Linkfest: April 24, 2018

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What I am reading today

The new economics of Tanzanian blogging (Marginal REVOLUTION)
Let's destroy Bitcoin (MIT Technology Review)


Fortis Healthcare: Finding the best medicine (IIAS Advisory)
A black day (Subramoney)
How to Identify Talent: Five Lessons from the NFL Draft (Behavioral Scientist)
Who creates a nation's economic value? (FT: Martin Wolf)
Silicon Valley's Latest Revolution: Cutting Out Wall Street (Felix Salmon)
The Big Question: How is big data changing marketing? #BoothMKTG http://ow.ly/pjTz30jretP pic.twitter.com/xrs9QU2LoU (Chicago Booth Review)
China's young consumers don't just want to shop online – they want to be entertained while doing it (SCMP: China Tech)
Why a relatively unknown guru movement is attracting Sri Lankan Tamils in Britain (India at LSE)

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