Longform links: a bedtime story for capitalists
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Abnormal Returns
6 months ago
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Books
- An excerpt from “The Intelligent Investor, 3rd Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing” by Benjamin Graham and Jason Zweig. (wsj.com)
- A Q&A with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian author of “The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World.” (vox.com)
- An excerpt from “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness” by Jamil Zaki. (behavioralscientist.org)
- An excerpt from “Mind the Science: Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry” by Jonathan N. Stea. (thewalrus.ca)
- An excerpt from “How To Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days” by Kari Leibowitz. (wapo.st)
Politics
- Elderly Americans are getting scammed by political fundraising operations. (cnn.com)
- 82% of Americans live in states controlled by a single party. (bloomberg.com)
- The life of the whistleblower who highlighted Trump’s Ukraine gambit. (wapo.st)
Economy
- How ‘Shark Tank’ helps explain the American economy. (nytimes.com)
- More men are staying home to help support their wives’ careers. (wsj.com)
- Millennials have their own inequality problem. (barrons.com)
Health care
- More Americans would benefit from the full-time use of hearing aids. (slate.com)
- How Epic came to dominate American healthcare. (prospect.org)
Longreads
- Packy McCormick, “Turning ideas into progress is a complicated thing, influenced by culture, regulation, economics, technology, and the efforts of individuals.” (notboring.co)
- How J.D. Vance’s investment in AppHarvest went wrong, so quickly. (nytimes.com)
- How Varsity Spirit helped shape the modern business of cheerleading. (nytimes.com)
- How the government’s response to H5N1 went off the rails. (vanityfair.com)
- Costco ($COST) Magazine is now the third largest in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
- Why Richard Scarry’s books resonated with children and adults alike. (yalereview.org)
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