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  "id": 2169871,
  "title": "Thursday assorted links",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/thursday-assorted-links",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T16:02:33.000Z",
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    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
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    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/thursday-assorted-links-566.html"
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  "summary": "1. This guy is productive. Yes very productive. 2. “Mercor is building a network of experienced data scientists for potential future projects with leading AI research organizations.” And The New Statesman covers the poetry project. 3. How did the English build such beautiful villages? 4. Two Percent Podcast with Tyler Cowen, fifty-two minutes, we discuss […] The post Thursday assorted links…",
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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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