Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the rising popularity of Ireland’s Kerrygold butter.
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Amazon
- Franklin Foer, "Jeff Bezos has won capitalism. The question for the democracy is, are we okay with that?" (theatlantic.com)
- On the last-mile delivery battle between Amazon ($AMZN), Wal-Mart ($WMT) and Target ($TGT). (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Amazon's ($AMZN) success has made it a target of labor, government and business. (newyorker.com)
Places
- "Chicago right now is one of the most entrepreneurial and experimental local news markets in the country." (cjr.org)
- Erie, Pennsylvania is in decline. It's taking one last shot to turn things around. (wsj.com)
Health
- Can ibogaine be used to help opioid addicts 'disrupt' their habits? (wired.com)
- Our minds (and bodies) do not adapt to noise pollution. (theatlantic.com)
Sports
- The college admissions scandal had real victims: one athlete's story. (propublica.org)
- The cheating scandal now rocking the poker world. (theringer.com)
- The philosophical case against replay review in sports. (deadspin.com)
Longreads
- We have automated much of the financial markets without a corresponding change in regulation. (economist.com)
- How Juul quickly evolved into Big Tobacco in the eyes of regulators and the public. (bloomberg.com)
- US companies should not be forced to self-censor themselves. (stratechery.com)
- A big profile of Karl Friston and his 'free energy principle' that might be the most all-encompassing idea since Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. (wired.com)
- Why artists trade work among themselves. (nytimes.com)
