Background knowledge Quote by Jason Brennan

“Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations was in large part a critique of imperialism. We often associate opposition to imperialism with Marxism and the Left,…

— Jason Brennan

The problem with voting is that because your individual vote makes very little difference, you're voting with a mass of others, you have very…

— Jason Brennan

The power to regulate the economy is the same thing as the power to distribute favors.

— Jason Brennan

My main worry about referendums is that you are taking a very complicated political question that requires knowledge of a bunch of background facts…

— Jason Brennan

“The typical undergraduate microeconomics textbook describes cases where markets are unlikely to produce efficient outcomes. These textbooks often claim that, in principle, government intervention…

— Jason Brennan

“In light of all this, imagine you are a congressperson. You hear many cries for help. These cries for help only come in the…

— Jason Brennan

I'm skeptical about even educating voters as a chance for being successful. You know, when we look at what people retain from high school…

— Jason Brennan

You tell me to get lost, but if I get lost, your gonna be the 1st one looking for me.

— Jason Brennan

“In real markets, agents make bad choices. They are often ignorant, misinformed, and irrational. Yet, markets tend to punish agents for making bad choices,…

— Jason Brennan

For some reason when it comes to democracy, we seem to think that political knowledge doesn't make any kind of difference or we shouldn't…

— Jason Brennan

When I'm crossing the street, I look both ways and I process the information rationally because if I make a mistake I get hurt,…

— Jason Brennan