November, 2006

How Bad Are the Voters?

by David Estlund
The Conversation
November 22nd, 2006

I have mainly argued against Bryan’s inference from the supposed superior expertise of economists and college grads to their having political authority. But Bryan is partly concerned just to show that voters are ignorant and irrational to a disturbing degree, and that would be important whether or not it directly supports the authority of experts. [...]

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Winning Jeff’s Trust

by Bryan Caplan
The Conversation
November 20th, 2006

Jeff writes: But while that may be an argument—in my mind, at least—for making me king, it’s hardly an argument for giving more votes to people with bachelor’s degrees, or to councils of economics Ph.D.s. It so happens that at this particular point in history, American economists agree with me (and Caplan) on a few [...]

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