The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

@book{citeulike:1306328, abstract = {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 provocative and eye-opening 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.}, author = {Caplan, Bryan }, citeulike-article-id = {1306328}, keywords = {economics, voter}, posted-at = {2007-05-18 21:17:15}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Princeton University Press}, title = {The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies}, year = {2007} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:1306328 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1306328 TI - The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies PB - Princeton University Press N2 - 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 provocative and eye-opening 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. KW - economics KW - voter AU - Caplan, Bryan PY - 2007/// ER -