Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including looks at a handful of recent scandals.
Food
- A calorie is not a calorie is not a calorie. (1843magazine.com)
- Our food system has been focused on quantity over quality for the past fifty years. (theguardian.com)
Profiles
- Jay Alix is taking McKinsey & Co. straight on over its move into the bankruptcy consulting business. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- A profile of Lachlan Murdoch, CEO of the new, slimmed down 21st Century Fox ($FOXA). (washingtonpost.com)
Business
- American cardboard manufacturing is experiencing a bit of a revival. (nytimes.com)
- Anheuser Busch's tense relationship with the craft brewing crowd. (medium.com)
Places
- This spot is the farthest away from a McDonald's ($MCD) in the lower 48 states. (stilldavid.com)
- Why rats thrive in urban areas. (nationalgeographic.com)
Longform
- A beginner's guide to Modern Monetary Theory or MMT. (bloomberg.com)
- 10 lessons learned while teaching yourself to code. (tim.blog)
- A look behind the scenes at how priceless art works are transported around the globe. (theguardian.com)
- Meet the 40 year old Junior who is playing college basketball in Canada. (longreads.com)
- Is it really a 'reunion' if most the band members are not from the original lineup? (nytimes.com)