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100 1 $aCaplan, Bryan Douglas,$d1971-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97017866
245 14 $aThe myth of the rational voter :$bwhy democracies choose bad policies /$cBryan Caplan.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $ax, 276 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-266) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : the paradox of democracy --$gCh. 1.$tBeyond the miracle of aggregation --$gCh. 2.$tSystematically biased beliefs about economics --$gCh. 3.$tEvidence from the survey of Americans and economists on the economy --$gCh. 4.$tClassical public choice and the failure of rational ignorance --$gCh. 5.$tRational irrationality --$gCh. 6.$tFrom irrationality to policy --$gCh. 7.$tIrrationality and the supply side of politics --$gCh. 8.$t"Market fundamentalism" versus the religion of democracy --$tConclusion : in praise of the study of folly.
520 1 $a"The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering assessment in this book. 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 convincing 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 the democratic government work better - for example, urging economic educators to focus on correcting popular misconceptions and recommending that democracies do less and let markets take up the slack." "The Myth of the Rational Voter takes a look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that delivers lousy results."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aEconomic policy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040837
650 0 $aDemocracy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036647
650 0 $aPolitical sociology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104457
650 0 $aRepresentative government and representation.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112947
650 0 $aRationalism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111520
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030855.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006030855-d.html
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