Name: The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose bad Policies (New Edition): Why Democracies Choose bad Policies (en Inglés)
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Author: Caplan Bryan
ISBN: 9780691138732

portada The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose bad Policies (New Edition): Why Democracies Choose bad Policies (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Bryan Caplan

Editorial

Princeton University Press

Año

2008

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

276

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.6 x 16.0 x 1.8 cm

Peso

0.43 kg.

ISBN

0691138737

ISBN13

9780691138732

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Elecciones y referéndums
Las políticas del gobierno central
Publicidad y campañas políticas
Economía política

The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose bad Policies (New Edition): Why Democracies Choose bad Policies (en Inglés)

Bryan Caplan (Autor) · Princeton University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose bad Policies (New Edition): Why Democracies Choose bad Policies (en Inglés)"

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. Boldly 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 Americans' 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 bold ways to make 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 an unflinching look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that delivers lousy results. With the upcoming presidential election season drawing nearer, this thought-provoking book is sure to spark a long-overdue reappraisal of our elective system.