The different types of authoritarian personalities
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: antiforeign bias, antimarket bias, economics of personality traits, expressive voting, Leftover Left, makework bias, political psychology, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Lord Acton on what to do with the anti-vaccination movement
30 May 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, liberalism Tags: anti-vaccination movement, conjecture and refutation, Lord Acton, political persuasion, political psychology
Worldviews and political views
26 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in Public Choice Tags: expressive voting, political psychology, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
The red flags of quackery
05 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, liberalism Tags: conjecture and refutation, conspiracy theorists, political psychology, quackery
In Defence of Negativity in Politics – John G. Geer
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Attack Ads, expressive voting, John G. Geer, political psychology, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
John G. Geer, author of In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns, argues that negative ads are positive. They focus on important political issues and give voters critical information about differences between candidates. Attack ads do not degrade, but rather enrich the democratic process. When political candidates attack each other, they raise doubts about each other’s views and qualifications. Voters—and the democratic process—benefit from this clash of opinions.
Mark Twain on the getting of wisdom
23 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: conjecture and refutation, persuasion, political psychology, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Evidence that the Left over Left are narrow-minded and personally nasty to people who disagree with them
26 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: activists, expressive voting, Greens, Leftover Left, political psychology, progressive left





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