Longform links: shouldering more costs
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Abnormal Returns
3 weeks ago
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Books
- An excerpt from Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop’s new book, “The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better.” (theatlantic.com)
- A Q&A with Haley Mlotek author of “No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce.” (thecreativeindependent.com)
Business
- Hunter Hopcroft, “Nearly every major alternative asset manager found a way to enter the insurance market following the 2008 crisis.” (americanaffairsjournal.org)
- The road to success for Taser-maker Axon ($AXON) was a long one. (quartr.com)
- The Murdoch family is ‘Succession’ in real life. (readtrung.com)
Technology
- Nicholas Carr, “Our new emperors give us all the information we can consume but starve us of knowledge.” (thenewatlantis.com)
- Rapid advances in technology have outpaced our ability to adapt. (overcomingbias.com)
Policy
- Trump 2.0 is focused on going back to the pre-Civil Rights era. (theatlantic.com)
- Economists believe federally-funded scientific research is a net benefit to society. (noahpinion.blog)
Coffee
- All the trends working against lower coffee prices. (wapo.st)
- Climate change is wreaking havoc on coffee growers. (nytimes.com)
History
Longreads
- How China is supporting the real estate market. (ig.ft.com)
- How illegal drugs are moving across the Pacific. (newlinesmag.com)
- Species are smarter when they ‘team up.’ (noemamag.com)
- How our brains structure our memories using scripts. (quantamagazine.org)
- Legal sports betting hasn’t changed anything: inside a recent point shaving scheme. (si.com)
- Texas is urbanizing. So is its barbecue scene. (newyorker.com)
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