Recent articles
August 8, 2026
The Wrapper Model
Have academic economists fallen for a scam?
arnoldkling.substack.com
August 7, 2026
The artificially intelligent dog
A metaphor for AI?
arnoldkling.substack.com
August 6, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 8/6/2026
Dan Williams on collective delusions; Ilana Redstone on disputes we cannot resolve; Virginia Postrel on America nurturing ambition; Helen Andrews on our race problem
arnoldkling.substack.com
August 5, 2026
Economics Links
Johann Kurtz on millennial complaints; Michael Magoon contra Joel Mokyr; Joseph Politano on America's housing stock; Tyler Cowen on AI investment
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August 4, 2026
Political Economy Links, 8/4/2026
Aaron Renn on populism receding; Robin Hanson on support for world government; Bo Winegard on political beliefs as tribal signals; Daron Acemoglu on economic equality and democracy
arnoldkling.substack.com
August 3, 2026
The 1990s Web vs. today's AI
I was more engaged with the former
arnoldkling.substack.com
August 2, 2026
AI Links, 8/2/2026
Veera M. Rajagopal on using AI to pick content; Jerry Kaplan vs. doomerism; John Cochrane on the AI letter; Timor Kosters and others on an experiment with agents and humans
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August 1, 2026
Education Links, 8/1/2026
Robert Pondiscio questions Alpha School; Frank Furedi on Woke socialization; Aaron Renn on Vanderbilt; Hollis Robbins on learning outcomes
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 31, 2026
Progressive Economics in One Lesson
a narrative of good vs. evil
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 30, 2026
Is AI Progress Stalling?
Or is it me?
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 29, 2026
Arts and Ideas of the 1920s
the last lecture in the series on this period in American history
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 28, 2026
Prohibition and the 1920s behavior
the government, the automobile, and personal choices
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 27, 2026
How to make AI writing more concise
Tell it to create a slide deck.
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 26, 2026
Political Psychology Links
Andrey Mir on McLuhan and AI; Agnes Callard on uni-context; Dan Williams on highbrow information war; Sunstein on Hayek on humilitism
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 25, 2026
Finance and the Economy
How they rise and fall together
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 24, 2026
Re-examining the 1930s Depression
from the perspective of labor and business dynamics
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 23, 2026
American Prosperity, 1914-1930
along with some financial perils
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 22, 2026
Against Brokenist Economics
Fundamental economics is true
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 21, 2026
Claude does TLP
It performs amazingly well
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 20, 2026
Farm-City Terms of Trade, 1920-1929
Workers gain as farmers lose
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 19, 2026
Economics Links, 7/19/2026
Joel Mokyr on the great divergence; Mokyr on apprentice learning; Cochrane and Seru on financial regulation; Economists petition concerning AI
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 18, 2026
AI Links, 7/18/2026
Arvind Narayanan on gradual diffusion; Andrey Mir on the digital world vs. the real world; Kai Williams on the Tokyo coding tournament; Hollis Robbins on shape rotators
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 17, 2026
The 1918-1919 Epidemic and Immigration Restriction
not really connected
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 16, 2026
America 1914-1929: the Red Scare
the next lecture in the series
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 15, 2026
Using AI to prepare for a seminar on AI
A discussion with ChatGPT
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 14, 2026
Tyler's Question on Iran
on the objectives of their leaders
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 13, 2026
Political Economy Links, 7/13/2026
Ryan Fedasiuk AI's global supply chain; AIER on ancient trade; Brian Chau on the Looter Class; Andy Hall on the Democrats' economic targets
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 12, 2026
The War at home, 1917-1919
the experiment with progressive control
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 11, 2026
Working with Claude on history lectures
some notes on my approach
arnoldkling.substack.com
July 10, 2026
American diplomacy, 1914-1929
How we ended up in the war
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