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Ep. 4 - Irrational Voters, Law without Government, and the Case Against Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan

Ep. 4 - Irrational Voters, Law without Government, and the Case Against Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan

FromPatterson in Pursuit


Ep. 4 - Irrational Voters, Law without Government, and the Case Against Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan

FromPatterson in Pursuit

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Do democracies really make the best decisions? Should weencourage everyone to vote, even if they don't understand theissues?I am joined today by Dr. Bryan Caplan, who is a professor ofeconomics at George Mason University. He's also the author of "TheMyth of the Rational Voter" (http://amzn.to/1Wn9xi4), which takes askeptical look at the reliability of voting.We also discuss the educational establishment, from K-12 toHigher Ed, and Dr. Caplan proposes what he calls the "signalingmodel" of education.  Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
Released:
May 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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Interviews with intellectuals from across the globe. Exploring philosophy, politics, religion, and rationalism. Steve Patterson is an independent philosopher currently traveling the world to interview people in the pursuit of truth. Topics include logic and epistemology, skepticism, metaphysics, ethics, science and religion, truth, Christianity, Buddhism, atheism, culture, economics, the philosophy of mathematics, and every other topic that's important to humans.