In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics? — Bryan Caplan Copy Share Image
In a modern democracy, not only can a libertarian be elitist; a libertarian has to be elitist. To be a libertarian in a modern… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
There are two sources of error: Either you lack sufficient data, or you fail to take advantage of the data that you have. — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
If you can't feel secure - and teach your children to feel secure - about 1-in-610,000 nightmare scenarios - the problem isn't the world.… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
Let us designate anarchism1 anarchism as you define it. Let us desiginate anarchism2 anarchism as I and the American Heritage College Dictionary define it. — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
The use of force is easy to rationalize in terms of basic economics. 'We should make them PAY for what they've done!' It's just… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
“It is irrational to be politically well-informed because the low returns from data simply do not justify their cost in time and other resources.” — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
Worldviews are more a mental security blanket than a serious effort to understand the world — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
“the ineradicable prejudice that every action intended to serve the profit interest must be anti-social by this fact alone.”27” — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics? — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations. — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
“If you do not grasp the difference between orange juice and detergent, brand names will at best help you drink the finest detergent on… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
There is a small minority of well-educated people with relatively sensible views on economics, and an extremely tiny minority of economists with highly sensible… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share
