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Junho 28, 2007

The Myth of the Rational Voter (2)

Arquivado como: Economia, Livros, Política, Teoria — antoniocostaamaral @ 3:38 pm

Na continuação de “The Myth of the Rational Voter,

In The Myth of the Rational Voter, Bryan Caplan tries to answer the question: Why do public economic policies go against the public’s interest? For example, why is there so little support for true international free trade when economists have shown it to improve wealth? Why is there such support for farm subsidies when they are expensive and mostly go to wealthy corporate farms? Why are gasoline price controls a viable subject of debate when most living Americans lived through such a disaster in the 1970’s?

Bryan Caplan is a decided favorite of the many bloggers at the Distributed Republic, and this author is no exception. He does interesting and unique research, he has contributed to our annual May Day remembrance and has always been gracious in engaging in debate with us. It was my distinct pleasure to have an email chat with Caplan recently:

( recomenda-se a leitura do post, incluindo entrevista, no Distributed Republic. Desta fonte, também se recomenda a entrevista ao EconTalk )

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  1. “Why do public economic policies go against the public’s interest? For example, why is there so little support for true international free trade when economists have shown it to improve wealth? Why is there such support for farm subsidies when they are expensive and mostly go to wealthy corporate farms? Why are gasoline price controls a viable subject of debate when most living Americans lived through such a disaster in the 1970’s?”

    Simples. Porque a maior parte das pessoas não sabe isso.

    Porque é que as pesssoas não sabem isso? A resposta está na razão de o Comunismo ter durado 70 anos: Recursos destinados á propaganda.

    Comentário por lucklucky — Junho 28, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

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