Book · 2011 · Political Science
The Myth of the Rational Voter
Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition
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I think that your colleague Brian Kaplan wrote a beautiful book about it, The Myth of the Rational Voter, which is perfectly rational, that they are inattentive.
The best things said about it
So like in the myth of the rational voter, education is so wonderful. Like it it makes you more free market.
I remember when i read uh brian kaplan or my former colleague your current colleague his book the myth of the rational voter.
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Why people recommend it
The Myth of the Rational Voter by Bryan Caplan is an influential economic and political science text that examines voter behavior and the phenomenon of political irrationality. Luis Garicano discussed the work on Conversations with Tyler, praising the publication while talking about voter inattentiveness and political economy alongside Tyler Cowen. On the Dwarkesh Podcast, Dwarkesh Patel brought up Bryan Caplan's arguments regarding education and its tendency to foster free-market viewpoints. Russ Roberts cited the publication on EconTalk as a compelling non-fiction counter-example where every single page contains a fascinating idea. Furthermore, Julia Galef mentioned the book on The Realignment while explaining the economic concept of rational irrationality originally coined by Bryan Caplan in his research papers and writings.
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Dwarkesh Patel So like in the myth of the rational voter, education is so wonderful. Like it it makes you more free market. 1
“So like in the myth of the rational voter, education is so wonderful. Like it it makes you more free market.”
Julia Galef i think the phrase itself rationally irrational was coined by an economist i really like named brian kaplan… 1
“i think the phrase itself rationally irrational was coined by an economist i really like named brian kaplan how many wrote a couple papers uh and discussed this in one of his books”
Luis Garicano I think that your colleague Brian Kaplan wrote a beautiful book about it, The Myth of the Rational Voter, w… 1
“I think that your colleague Brian Kaplan wrote a beautiful book about it, The Myth of the Rational Voter, which is perfectly rational, that they are inattentive.”
Russ Roberts i remember when i read uh brian kaplan or my former colleague your current colleague his book the myth of t… 1
“i remember when i read uh brian kaplan or my former colleague your current colleague his book the myth of the rational voter”
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“so I have whole book on this called the myth of the rational voter why democracies choose bad policies in the book I just go over all the evidence on what does the public actually believe about economics”