10 Weekend Reads

Good Saturday morning. All week long, I save up my favorite longer form article for your weekend reading pleasure:

• The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the British Pound (Priceonomics)
• Why we fear Google: Mathias Dopfner’s Open Letter to Eric Schmidt (Faz)
• New Condo Towers Are Racing Skyward in Midtown Manhattan (Vanity Fair)
• The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 Bits (Grantland)
• Escape from Cuba: Yasiel Puig’s Untold Journey to the Dodgers (LA Mag)
• Stairway to Heaven: The Song Remains Pretty Similar How Much Did Led Zeppelin “Borrow” from other songs? (BusinessWeek)
• What Do Animals See in a Mirror? (Nautilus) see also Why humans evolved to love watching animals (Aeon)
• Why the Mona Lisa Stands Out (More Intelligent Life)
• What are the Supreme Court justices hiding? (LA Times)
• The top ten global warming ‘skeptic’ arguments answered (The Guardian)

Whats for Brunch?

 

Global Growth Worries Climb

Source: WSJ

 

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