Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at technology’s effect on the labor market.
Quote of the Day
"Government policies don’t radiate from subterranean mineral deposits: they are in large part the product of its voting citizens. And in the long run, new citizens lead to new policies."
(Garrett Jones)
Finance
- When did charts become popular? (priceonomics.com)
- Analysts can make a living just consulting with a handful of hedge funds. (bloomberg.com)
- How Laurence Fink turned Blackrock ($BLK) into an asset gathering behemoth. (nytimes.com)
Business
- Why Hollywood is growing wary of Netflix ($NFLX). (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Treating franchisees as customer: behind the turnaround at Popeye's ($PLKI). (hbr.org)
- What should replace the annual performance review. (knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)
Longform
- Bill Belichick always inverts when making a game plan. (thewaiterspad.com)
- What books the Andreessen Horowitz crew read. (wired.com)
- Getting stuff done. An interview with Phyllis Korrki author of "The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even If You’re a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me." (knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)
- An inside look at the economy of a fish market. (discoversociety.org)
- What it's like to have aphasia. (features.wearemel.com)
- How much do parents matter? (theatlantic.com)
- Four giant cognitive biases. (qz.com)
- How to tell if you are a jerk. (nautil.us)
- Just how organic is your organic pet food? (modernfarmer.com)
