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  "id": 13157142,
  "title": "Friday assorted links",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/friday-assorted-links",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-09T16:06:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
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    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/10/friday-assorted-links-594.html"
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  "summary": "1. Charles Kenny on foreign aid. 2. Rise and fall of the plasma screen. 3. France also has very high private debt. 4. Ross Douthat will do a weekly column for The Free Press. And from Ross himself. 5. Encryption risk? 6. “The Altruists premieres November 19.” 7. Emily Wilson on various Canadian writers. The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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