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Every book Arnold Kling recommended on podcasts
Arnold Kling appeared on EconTalk across multiple episodes to discuss politics, economics, and various public trends, during which he recommended and discussed several books. Kling recommended Martin Gurri's book The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium, stating that he continually recommends Gurri's work when analyzing the public media landscape and the broader revolt against established elites. Additionally, Kling brought up Information Rules by Hal R. Varian and Carl Shapiro, describing it as a classic book. He used the text to discuss specific economic mechanisms and methods for supporting goods that involve high fixed costs alongside low marginal costs. Kling also mentioned David Brooks's book Bobos in Paradise. He referenced the text to provide historical context and background for the term 'Bobo,' which stands for Bohemian Bourgeois, explaining how it relates to a political and cultural axis term he utilizes in his own analysis of modern society.
Books recommended by Arnold Kling
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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri is a sociological and political analysis examining how digital technology and the internet have empowered ordinary citizens to challenge traditional institutional authority.
Recommended“Well, um, I guess you know, I I have to keep recommending Martin Gurri's work. The his book is The Revolt of the Public.”
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Bobos in Paradise
Discussed“Um, yeah, I I can came up with the term in the sort of the Bobo versus anti-Bobo axis. And that Bobo refers to a 20-year-old book by David Brooks called Bobos in Paradise. And Bobo stands for Bohemian Bourgeois.”
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Information Rules
Discussed“so anyway and that's only one mechanism so I go back to the what I I guess you call a classic book although you know something that comes out around 1999 or 2000 can you call it classic information Rules by Hal Varian and Carl Shapiro”
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Books Arnold Kling wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Kling on Twitter, FTX, and ChatGPT | EconTalk | 2022-12-19 | 1 |
| Arnold Kling on the Three Languages of Politics, Revisited | EconTalk | 2020-04-06 | 2 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Okay, and I'm going to back you up, and start start back with sort of why I why I wrote the book, which was I noticed that the expression of political opinions in the traditional media and the social media was not constructive.”
“Yeah, I have sort of mixed feelings about that and that I I things are changing so quickly that you know, I I almost feel like this edition is already out of date in some sense. Um I do it's more timely in the sense that a lot I think many more people now are upset at the state of”
“Um that may be true. I think you know, if you're trying to if I were trying to sum up a prescription of this book uh and I don't have this phrase in the book like a you know, this is one of these things I keep thinking about you know, as I go along and I I sometimes come”