The myth of the rational voter why democracies choose bad policies
"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. Calling into question our most basic assumptions about American politics, Caplan contends that democracy fails precisel...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
c2007.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436328206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. The paradox of democracy
- ch. 1. Beyond the miracle of aggregation
- ch. 2. Systematically biased beliefs about economics
- ch. 3. Evidence from the survey of Americans and economists on the economy
- ch. 4. Classical public choice and the failure of rational ignorance
- ch. 5. Rational irrationality
- ch. 6. From irrationality to policy
- ch. 7. Irrationality and the supply side of politics
- ch. 8. "Market fundamentalism" versus the religion of democracy
- ch. 9. Conclusion. In praise of the study of folly.
