Ep 394: Arnold Kling and the Four Languages of Politics

Why is our political discourse so polarised? Why do we shout past each other instead of talking to each other? Arnold Kling joins Amit Varma in episode 394 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his life, the state of the world and how a fourth language has joined the three he mentioned in his seminal book on political discourse.

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Also check out:
1. Arnold Kling on Wikipedia, Twitter, Amazon and his own website.
2. In My Tribe -- Arnold Kling on Substack.
3. The Three Languages of Politics -- Arnold Kling.
4. Specialization and Trade: A Re-introduction to Economics -- Arnold Kling.
5. Invisible Wealth: The Hidden Story of How Markets Work -- Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz.
6. Not What They Had in Mind: A History of Policies that Produced the Financial Crisis of 2008 -- Arnold Kling.
7. Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health Care -- Arnold Kling.
8. What is Libertarianism? — Episode 117 of The Seen and the Unseen (w David Boaz).
9. David Boaz and the state of libertarianism -- Arnold Kling.
10. Splinter Groups -- Arnold Kling.
11. Seeing Like a State -- James C Scott.
12. A Million Mutinies Now -- VS Naipaul.
13. The Median Voter Theorem.
14. India Needs Decentralization -- Episode 47 of Everything is Everything.
15. Understanding India Through Its Languages — Episode 232 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Peggy Mohan).
16. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen.
17. Stage.in.
18. The Indianness of Indian Food — Episode 95 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Doctor).
19. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution -- CP Snow.
20. Fixing the Knowledge Society -- Episode 24 of Everything is Everything.
21. Arnold Kling's extended biographical note on himself.
22. The Best and the Brightest -- David Halberstam.
23. The Wind in the Willows -- Kenneth Grahame.
24. The State of AI with Marc & Ben -- The A16Z Podcast.
25. The Cash Nexus -- Niall Ferguson.
26. Marginal Revolution -- Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok's blog.
27. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen w Alex Tabarrok: 1, 2, 3, 4.
28. Stubborn Attachments -- Episode 106 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tyler Cowen).
29. Conversation and Society — Episode 182 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Russ Roberts).
30. This Be The Verse — Philip Larkin.
31. Free to Choose -- The documentary series by Milton Friedman.
32. The Anxious Generation -- Jonathan Haidt.
33. The Life and Times of the Indian Economy — Episode 387 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswari Sengupta).
34. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).
35. Arnold Kling's July 19 post on JD Vance.
36. The Intellectual Foundations of Hindutva — Episode 115 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Aakar Patel).
37. Eric Weinstein Won’t Toe the Line — Episode 330 of The Seen and the Unseen.
38. Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web -- Bari Weiss.
39. Every Act of Government Is an Act of Violence — Amit Varma.
40. The Experience Machine.
41. What is Populism? — Jan-Werner Müller.
42. The Populist Playbook — Episode 42 of Everything is Everything.
43. The Rooted Cosmopolitanism of Sugata Srinivasaraju — Episode 277 of The Seen and the Unseen.
44. Matt Y's Declaration of Independence -- Arnold Kling.
45. Lies, Damned Lies, and Productivity Data -- Arnold Kling.
46. Everything Is Amazing & Nobody Is Happy -- Louis CK.

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Episode art: ‘Don't Fight’ by Simahina.