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The Myth of the Rational Voter

Bryan Caplan ยท 2007

A political economy book arguing that voters hold systematically biased and irrational beliefs about government policy.

Luis Garicano values it because it beautifully explains why voters are rationally inattentive.

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A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.

โ€œI think that your colleague Brian Kaplan wrote a beautiful book about it, The Myth of the Rational Voter, which is perfectly rational that they are inattentive.โ€

Why: It beautifully explains why voters are rationally inattentive.

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