Linkfest: February 23, 2018

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What I am reading today

India's financial destiny is at the crossroads: Uday Kotak (Economic Times)
Decoding India's Budget 2018: Hope and promise sans reality? (India at LSE)


Never Underestimate Your First Idea (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)
An Evolutionary Anatomy of Affect: Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio on How and Why We Feel What We Feel (Brain Pickings)
JioGST: Reliance Jio's first step towards co-opting kirana stores on its platform (FactorDaily)
Why Carl Icahn Just Cut His Manitowoc Company Inc (NYSE: MTW) Stake By 33% (Vintage Value Investing)
When Nudges Are Forever: Inertia in the Swedish Premium Pension Plan (Oxford Business Law Blog blog)
The Curse of Intelligence (A Wealth of Common Sense)
Nota bene: Taxing Uber is easy (Felix Salmon)
The Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 Lives On at the American Indian Museum (mithsonian History)

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