The Myth of the Rational Voter - by Bryan Caplan (Paperback)

The Myth of the Rational Voter is a thought-provoking book that challenges the conventional wisdom about democracy and voting.

Author Bryan Caplan argues that voters are not rational actors who make informed decisions based on their self-interest, but rather they hold systematically biased beliefs that lead to poor policy choices.

He contends that democracy fails precisely because it does what voters want, often leading to bad policies winning again and again by popular demand. The book provides a bold analysis of how ordinary voters' misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases influence economic policy decisions.

Caplan offers readers a delightful mixture of economics, political science, psychology, philosophy, and history to resolve the puzzle of why democracies often make lousy economic policies.

He provides several solutions to improve democratic governance, including economic educators focusing on correcting popular misconceptions and democracies doing less and letting markets take up the slack. The Myth of the Rational Voter is an unflinching look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that delivers lousy results.

With the upcoming presidential election season drawing nearer, this book is sure to spark a long-overdue reappraisal of our elective system.

Don't miss out on this provocative and eye-opening read!