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Monday, June 27, 2016

Pro-‘Brexit’ City of Sunderland Glad to Poke Establishment in the Eye - The New York Times

Pro-‘Brexit’ City of Sunderland Glad to Poke Establishment in the Eye - The New York Times

How Brexit shattered progressives' dearest illusions

How Brexit shattered progressives' dearest illusions

Brexit has locked us millennials out of the union we voted for — FT.com

Brexit has locked us millennials out of the union we voted for — FT.com

Regulating Cars Made Them Safer. Can We Do the Same with Guns? | New Republic

Regulating Cars Made Them Safer. Can We Do the Same with Guns? | New Republic

Brexit was fueled by irrational xenophobia, not real economic grievances - Vox

Brexit was fueled by irrational xenophobia, not real economic grievances - Vox

Blaming Elites For The Rise Of Populism - Forbes

Blaming Elites For The Rise Of Populism - Forbes

The Collapse of the Liberal World Order | Foreign Policy

The Collapse of the Liberal World Order | Foreign Policy

Few quick thoughts on Brexit — Medium

Few quick thoughts on Brexit — Medium

Why Brexit happened and what it means - Marginal REVOLUTION

Why Brexit happened and what it means - Marginal REVOLUTION

Trump and the Racial Politics of the South

Trump and the Racial Politics of the South

finance

finance

How Housing’s New Players Spiraled Into Banks’ Old Mistakes - The New York Times

How Housing’s New Players Spiraled Into Banks’ Old Mistakes - The New York Times

Sunday, June 26, 2016

TheMoneyIllusion � Trump: Even worse than we thought

TheMoneyIllusion � Trump: Even worse than we thought

I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe – and always will be �

I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe – and always will be �

How to Un-Hypnotize a Rabid Anti-Trumper | Scott Adams' Blog

How to Un-Hypnotize a Rabid Anti-Trumper | Scott Adams' Blog

How the Gun Control Debate Ignores Black Lives - ProPublica

How the Gun Control Debate Ignores Black Lives - ProPublica

Why we are ruder at work than we are in the street — FT.com

Thoughts on the sociology of Brexit - Political Economy Research Centre

Brexit Wins | Mother Jones

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Three shirts, four pairs of trousers: meet Japan's 'hardcore' minimalists | World news | The Guardian

Goldman Sachs to drop on-campus interviews — FT.com

Hedge Fund Still Wants Its Tax-Avoidance Profits - Bloomberg View

Watch This Freakishly Agile Dog-Bot Do the Dishes

Stumbling and Mumbling: Beyond meritocracy

The ‘Anti-Business’ President Who's Been Good for Business

David Thatcher, Part of ’42 Doolittle Raid on Japan, Dies at 94 - The New York Times

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

The Strategy That Donald Trump Borrowed From Ann Coulter - The Atlantic

Paul Ryan Is Trying To Shut Down Reps' Live Streams From Sit-In | Crooks and Liars

The New Panama Canal: A Risky Bet - The New York Times

When the Poverty Industry Seeks Profit - The Atlantic

Photography — Tokyo Times

How to Tell a Coworker They’re Annoying You

Inside Trump's Most Valuable Tower: Felons, Dictators and Girl Scouts

Japan spooked by naval mystery in East China Sea — FT.com

White House issues report on President Obama's impact on science and tech / Boing Boing

When Products Talk - The New Yorker

Why Brexit would be a history-defining, irreversible mistake | Larry Summers

In College Turmoil, Signs of a Changed Relationship With Students - The New York Times

In College Turmoil, Signs of a Changed Relationship With Students - The New York Times

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Getting Serious About Trumponomics - The New Yorker

Getting Serious About Trumponomics - The New Yorker

How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood - POLITICO Magazine

How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood - POLITICO Magazine

There's Great News on Inequality and Poverty - Bloomberg View

Try to scroll through this graphic and you’ll understand America’s gun problem

Algorithm for Sales Traders

Wait but. If you are trying to buy stock, calling the people who own a lot of that stock is not, you know, that creative. "Call the top five holders of a stock" is literally an algorithm. It is hard to make a robot chat application that can be convincingly human, but it's easy to make a robot chat application that can select the top five holders of a stock and message them "Ahoy friend, I see you own 5,000,000 shares of XYZ stock, do you fancy getting out of it? Good news, the Huskies won last night's game." 





Shareholders, Directors and Traders - Bloomberg View

The Fed May Not See It, But There's Reason for Optimism - Bloomberg View

Ten simple rules to use statistics effectively | EurekAlert! Science News

mainly macro: More on Brexit and the politicisation of truth

Will Trump Swallow the G.O.P. Whole? - The New York Times

Monday, June 20, 2016

Intern tips from hedge fund Citadel - Business Insider

Special: United States of Trump - How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party - NBC News

Making a Killing - The New Yorker

We need more gun control, not just assault rifles.



Making a Killing - The New Yorker

Wall Street donors seek to block Warren VP pick - POLITICO

Expect the worst: Fed officials try to understand why they cannot keep raising rates | The Economist

LeBron James denied the Warriors with a ridiculous game-saving block | For The Win

Barry Latzer on Why Crime Rises and Falls - The Atlantic

A Tale of Two Parties - The New York Times

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Ed -- A Petition For Stronger Gun Laws - YouTube

Boston Globe editorial -- gun control -- ban assault weapons - The Boston Globe

Hedge-Fund Consultant Bantered for Insider Information - Bloomberg View

New Yorker

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A huge international study of gun control finds strong evidence that it actually works - Vox

There’s a Disconnect in Americans’ Worry About Terrorism - The New York Times

To the bright and the rich of Silicon Valley, Trump is a loser — FT.com

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Honest Graft: The Democratic Endgame Begins (Or, How Trump Undercuts Sanders's Leverage)

Honest Graft: The Democratic Endgame Begins (Or, How Trump Undercuts Sanders's Leverage)

How China Won the Keys to Disney’s Magic Kingdom - The New York Times

Obama’s Defining Attack on Trump and Trumpism - The New Yorker

Obama’s Defining Attack on Trump and Trumpism - The New Yorker

One Person, One Gun - The New Yorker

Why Not Up the Mississippi?: Outtake from Cohen and DeLong, Concrete Economics - Equitable Growth

U.S. Chamber Out of Step With Its Board, Report Finds - The New York Times

  

Bill O'Reilly: It's Too Easy to Get 'High-Powered Weaponry' in America - Breitbart

Pigs do fly: Bill O'Reilly comes out for more gun control.



Bill O'Reilly: It's Too Easy to Get 'High-Powered Weaponry' in America - Breitbart

6 Ways to Disagree with Senior Management

Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Chasing a Vision of Japan - The New York Times

Sometimes Embracing Emotional Distress Is the Best Medicine - Scientific American Blog Network

Sometimes Embracing Emotional Distress Is the Best Medicine - Scientific American Blog Network

Metros by the numbers: How D.C. stacks up against other capital cities - The Washington Post

Voting Mistakes and Financial Choice - Bloomberg View

Voting Mistakes and Financial Choice - Bloomberg View



Which type are you?





Elsewhere in The Kids These Days, "Goldman Sachs attracted more than a quarter of a million applications from students and graduates for jobs this summer, suggesting fears of a ‘brain drain’ in the sector may be exaggerated as banks introduce more employee-friendly policies." You could sort of imagine three types of undergraduate investment banking applicants:
  1. The person who wants to work 100 hours a week on front-page deals while making piles of money.
  2. The person who likes the idea of getting 36 hours off every weekend.
  3. The person who applies for banking jobs because it's sort of what is expected in certain Ivy League majors and sports teams.
The declining compensation and increasing leisure in banking may be attracting more applicants of Type 2 and fewer of Type 1, which might change the culture a bit. But Type 3 should be pretty unaffected by the changes, and might be the dominant type.

The Dangerous Acceptance of Donald Trump - The New Yorker

It's the Unemployment Rate Stupid — Roger E. A. Farmer

It's the Unemployment Rate Stupid — Roger E. A. Farmer

Things Donald Trump Says - The Atlantic

Donald Trump is blatantly racist — and the media is too scared to call him out on it - Vox

Did Hillary’s Campaign Have to Be This Hard? -- NYMag

One moment that shows how absurdly skilled Muhammad Ali was - Vox

One moment that shows how absurdly skilled Muhammad Ali was - Vox

Here’s a guide to Clinton’s claims about Donald Trump - The Washington Post

Here’s a guide to Clinton’s claims about Donald Trump - The Washington Post

Civil rights hero John Lewis to Class of ’16: ‘Get in trouble — good trouble’ | News | Bates College

Panama Papers Show How Rich United States Clients Hid Millions Abroad - The New York Times

Panama Papers Show How Rich United States Clients Hid Millions Abroad - The New York Times

Donald Trump and the Seven Broken Guardrails of Democracy - The Atlantic