Weekend Reads #446
A collection of cross-disciplinary thoughts, perspectives, and opinions
The Rise And Fall Of ‘Petty Tyrants’ History shows that bad leaders can successfully undermine democracy — but the story always ends the same way. - Link
In the event of dysfunction in dollar funding markets, the Federal Reserve can supply liquidity through standing central bank swaps. This column considers a scenario in which the Fed declines to extend such credit. - Link
The decline of travel agents. A case study in job displacement - Link
The Inevitability of Combining the Digital and Physical Worlds - Link
Our future if vaccines disappear - remember the plague? - Link
Mathematical Methods for Engineers by Gilbert Strang - Link
Our minds evolved to minimise unpredictability. But if we learn to live with doubt, a world of opportunities opens up - Link
Stripped of easy moralising, literature makes us relish the search for truth in an age when many believe truth to be dead - Link
Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly: How a 150 Year Old Company Keeps Winning. MIke Rockefeller of Spire Funds - Podcast
