Harvard’s Choice: Hedge Funds or Scholarships | Beat the Press | CEPR

Harvard’s Choice: Hedge Funds or Scholarships | Beat the Press | CEPR

William Barr, Donald Trump, and the post-Christian culture wars - Vox

William Barr, Donald Trump, and the post-Christian culture wars - Vox

Most common age of whites in U.S. is 58. For minorities, it’s 27 | Pew Research Center

Most common age of whites in U.S. is 58. For minorities, it’s 27 | Pew Research Center

Where Are We In the Cycle? - The Big Picture

Where Are We In the Cycle? - The Big Picture

Five year cancer survival rates

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The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Secularism doesn't destroy society or moral order | Salon.com

The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Secularism doesn't destroy society or moral order | Salon.com

Be Sure to See the Remake of the Movie “Midway”

Be Sure to See the Remake of the Movie “Midway”

The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Secularism doesn't destroy society or moral order | Salon.com

The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Secularism doesn't destroy society or moral order | Salon.com

What Randomised Control Trials Can and Cannot Do: The 2019 Nobel Prize | naked capitalism

What Randomised Control Trials Can and Cannot Do: The 2019 Nobel Prize | naked capitalism

The Financialization of the American Elite - American Affairs Journal

The Financialization of the American Elite - American Affairs Journal

Cheap eats

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-14/best-cheap-eats-nyc-michelin-bib-gourmand-2020-restaurants

Learn Like an Athlete — David Perell

Learn Like an Athlete — David Perell

The Grumpy Programmer: Arithmetic vs Reality: The Sawdust Principle

The Grumpy Programmer: Arithmetic vs Reality: The Sawdust Principle

Your Work Peak Is Earlier Than You Think - The Atlantic

Your Work Peak Is Earlier Than You Think - The Atlantic

Why HBO's "Chernobyl" Gets Nuclear So Wrong

Why HBO's "Chernobyl" Gets Nuclear So Wrong

'Where was the Lord?': On Jefferson Davis' birthday, 9 slave testimonies

'Where was the Lord?': On Jefferson Davis' birthday, 9 slave testimonies

She Had Stage 4 Lung Cancer, and a Mountain to Climb - The New York Times

She Had Stage 4 Lung Cancer, and a Mountain to Climb - The New York Times

OLC vs Congress

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6018924/OLC-McGahn-Opinion.pdf

Trump vs Oversight Committee

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/999-mazars-usa-decision/f3bc28123dd74a1843ef/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

(63) Matt Boling 44.74 4x4 Comeback!!! - YouTube

(63) Matt Boling 44.74 4x4 Comeback!!! - YouTube

Opinion | A Chain of Species Destruction at Yellowstone - The New York Times

Opinion | A Chain of Species Destruction at Yellowstone - The New York Times

Opinion | Escaping Big Pharma’s Pricing With Patent-Free Drugs - The New York Times

Opinion | Escaping Big Pharma’s Pricing With Patent-Free Drugs - The New York Times

Degrees Awarded | Harvard Office of Institutional Research

Degrees Awarded | Harvard Office of Institutional Research

Degrees Awarded: Harvard College Concentrations | Harvard Office of Institutional Research

Degrees Awarded: Harvard College Concentrations | Harvard Office of Institutional Research

How Student Concentrations Are Changing at Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson

How Student Concentrations Are Changing at Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Most Measured Person in Tech Is Running the Most Chaotic Place on the Internet - The New York Times

The Most Measured Person in Tech Is Running the Most Chaotic Place on the Internet - The New York Times: Wojcicki

Why Notre-Dame Was a Tinderbox - The New York Times

Why Notre-Dame Was a Tinderbox - The New York Times

Munger

 “You don’t have a lot of envy.

You don’t have a lot of resentment.
You don’t overspend your income.
You stay cheerful in spite of your troubles.
You deal with reliable people.
And you do what you’re supposed to do."

-Charlie Munger on the secrets to a happy life.

Opinion | Tiger Woods and the Game of Life - The New York Times

Opinion | Tiger Woods and the Game of Life - The New York Times

‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ 50 years later: What Kurt Vonnegut taught one soldier about war - The Washington Post

‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ 50 years later: What Kurt Vonnegut taught one soldier about war - The Washington Post

HumanProgress

HumanProgress

George Packer on Richard Holbrooke and Pax Americana’s Decay - The Atlantic

George Packer on Richard Holbrooke and Pax Americana’s Decay - The Atlantic

Opinion | How Preet Bharara Defines Justice - The New York Times

Opinion | How Preet Bharara Defines Justice - The New York Times

Privileged | By Kyle Korver

Privileged | By Kyle Korver

How powerful is the US president? - Vox

How powerful is the US president? - Vox

There is no such thing as a city that has run out of room - The Washington Post

There is no such thing as a city that has run out of room - The Washington Post

The Pizza-and-Beer Train: New York City’s Hidden Railroad - The New York Times

The Pizza-and-Beer Train: New York City’s Hidden Railroad - The New York Times

Hedge fund Renaissance pulls back on hunt for market trends | Financial Times

Hedge fund Renaissance pulls back on hunt for market trends | Financial Times

The China Problem

Trump’s One Good Appointee

Quant pioneer James Simons on math, money, and philanthropy | MIT Sloan

Quant pioneer James Simons on math, money, and philanthropy | MIT Sloan

Do You Ruminate Endlessly on Difficult Work Situations?

Do You Ruminate Endlessly on Difficult Work Situations?

What the College-Admissions Scandal Reveals - The Atlantic

What the College-Admissions Scandal Reveals - The Atlantic

Jamie Dimon's Letter to Shareholders, Annual Report 2018 | JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jamie Dimon's Letter to Shareholders, Annual Report 2018 | JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Meet the man who helped double-check the sums to keep Apollo 11 safe - MIT Technology Review

Meet the man who helped double-check the sums to keep Apollo 11 safe - MIT Technology Review

The Corporations Devouring American Colleges - The Huffington Post

The Corporations Devouring American Colleges - The Huffington Post

‘The Twilight Zone’: Here’s Why We Still Care - The New York Times

‘The Twilight Zone’: Here’s Why We Still Care - The New York Times

Robin Arz�n’s Peloton Work Diary: ‘It Feels Like I Ingested Fire’ - The New York Times

Robin Arz�n’s Peloton Work Diary: ‘It Feels Like I Ingested Fire’ - The New York Times

Opinion | The House Must See the Whole Mueller Report - The New York Times

Opinion | The House Must See the Whole Mueller Report - The New York Times

Meituan and Alibaba Have Reshaped Food Delivery in China

Meituan and Alibaba Have Reshaped Food Delivery in China

The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper - Bloomberg

The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper - Bloomberg

DE Shaw: inside Manhattan’s ‘Silicon Valley’ hedge fund | Financial Times

DE Shaw: inside Manhattan’s ‘Silicon Valley’ hedge fund | Financial Times

The Dilemma Facing a $358 Billion Investing Giant - WSJ

The Dilemma Facing a $358 Billion Investing Giant - WSJ

Nearly Two decades After 9/11 - Econlib

Nearly Two decades After 9/11 - Econlib

Lessons from Oregon

30 years of experience.

Only 18% of their funds are in top quartile.

3, 5 and ten year returns of PE trail public equity.

LBOs prior to 2006 were bought at discounts to public equity



Lessons from Oregon

Will the U.S. Continue to Dominate?

Will the U.S. Continue to Dominate?

Musings on Markets: January 2019 Data Update 8: Dividends and Buybacks - Fact and Fiction

Musings on Markets: January 2019 Data Update 8: Dividends and Buybacks - Fact and Fiction

How Hedge Funds Get Rich – Of Dollars And Data

How Hedge Funds Get Rich – Of Dollars And Data

Calpers goes all in on private equity | FT Alphaville

Calpers goes all in on private equity | FT Alphaville

With Streaks of Gray Hair, Xi Jinping of China Breaks With Tradition - The New York Times

Grey hair is cool



With Streaks of Gray Hair, Xi Jinping of China Breaks With Tradition - The New York Times

MMT: More Green & Less Fear – Logan Mohtashami

MMT: More Green & Less Fear – Logan Mohtashami

Deficits are Raising Interest Rates. But Other Factors are Lowering Them.

Deficits are Raising Interest Rates. But Other Factors are Lowering Them.

A New Generation of Airships Is Born | The New Yorker

A New Generation of Airships Is Born | The New Yorker

New York, Beijing Chip Away at Silicon Valley - WSJ

New York, Beijing Chip Away at Silicon Valley - WSJ

Research: When Overconfidence Is an Asset, and When It’s a Liability

Be confident, just don't talk about it.



Research: When Overconfidence Is an Asset, and When It’s a Liability

Bernie Sanders news: a Clinton-era Democrat makes the case for the left - Vox

Bernie Sanders news: a Clinton-era Democrat makes the case for the left - Vox

It's Not the Pentagon Russia's Military Fears, It's Russians - Bloomberg

It's Not the Pentagon Russia's Military Fears, It's Russians - Bloomberg

High-Speed Rail from New Rochelle to Greens Farms: Impacts, Opportunities, and Analysis | Pedestrian Observations

High-Speed Rail from New Rochelle to Greens Farms: Impacts, Opportunities, and Analysis | Pedestrian Observations: Amtrak/Metro-North agency turf battles, low-quality trains, and sharp curves.

Why American Costs Are So High (Work-in-Progress) | Pedestrian Observations

Why American Costs Are So High (Work-in-Progress) | Pedestrian Observations

China’s High Savings: Drivers, Prospects, and Policies

China’s High Savings: Drivers, Prospects, and Policies

Tiny Rooms, Shared Kitchens: Co-Living on the Rise in Big Cities - WSJ

Tiny Rooms, Shared Kitchens: Co-Living on the Rise in Big Cities - WSJ

Opinion | Michelle Obama’s Rules of Assimilation - The New York Times

Opinion | Michelle Obama’s Rules of Assimilation - The New York Times

20 rules for investing

Buffett letter

http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2018ltr.pdf

Opinion | An Emergency for the G.O.P. - The New York Times

Opinion | An Emergency for the G.O.P. - The New York Times

It Started With a Jolt: How New York Became a Tech Town - The New York Times

It Started With a Jolt: How New York Became a Tech Town - The New York Times

As Students Struggle With Stress and Depression, Colleges Act as Counselors - The New York Times

As Students Struggle With Stress and Depression, Colleges Act as Counselors - The New York Times

Elizabeth Warren 2020 has Wall Street very afraid - Vox

Elizabeth Warren 2020 has Wall Street very afraid - Vox

John Dingell: My last words for America - The Washington Post

John Dingell: My last words for America - The Washington Post

Here Is the Future of Car Sharing, and Carmakers Should Be Terrified - Bloomberg

Here Is the Future of Car Sharing, and Carmakers Should Be Terrified - Bloomberg

Looking for the Intuition Underlying Multi-Factor Stock Selection

Looking for the Intuition Underlying Multi-Factor Stock Selection

Looking for the Intuition Underlying Multi-Factor Stock Selection

Looking for the Intuition Underlying Multi-Factor Stock Selection

Money Machines

Money Machines

James Comey: Take down the Confederate statues now - The Washington Post

James Comey: Take down the Confederate statues now - The Washington Post

Why Sherrod Brown Wants to Be President - The Atlantic

Why Sherrod Brown Wants to Be President - The Atlantic

If Bostonians Loved Other Local Institutions the Way They Love Their Local Sports Franchises - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

If Bostonians Loved Other Local Institutions the Way They Love Their Local Sports Franchises - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Baltimore’s St. Frances Academy has a football team so good, no one in its league will play it - The Washington Post

Baltimore’s St. Frances Academy has a football team so good, no one in its league will play it - The Washington Post

Billionaires, Luxury Hotels Flock to Japan’s Answer to the Swiss Alps - WSJ

Billionaires, Luxury Hotels Flock to Japan’s Answer to the Swiss Alps - WSJ

Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us — and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think - The Washington Post

Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us — and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think - The Washington Post

15 Years of Facebook Friendships That Won't Die - The Atlantic

15 Years of Facebook Friendships That Won't Die - The Atlantic

This is why we suck at this

This is why we suck at this

A letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates, for that matter) about global poverty — Jason Hickel

A letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates, for that matter) about global poverty — Jason Hickel

Japan’s Working Mothers: Record Responsibilities. Little Help from Dads - The New York Times

Japan’s Working Mothers: Record Responsibilities. Little Help from Dads - The New York Times

The Case Against Value Stocks – Validea's Guru Investor Blog

The Case Against Value Stocks – Validea's Guru Investor Blog

Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Is the Wrong Solution | Time

Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Is the Wrong Solution | Time

TheMoneyIllusion � Like an ox

TheMoneyIllusion � Like an ox

The Past Decade's Worst Alternative Investments

The Past Decade's Worst Alternative Investments

The heroes of the Thai cave rescue

The heroes of the Thai cave rescue

Medicare-for-all: The design and costs for Democratic health care plans - Vox

Medicare-for-all: The design and costs for Democratic health care plans - Vox

“The Failure of Factor Investing was Predictable” -

“The Failure of Factor Investing was Predictable” -

MBA admissions: innovative ways to assess soft skills | Financial Times

MBA admissions: innovative ways to assess soft skills | Financial Times

Hedge fund premier league fared better than rivals in 2018 | Financial Times

Hedge fund premier league fared better than rivals in 2018 | Financial Times

Rail privatisation: the UK looks for secrets of Japan’s success�� | Financial Times

Rail privatisation: the UK looks for secrets of Japan’s success�� | Financial Times

Don't Overthink It | Boston Review

Don't Overthink It | Boston Review

Fickle Fortune – Of Dollars And Data

Fickle Fortune – Of Dollars And Data

Double Your Money

Double Your Money

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Crusher of Sacred Cows – Rolling Stone

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Crusher of Sacred Cows – Rolling Stone

3 animations provided by NASA scientist suggests the speed of light is frustratingly slow - Tech Explorist

3 animations provided by NASA scientist suggests the speed of light is frustratingly slow - Tech Explorist

I’m Prepared to Talk About the Things I Did in Iraq. Are People Ready to Listen? - The New York Times

I’m Prepared to Talk About the Things I Did in Iraq. Are People Ready to Listen? - The New York Times

Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made - WSJ

Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made - WSJ

What I Learned From Jack Bogle

What I Learned From Jack Bogle

Redefining Representation: The Women of the 116th Congress - The New York Times

Redefining Representation: The Women of the 116th Congress - The New York Times

Have Aliens Found Us? An Interview with the Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb About the Mysterious Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua | The New Yorker

Have Aliens Found Us? An Interview with the Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb About the Mysterious Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua | The New Yorker

Is Sunscreen the New Margarine? | Outside Online

Is Sunscreen the New Margarine? | Outside Online

John Bogle, who founded Vanguard and revolutionized retirement savings, dies at 89

John Bogle, who founded Vanguard and revolutionized retirement savings, dies at 89

Why would William Barr take this job? The answer should alarm Trump. - The Washington Post

Why would William Barr take this job? The answer should alarm Trump. - The Washington Post

The ‘Collusion’ Debate Ended Last Night – Talking Points Memo

The ‘Collusion’ Debate Ended Last Night – Talking Points Memo

Sleep expert Matthew Walker on the secret to a good night’s rest | Financial Times

8 hours is good.

Sleep expert Matthew Walker on the secret to a good night’s rest | Financial Times

Unions Did Great Things for the American Working Class - Bloomberg

Unions Did Great Things for the American Working Class - Bloomberg

Opinion | Why We Struggle to Say ‘I Love You’ - The New York Times

Opinion | Why We Struggle to Say ‘I Love You’ - The New York Times

If true, this could be one of the greatest discoveries in human history - U.S. News - Haaretz.com

If true, this could be one of the greatest discoveries in human history - U.S. News - Haaretz.com

I Grew Up Believing My Grandfather Was a War Hero. Army Records Said Otherwise. - The New York Times

I Grew Up Believing My Grandfather Was a War Hero. Army Records Said Otherwise. - The New York Times

When It Comes to Retirement, I’m With Cicero - WSJ

When It Comes to Retirement, I’m With Cicero - WSJ

Selling Fast and Buying Slow: Heuristics and Trading Performance of Institutional Investors by Klakow Akepanidtaworn, Rick Di Mascio, Alex Imas, Lawrence Schmidt :: SSRN

Selling Fast and Buying Slow: Heuristics and Trading Performance of Institutional Investors by Klakow Akepanidtaworn, Rick Di Mascio, Alex Imas, Lawrence Schmidt :: SSRN

An Unlikely Group Of Billionaires And Politicians Has Created The Most Unbelievable Tax Break Ever

An Unlikely Group Of Billionaires And Politicians Has Created The Most Unbelievable Tax Break Ever

Finally, the drug that keeps you young - MIT Technology Review

Finally, the drug that keeps you young - MIT Technology Review:



But we’re still going to die. I’ll remind you of the mouse models, where we eliminate senescent cells. There’s a significant increase in median life span, but there’s no increase in maximum life span. In a way, the mice died healthier.

The ‘China shock’ has not been as bad as Donald Trump thinks | Financial Times

The ‘China shock’ has not been as bad as Donald Trump thinks | Financial Times

Stem cell therapy: FDA investigates clinics offering unproven treatments - Vox

Stem cell therapy: FDA investigates clinics offering unproven treatments - Vox

What are the best sources on how to be a good teacher? - Marginal REVOLUTION

Also true for managers





What are the best sources on how to be a good teacher? - Marginal REVOLUTION

Short History of Colonialism Since 1492 In One GIF – Brilliant Maps

Short History of Colonialism Since 1492 In One GIF – Brilliant Maps