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S5E10: Gashed Hull: A Rational Public: Ben Page and Robert Shapiro
S5E10: Gashed Hull: A Rational Public: Ben Page and Robert Shapiro
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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Nov 24, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
There was a time when the presumption of democracy — that the people were rational and guided our democracy to reasoned conclusions — was true. Or tru-ish. In this episode, we speak with the authors of one of the most important work studying this relatively healthy period, Ben Page and Robert Shapiro. Their 1992 book — The Rational Public — presented an enormous amount of evidence demonstrating how democracy worked. We discuss what made that working possible.
Released:
Nov 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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