Arnold Kling is an economist, former writer at EconLog and writer of the In My Tribe substack, and the author of many books, including Specialization and Trade: A Reintroduction to Economics, and

The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides. We discuss polarization, Never-Trumpers, intellectual honesty, specialization, vaccines, scientific innovation, tribalism, empathy, “fantasy intellectual teams”, and the administrative state.

0:00 Polarization

20:30 Never-Trump

41:00 Intellectual Honesty

1:03:00 Specialization

1:21:00 Vaccines and Innovation

1:39:20 Does specialization cause tribalism

2:24:00 Order, Chaos, and the Administrative State

In My Tribe, by Arnold Kling:

Arnold on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/KlingBlog

Econlog:

https://www.econlib.org/author/akling/

Specialization and Trade:

https://www.amazon.ca/Specialization-Trade-Re-introduction-Arnold-Kling-ebook/dp/B01GW3SOOM

The Three Languages of Politics:

https://www.amazon.ca/Three-Languages-Politics-Talking-Political/dp/1944424466

My conversation with Zvi Mowshowitz:

My conversation with Richard Hanania:

Designing a Better Regulatory State by Arnold Kling:

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/designing-a-better-regulatory-state

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America:

https://www.amazon.ca/Albions-Seed-British-Folkways-America/dp/0195069056

Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World

https://www.amazon.ca/Special-Providence-American-Foreign-Changed/dp/0415935369

Warriors and Worriers:

https://www.amazon.ca/Warriors-Worriers-Survival-Joyce-Benenson-ebook/dp/B00HO6WT3O

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