Saturday, September 13, 2014

Weekend Longform Linkfest

The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest [graphics] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/upshot/the-american-middle-class-is-no-longer-the-worlds-richest.html?rref=upshot&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1 …
Blackstone's $26 Billion Hilton Deal: The Best Leveraged Buyout Ever http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-11/blackstones-hilton-deal-best-leveraged-buyout-ever …
MiB: David Rosenberg http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/09/mib-david-rosenberg/ …
The Tim Ferriss Show: Interview with Peter Thiel, Billionaire Investor and Company Creator http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/09/09/peter-thiel/ …
Forum family office : Hiring criteria for a family office fund http://jobs.forumgruppe.com/pdfs/14-06-23%20Broschuere%20Jobs%20eng.pdf …
Guy Spier: Buffett Taught Me Not To Compromise http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/09/guy-spier-buffett-bloomberg/ …
Teach for America has faced criticism for years. http://www.vox.com/2014/9/5/6079493/teach-for-america-criticism-changing?src=longreads …
Advice columns from decades past provide a chilling glimpse into the horrors of marriage counselling before feminism http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/the-warped-world-of-1950s-marriage-counselling/ …
#DATACLYSM is out today! A September Best Book on Amazon http://amzn.to/1rwwuhn and iTunes http://bit.ly/1qJ40BV .
I’m a writer, and my experience with this supposedly evil corporate behemoth has been fantastic. http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/09/in_defense_of_amazon_an_author_s_dissent.single.html …
33 Things to Eat, Drink, See, and Do Before Climate Change Ruins Everything https://medium.com/matter/the-33-things-to-do-before-climate-change-ruins-everything-3428851c909c …
Peter Thiel disagrees with you http://fortune.com/2014/09/04/peter-thiels-contrarian-strategy/ …
Q&A with Guy Spier of Aquamarine Capital http://thealephblog.tumblr.com/post/96437440523/qa-with-guy-spier-of-aquamarine-capital …
Why Doctors Are Sick of Their Profession http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-s-ailing-medical-system-a-doctors-perspective-1409325361 …
IAmArnold... Ask me anything. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/16mq0g/iamarnold_ask_me_anything/ …