Contrarian economist Bryan Caplan argues that we've needlessly turned parenting into an unpleasant chore, and don't know the real pluses and minuses of having kids. Parents today spend more time investing in their kids than ever, but twin and adoption research shows that upbringing is much less impo[...]
The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering assessment in this provocative and eye-opening book. Capl[...]
Complete summary of Bryan Caplan's book: "e;The Myth of the RationalVoter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies"e;.This summary of the ideas fromBryan Caplan's book "e;The Myth of the Rational Voter"e; investigates why votersare largely influenced by misconceptions, irrational beliefs[...]