10 Weekend Reads: Flint and Ted Cruz

Today's suggested readings courtesy of Barry Ritholtz include notable articles on the poisoned water crisis in Flint and insights into the man most responsible for igniting Ted Cruz's candidacy.  There are also interesting dissertations on hedge funds, Microsoft's plans for future global domination, and the history of employment statistics.  Happy reading!

10 Weekend Reads

January 30, 2016 7:30am by Barry Ritholtz

Hey, you made it through another week! Pour yourself some French Press coffee, settle into your favorite easy chair, and enjoy our longer form weekend reads:

•The Last Days at Target: The untold tale of Target Canada’s difficult birth, tough life and brutal death (Canadian Business)
• The Rise of the Artificially Intelligent Hedge Fund (Wired) see also The Crusade Against Multiple Regression Analysis (Edge)
• How Microsoft Plans to Beat Google and Facebook to the Next Tech Breakthrough (Bloomberg)
• 60 teenagers reveal what they think is cool — and what isn’t — in 2016 (Business Insider)
•One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics data collection (BLS)
• The Epic Fail of Hollywood’s Hottest Algorithm (Vulture)
• Who Poisoned Flint, Michigan? (Rolling Stone)
• The Man Behind Ted Cruz: Equal parts drill sergeant, data junkie, brawler, and entrepreneur, Jeff Roe will do anything to win. (New Republic)
• The Big Search to Find Out Where Dogs Come From (NYT) see also Dark Underside of the Show-Dog World (Vanity Fair)
• Art Deco dreams come true at the Mullin Automotive Museum (Classic Driver)