Linkfest: July 02, 2018

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What I am reading today

Stocks market facts of the day (Gulzar Natarajan: Urbanomics)
China counts on AI to find a cure for its ailing health care system (SCMP: China Tech)


Did Satoshi Nakamoto Write This Book Excerpt? A Wired Investigation (Wired)
Let's talk investing with Raunak Onkar ()
Childcare, Lateral Moves, and the Gender Gap at the SEC (Oxford Business Law Blog blog)
Simplicity in advising too! (Subramoney)
How do we live? Understanding poverty in post-war Sri Lanka (India at LSE)
The Age of Video and No Excuses to Learn (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)
Civility in politics queries (Marginal REVOLUTION)
Can Private Equity Reinvent Itself as Patient Capital? (INSEAD Knowledge)

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