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15 Nov 2022, 6:20 pm
Prominent libertarian scholars such as Bryan Caplan and Jason Brennan have shown that the vast majority of voters are both ignorant of basic facts about politics and government, and highly biased in their evaluation of what they do know…. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 7:35 am
Economist Bryan Caplan, an expert on child safety data, sums it up well: “it’s crazy, people are being persecuted for doing things that are extremely statistically safe just because other people disagree. [read post]
2 May 2023, 12:58 pm
But my George Mason University colleague, economist Bryan Caplan, beat me to the punch: When I attack housing regulation, market-oriented economists occasionally push back. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 11:00 am
The Bryan Caplan “good enough” approach is healthier, and easier on parents. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 8:20 am
”: Economist Bryan Caplan explains why most of the claimed negative effects of immigration are either greatly overstated, or readily addressed by means less draconian than migration restrictions. [read post]
5 May 2010, 2:28 pm
(Julian Sanchez expresses this hope more positively, Bryan Caplan more negatively.)In Nudge, Thaler and Sunstein do, in fact, support a handful of liberty-improving proposals, and for this they should be lauded. [read post]
15 Feb 2022, 1:28 pm
And when truth-seeking isn't the goal, it is perfectly rational to be highly biased in your evaluation of information - a phenomenon economist Bryan Caplan dubbed "rational irrationality. [read post]
14 Nov 2022, 6:00 am
Prominent libertarian scholars such as Bryan Caplan and Jason Brennan have shown that the vast majority of voters are both ignorant of basic facts about politics and government, and highly biased in their evaluation of what they do know (I have made a few contributions to this literature, myself). [read post]
9 Nov 2019, 7:40 am
Economist Bryan Caplan has some additional criticisms of the distinction between "locking in" would-be migrants and "locking out. [read post]
6 Jan 2022, 1:02 pm
They instead often indulge ideological, partisan, and other biases - a phenomenon economist Bryan Caplan dubbed "rational irrationality. [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 10:45 pm
In a recent guest post at Bryan Caplan's "Bet on It" blog, political philosopher Christopher Freiman takes issue with the non-domination rationale for socialism. [read post]
15 Jun 2022, 1:27 pm
Economist Bryan Caplan points out several other ways in which current homeowners can benefit from housing deregulation, even if the price of their current homes goes down: 1. [read post]
12 Mar 2020, 9:39 pm
Similar views have been advanced by leading defenders of open borders, such as Bryan Caplan, Joseph Carens, and Jason Brennan, among others. [read post]
15 Apr 2023, 4:47 pm
Longhini is far from alone in this enterprise; other names with multiple lawsuits include Renzo Barberi, Howard Caplan and Ryan Turizo. [read post]
4 Jul 2019, 7:22 pm
But similar claims are also made by a few libertarians, such as my George Mason University colleague Bryan Caplan, and by some Canadian and British conservatives. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 8:57 pm
While there are many good points in the first half of the book, I agree with some of economist Bryan Caplan's criticisms of it. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 7:26 pm
The three cases that most stand out are Jason Brennan's work on democratic theory and related issues, Bryan Caplan's work on education and immigration, and Deirdre McCloskey's serie [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 7:22 am
This is in a large sense consistent with Bryan Caplan’s work in rational irrationality, which is that in politics (unlike markets) there is essentially no cost to being wrong or holding “incorrect” views, so if you gain any utility from doing so then you will persist in holding those views. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 4:28 pm
Rowley, June 11, 2002: http://public.econ.duke.edu/Papers//Other/Tower/Protectionism.pdfBryan Caplan, “The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies,” Cato Institute, Policy Analysis No. 594, May 29, 2007: http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/myth-rational-voter-why-democracies-choose-bad-policies (pp. 1-19)1/28Trade Law and Institutions (U.S.)United States Constitution, Art. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 4:28 pm
Rowley, June 11, 2002: http://public.econ.duke.edu/Papers//Other/Tower/Protectionism.pdfBryan Caplan, “The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies,” Cato Institute, Policy Analysis No. 594, May 29, 2007: http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/myth-rational-voter-why-democracies-choose-bad-policies (pp. 1-19)1/28Trade Law and Institutions (U.S.)United States Constitution, Art. [read post]
