10 Sunday AM Reads

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My easy like Sunday morning reads:

• A New Perspective on the Active–Passive Investing Debate (Institutional Investor)
• Do sovereign credit ratings still matter? (FT)
• One striking chart shows why pharma companies are fighting legal marijuana (Wonkblog)
• Government Holds the Promise of Faster Growth (Bloomberg View)
• Why Land and Homes Actually Tend to Be Disappointing Investments (Upshot)
• Datagasm: Ever-faster feedback loops and micro-targeted digital porn are pushing human sexuality into some seriously weird places (Aeon)
• Aziz Ansari: Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family (NYTsee also Why Aziz Ansari’s Op-Ed Slamming Trump’s Anti-Muslim BS Matters (Mediaite)
• How the War on Terror Has Militarized the Police (The Atlantic)
• The NRA doesn’t buy politicians. It swings elections. (Vox) see also What Ameica’s gun fanatics won’t tell you (MarketWatch)
• The Greatest TV Writers’ Room Ever: Dana Carvey, Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, and More (Daily Beast)

Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview this weekend with Richard Haass president of the Council on Foreign Relations, discussing events overseas.

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