Friday assorted links Tyler Cowen's Friday assorted links post on May 29, 2026, covers topics including economies of scale in homebuilding, Peter Thiel's involvement in Argentina, and a New York Times interview with Paul McCartney. The collection also explores AI-written dissertations, classical guitar discourse, and a new algorithm for ranking venture capitalists. 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.