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The Myth of the Rational Voter

The Myth of the Rational Voter

Book by Bryan Caplan
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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies is a 2007 book by the economist Bryan Caplan, in which the author challenges the idea that voters are reasonable people whom society can trust to make laws. Wikipedia
Originally published: April 2007
Author: Bryan Caplan
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The Myth of the Rational Voter takes an unflinching look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that ...
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies is a 2007 book by the economist Bryan Caplan, in which the author challenges the idea ...
Author: Bryan Caplan
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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The Myth of the Rational Voter takes an unflinching look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that ...
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The Myth of the Rational Voter takes an unflinching look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that ...
In The Myth of the Rational Voter, Bryan Caplan presents a noteworthy challenge to a view that prevails among economists who study political behavior and ...
Caplan suggests that only the existence of the systematic biases that he attributes to the electorate can provide an adequate reason for rejecting the rosy view ...
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The Myth of the Rational Voter takes an unflinching look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that ...
What's the alternative to Caplan's theory? Most political-economy models adopt some version of “rational voting.” In a nutshell, this means that each voter goes ...
Mar 1, 2016 · 4. After bleakly assessing public opinion, The Myth of the Rational Voter argues that democracies normally deliver substantially better policies ...
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The Myth of the Rational Voter (2007) is all about the barriers our democracy faces and why they matter. These blinks break down the various misconceptions ...