Random long form articles
Posted: December 18th, 2017, 9:33 am
So, I read a lot, from a lot of different sources over the internet. I also browse through a lot of link aggregators like Naked Capitalism, FT Alphaville, Matt Levine’s Bloomberg newsletter and so forth. Here’s a couple that I’ve come across recently that I thought were good.
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/arti ... llennials/ Huffington Post on the millennial generation being pretty much screwed in the US. Lot of read across to the U.K. as well I feel. (And yes, I had it harder, they spend all their money on phones and coffee etc etc are the traditional counter arguments that don’t stand up to the slightest scrutiny if you actually look at the figures)
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.wire ... bubble/amp Wired on the backlash against tech. I think this is going to be one of the big political themes over the next few years. Several governments, most notably in the US and the U.K. have in my opinion completely abrogated their responsibilities when it comes to technology and in particular the regulation and control of data.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles ... blind-spot Noah Smith on GDP and it’s inadequacies, particularly in the case of Japan. I go there quite often and it’s lovely, so I always read the predictions of doom about the place with a raised eyebrow. It’s my largest single country allocation at the moment and I’ve done very well from it.
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/arti ... llennials/ Huffington Post on the millennial generation being pretty much screwed in the US. Lot of read across to the U.K. as well I feel. (And yes, I had it harder, they spend all their money on phones and coffee etc etc are the traditional counter arguments that don’t stand up to the slightest scrutiny if you actually look at the figures)
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.wire ... bubble/amp Wired on the backlash against tech. I think this is going to be one of the big political themes over the next few years. Several governments, most notably in the US and the U.K. have in my opinion completely abrogated their responsibilities when it comes to technology and in particular the regulation and control of data.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles ... blind-spot Noah Smith on GDP and it’s inadequacies, particularly in the case of Japan. I go there quite often and it’s lovely, so I always read the predictions of doom about the place with a raised eyebrow. It’s my largest single country allocation at the moment and I’ve done very well from it.