Arnold Kling: How Economics Starts with Specialization

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 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe