Arnold Kling on the Three Languages of Politics

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🗓️ 3 June 2013

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Arnold Kling, author of The Three Languages of Politics, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in the book. Kling argues that Progressives, Conservatives, and Libertarians each have their own language and way of looking at the world that often doesn't overlap. This makes it easier for each group to demonize the others. The result is ideological intolerance and incivility. By understanding the language and mindset of others, Kling suggests we can do a better job discussing our policy disagreements and understand why each group seems to feel both misunderstand and morally superior to the other two.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:11.0	Our website is econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find links
0:16.3	and other information related to today's conversation.
0:19.0	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:23.3	back to 2006.
0:25.4	For email address ismailadykontalk.org, we'd love to hear from you.
0:33.0	Today is May 9, 2013, and my guest is Arnold Kling.
0:38.0	Arnold is a writer and teacher.
0:39.5	He blogs at AskBlog.
0:42.0	He is the author of numerous books and is a former blogger at Econlog.
0:46.2	This is his 11th appearance on Econ Talk, if I've counted correctly, and we're going
0:50.8	to be talking about his new Amazon single, an extended essay in digital form called
0:55.4	the Three Languages of Politics.
0:57.2	Arnold, welcome back to Econ Talk.
0:59.7	Thank you.
1:00.7	It's not as many as 11, but that would be impressed.
1:04.7	I think it is.
1:05.8	I love your book.
1:07.4	It's only about 50 pages, by the way, and it's only $1.99.
1:10.5	I just want to set people's minds at ease.
1:14.0	It's a bargain at twice the price, I would say.
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