This is the early edition of Links We LIke for those traveling for the long weekend! Please feel free to add your suggestions via comments to expand our weekend reading list.
- 93% of bank branches closed in recent years were in neighborhoods where income is less than the national median
- Seeing like at State in Africa: Data needed by Justin Sandefur is a thoughtful response to @cblatts @BillGates
- Facebook Likes Might be Hurting How Much People Give to Charity from Smithsonian Magazine
- The debate about lotteries and the poor has been reignited
- NPR on the hurdles of buying health insurance without a bank account in the U.S.
- Inside the offbeat economics department that debunked Reinhart-Rogoff
- "How the Poor Manage their Finances: A Study of the Portfolio Choices of Poor Households in Ernakulam District, Kerala"
Editor’s Note: I’m going to assume that you are seeing plenty of AI content (news and papers, not AI slop, though I’m sure you’re getting plenty of that too) from other sources, so I’m trying to think hard about the marginal value that the faiV can provide. As far as I’ve gotten so far: a) make sure that directly AI-related content does not take up more than 2 of the 5 items, and b) try to focus specifically on the cybersecurity issue for financial inclusion. Beyond that, I’m open to feedback on the value you get from the faiV in relation to AI to help guide us in the future. On a different note, I’ll be making a brief cameo appearance at the e-MFP Inclusive Finance Conference to moderate the opening plenary. If you haven’t registered, do so and I hope to see you there! - Tim Ogden