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Arnold Kling

Economist exploring economics, politics, and the sociology of beliefs.

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AI Links,4/9/2026
Ethan Mollick on the user interface; Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha on AI as middle management; Noah Smith on jobs as bundles; Mary Harrington against AI education
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Claude explains John Wallis to me
I 'vibe-read" a long PDF
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The Ambiguity Factor
Coping with the unknown
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North, Weingast, and Wallis
The most under-rated model of political order
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The Moral Dyad
The most under-rated model in social psychology
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Some UATX entrepreneur-students
trying to have it all
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Why do Financial Intermediaries Exist?
Economic models assume them away
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Why so much stock market trading?
one of the important economic puzzles
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Fertility Links, 4/1/2026
Michael Magoon on suburbanization and the Baby Boom; Poppy Sowerby on male immaturity; Rachel Lu on Trump Accounts; Bethany Mandel on America vs. large families
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AI and research papers
the future is here (pretty much)
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Public Choice Links, 3/30/2026
Mike Munger on public choice; Tyler Cowen vs. the Giving Pledge; David Friedman on the Coase Theorem; Ed West on welfare state getting gamed
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Political Psychology Links, 3/29/2026
Kurt Gray and others on assigning victim status; Dan Williams on motivated reasoning; James B. Meigs on the shadow of COVID; Julia Minson on naive realism
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AI and higher ed, continued
Hollis Robbins on an AI Czar for a university; The Cosmos Institute co-runs a seminar
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Education Links, 3/27/2026
Adam Lehodey on classical schools; Daniel Buck on same; John Bailey on AI in education; Mark McNeilly on same
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Tyler Cowen on the state of economics and AI
A dismal outlook on the dismal science?
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Economics Links, 3/30/2026
Jess Remington on the plight of the new homeowner; Allison Schrager on retirement savings; Carlos Chavez on Chris Sims; James Pethokoukis on AI enhancing competition; Gad Levanon on business services
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AI and Higher Ed
Tyler Cowen on research papers; Kathryn Palmer on AI in a learning management system
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Culture Links, 3/24/2026
Andrey Mir on digital orality; Jerusalem Demsas on the messenger class; Daniel Stid on funding for leaders; Aella on women and status
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Fantasy Baseball 2026
NFBC vs. Yahoo; staying cool on targets
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Reactions to AI
Peter Diamandis on corporate enthusiasm; Susan Pickard on academic hostility; Hollis Robbins on same; V.O. de Mello on moral objections; Claude on hostility to automobile in the 1910s.
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My UATX term winds up
what worked and what didn't
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Montgomery County, MD School Spending
Some Facts
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Economics Links, 3/19/2026
Jerry Muller on Adam Smith; Carlo Ludovico Cordasco on a swindle; Sebastian Galiani on Hal Varian on AI economics; Alex Chalmers on AI and central planning
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Culture Links, 3/18/2026
Chris Arnade on public disorder; Yascha Mounk on the contemporary class divide; Jeff Giesea on the humanities revolution; Ted Gioia on childhood today
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The AI as an acid-head
My picture of how the models work
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Political Psychology Links, 3/16/2026
Philip Howard on Trust and Accountability; Jonathan Leaf on human cooperation; Steve Stewart-Williams on psychology and wokeness; Ruxandra Teslo on equality as a moral impulse
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Education Links, 3/15/2026
Colin Redemer on fellowships vs. universities; Carlo Ludovico Cordasco on AI as a paradigm shift for education; Hollis Robbins on some conferences; Claude on me on education and AI
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My Wish for Software Engineering
Allow non-coding civilians to build complex systems
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Fertility Links, 3/12/2026
Tyler Cowen's hypothesis; Brad Wilcox on early marriage; Tim Carney on fertility as a social phenomenon; Nicholas Eberstadt on Chinese fertility
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AI Links, 3/14/2026
Noah Smith on AI as a weapon; Boris Tane on working with Claude Code; Rod Dreher on the fruit fly brain upload; Ryan Fedasiuk on agents
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