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Abnormal Returns
1 month ago
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Books
- An excerpt from “The Price Of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered The Senate, Changed America, And Lost His Party” by Michael Tackett. (theatlantic.com)
- A Q&A with Amanda Ripley author of “High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out.” (davidepstein.substack.com)
- A Q&A with Eliza Griswold author of “Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church.” (npr.org)
Cities
- Few American cities have changed as much as Las Vegas. (gq.com)
- How LA could use the Olympics to create better transportation infrastructure. (slate.com)
- Some small towns have embraced Halloween as an economic engine. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Tourists are rushing to areas disappearing due to climate change, hastening their demise. (macleans.ca)
- Why whale strikes became are a growing risk. (hakaimagazine.com)
Technology
- How modern media platforms have hacked our attention. (readtrung.com)
- Why Amazon ($AMZN) has been slow to roll out enhanced AI features to Alexa. (bloomberg.com)
- How electrostatic motors could be put into widespread use. (wsj.com)
Longreads
- Making the case for a bubble in private equity. (jareddillianmoney.com)
- Billionaires really are different than the rest of us. (forkingpaths.co)
- Was this financial thriller based a little too much on reality? (wsj.com)
- Autocrats around the world are taking clues from each other. (nytimes.com)
- Why new clothes don’t last as long as they used to. (thewalrus.ca)
- Humans have been brewing beer for a long time. (aeon.co)
- A profile of the multi-talented Stanley Tucci. (wapo.st)
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