{
  "id": 19621074,
  "title": "USG assets are worth less than Arnold Kling had thought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/usg-assets-are-worth-less-than-arnold-kling-had-thought",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-12T08:01:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
    "slug": "marginal-revolution",
    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/11/usg-assets-are-worth-less-than-arnold-kling-had-thought.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Federal oil and gas rights are worth about $625 billion on the paper’s own method, down 75% in real terms since 1981. Federal land has gone the other way, to roughly $1.1 trillion to $1.6 trillion. Land, not minerals, is now the larger asset. Here is the full post. The post USG assets are worth less than Arnold Kling had thought appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}