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The Myth of the Rational Voter : Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition /
"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: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Caplan, Bryan Douglas, |d 1971- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Myth of the Rational Voter : |b Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition / |c Bryan Caplan ; with a new preface by the author. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: The paradox of democracy -- Beyond the miracle of aggregation -- Systematically biased beliefs about economics -- Evidence from the survey of Americans and economists on the economy -- Classical public choice and the failure of rational ignorance -- Rational irrationality -- From irrationality to policy -- Irrationality and the supply side of politics -- "Market fundamentalism" versus the religion of democracy -- Conclusion: In praise of the study of folly. | |
| 520 | |a "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 precisely because it does what voters want. Through an analysis of American's voting behavior and opinions on a range of economic issues, he makes the case that noneconomists suffer from four prevailing biases: they underestimate the wisdom of the market mechanism, distrust foreigners, undervalue the benefits of conserving labor, and pessimistically believe the economy is going from bad to worse. Caplan lays out several ways to make democratic government work better. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a Demokratie |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Politische Soziologie |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Wahlverhalten |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Representative government and representation. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01094941 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Rationalism. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01090275 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Political sociology. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01069877 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Economic policy. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00902025 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Democracy. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00890077 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a POLITICAL SCIENCE |x Public Policy |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a rationalism (philosophy) |2 aat | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Rationalisme. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Gouvernement representatif. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Sociologie politique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Politique economique. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Rationalism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Representative government and representation. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Political sociology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Democracy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Economic policy. | |
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