i wish we had more content generated an pod casts, but all those pod casks have transcripts because it's so time consuming to listen to em. We not attribute a particular exact score as to who's better than someone else. There isn't a literal fantasy intellectual team. But just by laying out the principles of what you think wouldke make a good expert, that is, thoughtful, respectful the other side, willing to admit that they're wrong, and so on. These are things we can all take with us and can all use to evaluate. Me.
Economist and author Arnold Kling talks about improving government regulation with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Kling suggests ways to improve the administrative state--the agencies and regulatory bodies that often write the regulations that they enforce. The conversation concludes with Kling's idea for holding public intellectuals accountable for their pronouncements.