Longform links: a vision of the future
Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can check out...
Books
- An excerpt from "Abundance" by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from Clay Risen’s new book "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America." (slate.com)
- An excerpt from John Green's new book "Everything is Tuberculosis." (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from "Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change" by Olga Khazan. (bigthink.com)
- An excerpt from "The Pacific Circuit: For the Soul of an American City" by Alexis Madrigal. (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from "How to Raise a Viking: The Secrets of Parenting the World’s Happiest Children," by Helen Russell. (theguardian.com)
- A Q&A with Laurie Woolever author of "Care and Feeding: A Memoir." (eater.com)
Health
- Why patients are so frustrated with the health insurance system. (bloomberg.com)
- Men don't know much about their sperm. (gq.com)
- On the quest for a long Covid cure. (menshealth.com)
Mental health
- Why commercial pilots are reluctant to come forward with mental health issues. (nytimes.com)
- How did a Congresswoman with dementia disappear from sight? (politico.com)
Finance
- Morgan Stanley's ($MS) DEI efforts pleased no one. (wsj.com)
- Dark pools are getting darker and more exclusive. (bloomberg.com)
- The UBS-Credit Suisse merger meant combining the banks' art collections. (wsj.com)
Business
- Why other hotel operators are jealous of the Extended Stay America business model. (skift.com)
- Does the Olympics business model still work? (on.ft.com)
- The Irish Pub Company has designed some 2000 pubs around the globe. (smithsonianmag.com)
Longreads
- John Halstead and Phil Thompson, "The wars, genocides, and democides of the twentieth century are a warning of what happens when the worst people get their hands on the instruments of power in modern states." (worksinprogress.co)
- Community notes are no defense against online misinformation. (bloomberg.com)
- How Jeff Bezos executed an unexpected pivot to MAGA. (on.ft.com)
- Why the Hanseatic League eventually failed. (worksinprogress.co)
- Why Nobel Prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman chose to end his life. (wsj.com)
