Friday assorted links by Tyler Cowen October 9, 2026 at 12:06 pm 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.