Linkfest: March 27, 2018

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What I am reading today

Farewell to Winter, Farewell to My Fingertip (The Paris Review)
How to Restructure Venezuela's Debt (Oxford Business Law Blog blog)


AI Business Models – Springer Book on AI (Views on Life & on Equity Investing)
A worm's eye view of the tyranny of digital platforms (FactorDaily)
Trump or Dare and Trade War Games (IDFC)
The 50 Most Important Life-Saving Breakthroughs in History (Visual Capitalist)
How agents are helping investors buy into initial coin offerings, despite their ban in China (SCMP: China Tech)
Will American mass transit make a comeback? (Marginal REVOLUTION)
India's Child Deaths From Diarrhoea Down 52% In Decade, But Pakistan, Bangladesh Do Better On Solutions (IndiaSpend)
Simple Ways to Save Thousands (Daily Reckoning)

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