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Arnold Kling

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[Wikipedia] Arnold Kling is an American economist, scholar, and blogger known for his writings on EconLog, an economics blog, along with Bryan Caplan and David R. Henderson. Kling also has his own blog, askblog, which carries the motto: "taking the most charitable views of those who disagree." The "ask" in askb

Quotes by Arnold Kling

When the government pays, health care's lack of affordability becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In health care, as in other things, government is…

Affordability

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I think that the main issue with inequality is not the gap between the rich and the poor. It is the gap…

Business leaders

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I believe that the Welfare State redistributes poverty and reduces income. As Karl Kraus once said of psychoanalysis, the Welfare State is…

Believe

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After over half a century of employer-provided health care coverage, the American people have developed a phobia of paying for health insurance…

American people

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Anyone who believes that we can afford collectively what we cannot afford individually is delusional.

Believe

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I have come to believe that politicians are in the business of 'marketing' their product to the public, by exaggerating threats and…

Believe

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I call this the Fundamental Problem of Political Economy. How do we limit the power that idiots have over us? ... [Milton]…

Better job

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The prescription for better health care is more freedom to innovate, not remote-control surgery from Washington.

Care

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I am worried about climate change. In one respect, I may be more worried than other people. I am worried because I…

Amount

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Your generosity is reflected in what you do with your own money, not in what you do with other people's money. If…

Charity

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The gap between what one knows and what one thinks one knows may be higher in the ranks of the elite. The…

Clever

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That eugenics was part of the progressive agenda is one of the most heavily-airbrushed features of history.

Agendas

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Phelps has given us a clear warning of the dangers of corporatism. I hope that more people hear and heed the warning.

Clear

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Constitutional provisions are not barriers to government misconduct. At best, they can be speed bumps.

Barriers

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“Groups must balance the need to enforce norms with the need to adapt. If the group is unable to enforce social norms,…

Social norms

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