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

Name: The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
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non-fiction by Bryan Caplan

Blurb

The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies is a 2007 book written by Bryan Caplan challenging the notion that voters are reasonable people that society can trust to make laws. Rather, Caplan contends that voters are irrational in the political sphere and have systematically biased ideas concerning economics.