Ep. 4 - Irrational Voters, Law without Government, and the Case Against Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan
Patterson in Pursuit
English - May 01, 2016 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB - ★★★★ - 105 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality god islam libertarian mathematics religion science skeptic anarchism anarchist atheism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Do democracies really make the best decisions? Should we
encourage everyone to vote, even if they don't understand the
issues?
I am joined today by Dr. Bryan Caplan, who is a professor of
economics at George Mason University. He's also the author of "The
Myth of the Rational Voter" (http://amzn.to/1Wn9xi4), which takes a
skeptical look at the reliability of voting.
We also discuss the educational establishment, from K-12 to
Higher Ed, and Dr. Caplan proposes what he calls the "signaling
model" of education.
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