Linkfest: March 18, 2018

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What I am reading today

Can You Name The Greek Version Of The Roman Gods? (History of the Ancient World)
'Why Earlier Govt Health Insurance Failed? That Is Like Asking a Foster Parent About The Child's Low Grades' (IndiaSpend)


Weekend reading links (Gulzar Natarajan: Urbanomics)
Does fake news spread faster on Twitter? (Marginal REVOLUTION)
It took me 26 visits to get a farmer certificate. Most people just pay up: Techie-turned-farmer Venkat Iyer (Economic Times)
The World After Capital (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)
Find purpose at work (FT: Management)
The Fastest Growing Cities in the World (2000-2016) (Visual Capitalist)
QoE over RoE (Views on Life & on Equity Investing)

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