Comments on: The Myth of the Rational Voter - part II http://www.williamboot.net/2007/05/29/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter-part-ii/ A weblog on economics and psychology Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Triple penetrtion. http://www.williamboot.net/2007/05/29/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter-part-ii/#comment-63892 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:57:49 +0000 http://www.williamboot.net/2007/05/29/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter-part-ii/#comment-63892 <strong>Triple penetrtion....</strong> Triple penetrtion.... Triple penetrtion….

Triple penetrtion….

]]> by: Martin http://www.williamboot.net/2007/05/29/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter-part-ii/#comment-24269 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:31:25 +0000 http://www.williamboot.net/2007/05/29/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter-part-ii/#comment-24269 Honestly I found the whole thing maddening. Caplan’s book is too full of illogical and contradictory arguments, mangled terms, cultural prejudice, and a whole lot of other weaknesses. It’s also pretty scary when you really think about what he is arguing for. Like a lot of cloistered academics, he’s hermetically sealed inside his own thinking and theories, and totally unhinged from the real world... past and present. The whole list of objections is on my site. If you care to provide feedback, I'd be especially glad to know your thoughts on Caplan's "probability discount" applied to voting costs... and why he fails to apply it to benefits as well... it’s all on my site. (literalmayhem.com) Honestly I found the whole thing maddening. Caplan’s book is too full of illogical and contradictory arguments, mangled terms, cultural prejudice, and a whole lot of other weaknesses. It’s also pretty scary when you really think about what he is arguing for. Like a lot of cloistered academics, he’s hermetically sealed inside his own thinking and theories, and totally unhinged from the real world… past and present. The whole list of objections is on my site.

If you care to provide feedback, I’d be especially glad to know your thoughts on Caplan’s “probability discount” applied to voting costs… and why he fails to apply it to benefits as well… it’s all on my site. (literalmayhem.com)

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