Linkfest: February 11, 2018

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What I am reading today

Nota bene: The racist-memorabilia tax dodge (Felix Salmon)
Fear and Buying or Fear and Loathing…Preparation Matters (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)


Ten interesting things that we read this week (Forbes India Magazine)
Work habits while traveling (Marginal REVOLUTION)
#1 for right and wrong reasons (Views on Life & on Equity Investing)
How to Grow Your Side Hustle Into a Successful Business (Visual Capitalist)
How Human Are Meditators? (Overcoming Bias)
Modi is making the mistakes Indira made in 1975-77 - of upsetting everyone (Business Standard)
Global bond market fact of the day (Gulzar Natarajan: Urbanomics)

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