Arnold Kling
Arnold Kling

Arnold Kling

Author of nonfiction books, primarily in the area of political economy. In a previous life, I started one of the first commercial web sites. Ph.D in economics

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Arnold Kling
Jun 13, 2019 · 4 min read

Three Problems with Capitalism

Capitalist societies have three problems:

  1. They elevate material values over others.
  2. They create winners and losers.
  3. They undermine communities.

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Arnold Kling
Nov 2, 2019 · 7 min read

Reid Hoffman and Patrick Collison, annotated

Lessons in social epistemology

Their conversation is available on YouTube. I was particularly struck by how they approach learning from other people. I think of this as social epistemology. My notes here…

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Arnold Kling
Sep 7, 2019 · 5 min read

Persuasion Mode, Demonization Mode

Political discourse needs improvement

I will describe two modes of political discourse, which I call persuasion mode and demonization mode. In persuasion mode, we treat people on the other side with respect, we listen…

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Arnold Kling
Jul 30, 2019 · 3 min read

Three Fundamental Concepts of Social Science

Causal density, the Dunbar number, and emergence

1. Causal Density (and complexity and cultural evolution)

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Arnold Kling
Jul 19, 2019 · 9 min read

Peter Thiel and Eric Weinstein, annotated

Comments on a podcast

The full podcast lasts three hours. This essay selects certain themes and offers my own perspective.

First theme: stagnation

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