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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Caplan, Bryan Douglas, 1971- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2008]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Wirtschaftspolitik
Demokratie
Politische Soziologie
Wahlverhalten
Representative government and representation.
Rationalism.
Political sociology.
Economic policy.
Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
rationalism (philosophy)
Rationalisme.
Gouvernement representatif.
Sociologie politique.
Politique economique.
Electronic books.
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Résumé:"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.
Description:Originally published: 2007.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400828821

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