Friday assorted links
The article presents a collection of assorted links covering various topics. It includes discussions on economies of scale in homebuilding and the impact of Peter Thiel in Argentina. Other topics mentioned are AI-written dissertations and a conversation with Paul McCartney.
- ▪The article discusses economies of scale in homebuilding.
- ▪It features a piece on Peter Thiel's influence in Argentina.
- ▪There is a mention of AI-written dissertations and their prevalence.
- ▪A conversation with Paul McCartney is highlighted.
- ▪An algorithm for ranking venture capitalists is also discussed.
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Friday assorted links by Tyler Cowen May 29, 2026 at 2:08 pm 1. Where are the economies of scale in homebuilding? 2. Peter Thiel and Argentina (NYT). 3. Discourse on classical guitar. 4. How many dissertations are AI-written? 5. NYT talks with Macca. 6. New algorithm for ranking VCs. 0 Comments Facebook Twitter RSS Feed print Comments Sort by Top Sort by Recent Sort by Controversial <article class="blog-comment depth-<%= model.depth %>" id="blog-comment-<%= model.id %>" data-user-vote="<%= model.user_vote %>" data-vote-count="<%= model.vote_count %>" data-vote-total="<%= model.vote_total %>" data-updoots="<%= model.updoots %>" data-downboops="<%= model.downboops %>"> <div class="byline"> <div class="comment-meta"> <h3 class="comment-author"><%= model.author %></h3> <time…
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