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Arnold Kling
Adjunct Scholar
Arnold Kling is an independent scholar who writes about a wide variety of economic issues. He was an economist on the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1980-1986, and served as 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 the author of several books, most recently Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health Care, published by the Cato Institute in 2006, and Unchecked and Unbalanced, published by the Hoover Institution and (with Nick Schulz) From Poverty to Prosperity, published by Encounter, both of which are due out later this year. He also co-edits EconLog, a weblog devoted to economic issues. Kling received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980.
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Cato Studies
"Does the Doctor Need a Boss?," by Arnold Kling and Michael F. Cannon, Briefing Paper no. 111, January 13, 2009.
"Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae: An Exit Strategy for the Taxpayer," Briefing Paper no. 106, September 8, 2008.
Articles and Newsletters
"Deficit Spending: A Scenario Analysis," Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 54, February 2009. (PDF, 65kb., 3 pp)
Opinion and Commentary
"End Medicare, Use Vouchers, and Deregulate Insurance," Daily Press, August 2, 2009
"The Non-Debate over Non-Reform," National Review (Online), June 24, 2009
"How To Get Profitable Again," Forbes, January 29, 2009
"Main Street vs. Wall Street," The American, October 3, 2008
"Politicians' Power Dwarfs the Rich," Orange County Register, June 22, 2008
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Hold a Hearing," September 26, 2008
"Some Talking Points," September 26, 2008
"Health Care Podcast," November 5, 2007
"The Massachusetts Canary," October 25, 2007
"Overtreated," October 10, 2007
Events
"Will Cost Containment Derail Health Care Reform?," June 2, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Seasteading: Homesteading the High Seas for Liberty," April 7, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Why Markets Are the Key to Quality, Coordinated Medical Care," February 20, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Health Care University," December 10, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health Care," August 29, 2006 [Book Forum]
Speeches and Testimony
"The Collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac," Congressional Testimony, December 9, 2008.
Multimedia
"From Poverty to Prosperity" featuring Arnold Kling, November 10, 2009 [Flash Audio, 08:17]
"Knowledge, Power and Financial Crisis" featuring Arnold Kling, October 1, 2009 [Flash Audio, 07:57]
Arnold Kling discusses constraints of health insurance coverage. June 5, 2009 [Flash Video, 09:40]
Arnold Kling discusses health care reform on WCAX News April 24, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:15]
"Muddled Multipliers" featuring Arnold Kling, January 29, 2009 [Flash Audio, 09:53]
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