Food for thought this weekend

Few snippets from around the web worth a look:

Why Do Smart People Do Foolish Things? (Scientific American)

How India’s super rich are planning in advance to dodge Modi's tax bullet (Economic Times)

China’s mortgage debt bubble raises spectre of 2007 US crisis (South China Morning Post)

Waste time on Facebook and Twitter, and become a better investor (Marketwatch)

Good Companies Don’t Always Make Good Stocks (Contrarian Edge)

Saving Money and Running Backwards (Collaborative Fund)

Forensic Science: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (YouTube)

Female fish like males who sing (Science Daily)

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