Linkfest: July 12, 2018

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What I am reading today

Why Household Debt Should Have Executives Taking Ambien (Ivey Business Journal)
Visualizing the World's Largest Importers in 2017 (Visual Capitalist)


AutoNavi jumps into China's ride-hailing fray with new aggregator service (SCMP: China Tech)
How Your Network Can Help and Hurt You (Insead)
Niki.ai: Your shopping companion (Forbes India Magazine)
India's Transition To Green Economy Could Create 3 Million New Jobs (IndiaSpend)
Simultaneous elections are a bad idea (IDFC)
Is colour the new logo? (afaqs!: Guest Articles)
Data breaches show we're only three clicks away from anarchy (Spectator: Martin Vander Weyer)
July 2018 Newsletter (J-PAL News)

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