The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies by Bryan Caplan

The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

Bryan Caplan

276 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering asse...

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