Myth of the Rational Voter
02 May 2020 Leave a comment
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Describes @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren @Greens @NZGreens @oxfamnz @Greenpeace to a tee
17 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
So true
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
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This Environmentalist Says Only Nuclear Power Can Save Us Now
29 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmists, expressive voting, nuclear power, pessimism bias, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, solar power, virtue signaling, wind power
Public Opinion for Libertarians – Bryan Caplan (2010)
28 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: rational ignorance, rational irrationality
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies – Annual Casey-McIlvane Lecture
24 Feb 2020 1 Comment
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The Myth of the Rational Voter – Bryan Caplan
08 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
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Economics Of Migration Alan Manning
30 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, labour supply, Public Choice Tags: economics of immigration, rational ignorance
Exploring Liberty: The Problem of Political Ignorance
27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
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