Month: November 2018

1. On diaspora bonds. This should leave you slightly (ok, more than slightly) worried. See also – although I have linked to this earlier – this.
2. A cultural explanation for why scaling is hard (and from certain points of view, undesirable)
3. Skin in the game, the Volcker edition.
4. Do you want to understand how derivatives work in practice? Read this. Via @mal_or_normal
5. Mr. Patel might enjoy reading Volcker’s autobiography.

1. On making Twitter great again.
2. This book sounds fascinating.
3. Do we overgeneralize ability?
4. On kinlessness.
5. On “superfoods“.

1. Measuring GDP is hard, yes, but even if you could measure it, it’s not the whole story. (Via Manpreet Singh)
2. On India’s opportunities because of the China-US trade war.
3. On reforming the GST.
4. On saving the WTO.
5. Understanding the currency swap with Japan.

1. For fans (or students, if you will) of public economics.
2. Reliance’s reliance on debt.
3. A visual history of Android.
4. Speaking of fun visualizations…
5. Is nothing sacred?

1. On the link between Sanskrit and Latin/Greek.
2. Choices, costs, incentives… and horizons.
3. What causes pollution in Delhi?
4. On Nader Shah’s tomb. Note the author’s name.
5. On how humans became intelligent.

1. An interesting idea, but in my opinion unworkable: a multilateral clearing union.
2. Facebook and VR.
3. A very long, but very readable review of Crashed

4. Uber and inequality.
5. Via MR – this is remarkable.

Five links, all from the NYT that have proven useful starting points for our visit to France.

1. 36 Hours on the banks of the river Seine.
2. 36 Hours on the left bank.
3. … and 36 Hours on the right bank.
4. 36 Hours in Marseille…
5. 36 Hours in Nice.

1. The White House and wages.
2. From within that first link, this one. It’s important enough and interesting enough to deserve a separate mention.
3. Via (and due to) MR: The World Wide Wall. (Also see, from within that link, this)
4. I’ll be reading this in December.
5. Tyler Cowen calls out the NYT.

1. Your word for the day: regolith. The entire article is fascinating.
2. A short interview with Tyler Cowen.
3. On “superstar” firms.
4. The downside of Android.
5. On disruption in the Silicon Valley.

1. Via MR: It’s one thing to learn about scale in a micro textbook…
2. Are cars better today?
3. An excellent read on GSB’s and the banking sector in India.
4. On India’s business history.
5. I have been reading up on kubernetes. You might also want to.