Linkfest: July 10, 2018

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What I am reading today

The challenges with Telangana's farm income transfer experiment (Gulzar Natarajan: Urbanomics)
Momentum Monday – Outrage Remains Contained To Tweets (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)


Key to Early Retirement? (Subramoney)
Trending now on YouTube: 'Fortnite,' K-pop, and face reveals (Think with Google)
Demystifying computer vision and deep learning with Krishnendu Chaudhury (FactorDaily)
Monday links: the soft stuff (Abnormal Returns)
How MF ratings are changing after SEBI#39;s fund reclassification (Moneycontrol)
Square Off: Back to the chess board (Forbes India Magazine)
Is the New Corporate Boss Going to Wreck HBO? (Felix Salmon)
Will Mexico's New President Deliver on His Promises? (Knowledge@Wharton)

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