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The Myth of the Rational Voter Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (New Edition)

Paperback • 2008 • English

The Myth of the Rational Voter Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (New Edition)

By Bryan Caplan

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About the book

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 assessment in this provocative and eye-opening book. Caplan argues that voters continually elect politicians who either share their biases or else pretend to, resulting in bad policies winning again and again by popular demand. Boldly calling into questio...Show more

Economic growth
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ISBN

9780691138732

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

The Myth of the Rational Voter Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (New Edition)

Format

Paperback

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