079: Bryan Caplan on Parenting, the Case Against Education and the Rational Voter

Economic Rockstar

English - March 31, 2016 04:30 - 40 minutes - 18.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 135 ratings
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Bryan Caplan is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center.

Bryan is the author of The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, named "the best political book of the year" by the New York Times, and Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think. He also blogs at EconLog.

He is now working on a new book, The Case Against Education.

Check out the show notes page to this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/bryancaplan where you will find links to all the resources mentioned.