Linkfest: August 02, 2018

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What I am reading today

Google Might Be Ready to Play By China's Censorship Rules (Wired)
The 2018 Fields Medal and its Surprising Connection to Economics! (A Fine Theorem)


When to Cut and Run vs. When to Double Down (Daily Reckoning)
John LanchesterA Story: 'Love Island' (London Review of Books)
8 People Died Every Day On Mumbai's Suburban Railway In 2017–And That's The Good News (IndiaSpend)
Earth's climatic report card is out — and we humans are still receiving a failing grade (Discover Magazine)
Indian Social Network. Chinese backing. No laughing matter this (FactorDaily)
Warren Buffett just made more than $2 billion in Apple (Buffett Watch)
Operational Continuity – the next battle to fix "too big to fail" in the UK (Oxford Business Law Blog blog)
RBI rate hike (Subramoney)

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