might just be a sign that you should be less scared rather than more."
(Tyler Cowen)
Finance
- Has Wall Street been tamed? (bloomberg.com)
- The sources of alpha are always shifting. (quandl.com)
- Academic finance as an unbiased check on pretensions. (abnormalreturns.com)
Economy
- Millennials are a big drag on the economy. (theatlantic.com)
- In praise of the thriving economic blogosphere. (next.ft.com)
Companies
- A dozen things learned from one of the most ambitious startups (Teledesic) ever. (25iq.com)
- Inside the flight of Facebook's ($FB) first Internet drone. (theverge.com)
- Some of the many mistakes Yahoo ($YHOO) made in its time. (medium.freecodecamp.com)
- Why every company should be worried about technology disruption, i.e. Dollar Shave Club. (nytimes.com)
- Lunch with Rob Rhinehart the creator of meal substitute Soylent. (next.ft.com)
