Pull up a chair and a cup of joe — here are some longer form reads to start your weekend:
• Billions on Flood Barriers Now Might Save New York City (Bloomberg) see also It’s Déjà Vu for the Financial District (WSJ)
• Felix: When Quants tell stories (Reuters)
• The digital challenge: The fate of the book (The New Criterion)
• The history of cannabis in Colorado…or how the state went to pot (Westword)
• The 5 Smartest Things on Wall Street (TheStreet.com)
• Beating the recruitment machines (BBC) see also Healing U.S. Labor Market Means Fewer Temporary Jobs (Bloomberg)
• The Republicans: Behind the Barricades (NY Books)
• The Science of “Intuition” (Brain Pickings)
• First Serial: Marvel Comics, The Untold Story (Grantland)
• The Long Con: Mail-order conservatism (The Baffler) see also The Revenge Of Rick Perry (The New Republic)
What are you reading?
Slower Growth Seen in a Graying World
Source: NYT
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