Thursday assorted links by Tyler Cowen May 30, 2019 at 12:38 pm 1. The leech smuggling culture that is Russia. 2. Sam Dumitriu reviews *Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero* in The Telegraph (gated). 3. A digital ‘dress’ sold for $9,500. 4. This Pakistani family keeps a lion as an unchained pet. 5. The Punjabi hockey culture that is Canada. 6. Thank you calls do not seem to boost charitable giving.