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Arnold Kling

Arnold Kling received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. He was an economist on the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1980-1986. He was a senior economist at Freddie Mac from 1986-1994. In 1994, he started Homefair.com, one of the first commercial sites on the World Wide Web. (Homefair was sold in 1999 to Homestore.com.) Kling is an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute and a member of the Financial Markets Working Group at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He teaches statistics and economics at the Berman Hebrew Academy in Rockville, Maryland.

Kling is the author of five books:

• Unchecked and Unbalanced: How the Discrepancy between Knowledge and Power Caused the Financial Crisis and Threatens Democracy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2010).
• From Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities and the Lasting Triumph over Scarcity [FP2P] (with Nick Schulz, Encounter Books, 2009);
• Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health Care (Cato, 2006);
• Learning Economics (Xlibris, 2004);
• Under the Radar: Starting Your Internet Business without Venture Capital (Perseus, 2001);

He was a contributing editor to TCSdaily.com. His web site at arnoldkling.com has been cited by The New York Times and in the Journal of Economic Perspectives as being entertaining and educational on the subjects of economics and technology.

List of Econlib Articles

Recent EconLog Articles by Arnold Kling

April 2013

March 2013

February 2013

January 2013

December 2012

November 2012

The Outlook for New York, Continued 2012/11/01 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

October 2012

The Outlook for New York 2012/10/30 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

September 2012

August 2012

My Last Post 2012/08/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Changing the Corporate Form of Organization 2012/08/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Hardline Libertarians? 2012/08/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Lee Ohanian on the Great Recession 2012/08/23 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Latest Batch from the NBER 2012/08/22 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Living in Bubbles 2012/08/21 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (1)

The Great Factor Substitution 2012/08/20 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Coming Apart Watch 2012/08/19 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Civil War Watch: Sentences to Ponder 2012/08/19 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (1)

Think Tank Rumors 2012/08/18 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The 1960s and Today 2012/08/17 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Great Unmentionable 2012/08/16 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Atul Gawande on Health Care Administration 2012/08/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Mind and the Market 2012/08/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Civil War Scenarios 2012/08/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (1)

GMU vs. Chicago 2012/08/14 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Paul Krugman Chooses a Word Carelessly 2012/08/13 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Can America Learn? 2012/08/12 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Speaking of Foreign Languages 2012/08/12 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Competitive Government 2012/08/11 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Price Discrimination Explains Everything 2012/08/11 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Randal O'Toole on Housing 2012/08/10 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The President's Roanoke Speech 2012/08/09 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Why Repo Exists 2012/08/09 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Brink Lindsey, in case you missed it 2012/08/09 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Was Roosevelt the real Hoover? 2012/08/08 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Austro-Keynesianism 2012/08/07 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Rip Van Winkle Effect 2012/08/06 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Fed Forecasting Errors 2012/08/04 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Stocks: the Long-Term Outlook 2012/08/03 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Spending, Comparative Advantage, and Unemployment 2012/08/03 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Case for Government 2012/08/02 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

July 2012

Politics Channels Hatred 2012/07/31 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

John Taylor vs. Ryan Avent 2012/07/30 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Evan Soltas on the Great Factor-Price Equalization 2012/07/30 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Reforming Government as an Institution 2012/07/29 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Enrico Moretti on Mobility 2012/07/28 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Gary Gorton's forthcoming book 2012/07/27 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Brink Lindsey's New eBook 2012/07/26 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Magic Solution of Devaluation 2012/07/25 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Capital One's Actuals 2012/07/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Avent and Yglesias Reinforced 2012/07/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Defining Voluntary Exchange 2012/07/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Bike Rental vs. Car Rental 2012/07/23 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Religion and Consumer Protection 2012/07/23 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Behavioral Politics 2012/07/23 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

What Could Go Wrong? 2012/07/22 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Mainstream economists agree that we are Greece 2012/07/22 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Education and Disruption 2012/07/21 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Peter Thiel's Question 2012/07/20 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Capital One vs. CFPB, again 2012/07/19 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Ray Fisman on Structural Unemployment 2012/07/19 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Fraud, Preferences, and Paternalism 2012/07/19 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Good for the consumer financial protection board 2012/07/18 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Olivia Fox Cabane on Charisma 2012/07/18 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Centrists Attempt to Regroup 2012/07/17 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

David Brooks Repeats Himself 2012/07/16 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

If I Were on the Left 2012/07/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Computers, Education, and Comparative Advantage 2012/07/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Moral Authority, Continued 2012/07/14 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Flat-of-the-curve in Education? 2012/07/13 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

A Thought to Ponder 2012/07/12 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

My Grad School Entering Class 2012/07/12 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Local Knowledge and Mortgage Lending 2012/07/12 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Moral Authority Test 2012/07/11 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Selgin-Sumner-Tobin Model vs. PSST 2012/07/10 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Jobless Science Ph.D's 2012/07/09 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Status-Good Model of College 2012/07/08 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Pepconomics 2012/07/06 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Employer Tyranny vs. Guaranteed Freedom 2012/07/06 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Debt-Fueled Binge Story, Keynes, and PSST 2012/07/06 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

A Paragraph to Ponder 2012/07/05 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Tone vs. Substance 2012/07/04 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Employer Tyranny 2012/07/03 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Perfect Gift 2012/07/02 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Eurozone: Markets Applaud Latest Can-Kicking 2012/07/01 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

June 2012

The Drop in Home Equity 2012/06/30 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Opening Minds, Closing Minds 2012/06/29 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Jonathan Rauch is Uncharitable 2012/06/28 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

PSST: Work-Sharing May Not Work 2012/06/27 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Changing World Trade Patterns 2012/06/26 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Eurozone Crisis: what is the solution? 2012/06/25 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Priceless Economics 2012/06/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Case for a Strong Government Auditor 2012/06/23 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

I Come Cheap 2012/06/22 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

James Manzi on Stargazing 2012/06/21 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Tyler Cowen's Column, Again 2012/06/20 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Deirdre McCloskey Throws Down the Gauntlet 2012/06/19 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Sentence to Ponder 2012/06/18 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Tyler Cowen writes for the NY Times 2012/06/17 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Perspective on the Eurozone Crisis 2012/06/17 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Sector with the Sticky-Wage Problem 2012/06/16 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Executive Nullification 2012/06/16 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Exit and Voice in the Workplace 2012/06/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Awaiting Comments from Scott Sumner 2012/06/14 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Big Gulp Ban 2012/06/13 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

College and Class Identity 2012/06/12 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

You Come to Resemble Your Customers 2012/06/07 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Bankers' View 2012/06/06 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Political is Personal 2012/06/05 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

James W. Ceaser on the Constitution 2012/06/02 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Two Improper Concepts to Measure 2012/06/01 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

May 2012

Really??? 2012/05/31 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Andrew Lo, JP Morgan, and PBR Audits 2012/05/31 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Steven Chu vs. Bernie Madoff 2012/05/30 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Random Thought 2012/05/30 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Energy Loan Scandal as a Non-story 2012/05/29 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Audits and Principles-Based Regulation 2012/05/28 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Edward Glaeser on GSE Reform 2012/05/28 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

More Comments on Principles-Based Regulation 2012/05/28 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Sentences to Ponder on the Eurozone 2012/05/27 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Eugenics and Man at Yale 2012/05/26 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

My Review of James Manzi 2012/05/25 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Anti-Mandel 2012/05/25 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

PBR, once again 2012/05/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Importance of Nirvana 2012/05/23 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Principles-Based Regulation 2012/05/22 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Timothy Taylor on Health Care Spending in the U.S. 2012/05/17 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Thoughts on Spain 2012/05/16 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Criticizing Your Own Side 2012/05/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

I Do Not Like Big Banks and Government 2012/05/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

David Andolfatto Questions the Narrative 2012/05/14 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Occupational Licensing 2012/05/13 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Baiting Garett Jones 2012/05/12 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Teen Pregnancy 2012/05/11 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Cartel Federalism 2012/05/10 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Brad Plumer, meet Bill McBride 2012/05/09 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Group Affiliation Bias 2012/05/08 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Another Reason to Distrust Non-profits 2012/05/06 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Notes on the "campus tsunami" 2012/05/06 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Gray on Haidt 2012/05/05 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Diamond Age Watch 2012/05/04 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Let the Spinning Begin 2012/05/03 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

What I'm Saying 2012/05/02 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

What I'm Reading 2012/05/01 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

April 2012

Peter Thiel on the Founding of Companies 2012/04/30 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Garett Jones Blogs 2012/04/29 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

My Thoughts on Technology and Government 2012/04/29 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (1)

The Fissaparous Libertarians 2012/04/28 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Conversation with Ben Casnocha 2012/04/27 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The New Geography of Jobs 2012/04/26 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Feeling the Haidt 2012/04/26 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Off Topic, But 2012/04/26 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Virtues of Price Discrimination 2012/04/25 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Helping Mortgage Borrowers, Revisited 2012/04/24 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Alternative to Charles Murray 2012/04/23 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Voluntary Taxes and the Relevant Margin 2012/04/22 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Why Take Yoga Classes? 2012/04/21 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Self-Recommending could-have-been 2012/04/21 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Peter Thiel on Business 2012/04/20 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Watch Your Ratios 2012/04/20 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

In Person 2012/04/20 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Illustrated Primer Watch 2012/04/19 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Interest Rates: The Strange Interlude 2012/04/19 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

What I've Been Reading 2012/04/18 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Crisis Response Worked Wonderfully 2012/04/18 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Libertarian Schisms 2012/04/17 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Model Forecasting Performance 2012/04/16 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

From the weekend's op-ed pages 2012/04/16 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

New Thinking in Macroeconomics 2012/04/16 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Ron Bailey on Confirmation Bias 2012/04/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Stating The Problem: First Attempt 2012/04/15 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

James Surowiecki on Medical Tourism 2012/04/14 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Questions at a Conference on Financial Regulation 2012/04/13 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

My New Hero and New Villain 2012/04/13 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Not Necessarily Bad News 2012/04/13 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Economic Activity, Outsourcing and Cities 2012/04/12 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Confidently Uncertain 2012/04/11 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Liquidity Crisis Story 2012/04/11 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Private-Sector Urban Renewal 2012/04/10 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

I Doubt the Business Model 2012/04/09 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

This is Your Mind on Politics 2012/04/08 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Britain in the 1840s 2012/04/08 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Mainstream Views of School Vouchers 2012/04/07 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

What I've Been Reading 2012/04/07 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Passover Thoughts 2012/04/06 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Face-Saving and the Business Cycle 2012/04/05 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Econ Bloggers in Kansas City 2012/04/05 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Political Economy of the Zero Bound? 2012/04/05 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Two Ways to Look at Wage Behavior 2012/04/04 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

What I'm Reading 2012/04/04 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

A Guide to Budget Rhetoric 2012/04/04 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

The Idea Factory 2012/04/03 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Cities and Governance 2012/04/03 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Tyler Cowen on America's Future 2012/04/03 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Of NWW and Fukuyama 2012/04/02 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Evolution and Economics 2012/04/02 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

Happy April Fools Day 2012/04/01 Permanent Link | TrackBacks (0)

More by Arnold Kling:

2007 Archives (Kling and Caplan)
2006 Archives (Kling and Caplan)
2005 Archives (Kling and Caplan)
2004 Archives
2003 Archives
2002 Archives, including Great Questions of Economics (GQE)