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	Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » The Myth of the Rational Voter
		Bryan Caplan is associate professor of economics at George Mason University where he is also affiliated with the Center for Study of Public Choice and the Mercatus Center.
		[…] In a recent post-election article by Bryan Caplan, from CATO Unbound, The Myth of the Rational Voter, the entanglement of cognitive perspective, ideology, and a potted subjective agenda posed as optimal and objective, (a category error the author is unaware of,) showcase this complexity.
		Bryan Caplan thinks there’s too much voter irrationality for the same reason: In a sense, then, there is a method to the average voter’s madness.
	www.cato-unbound.org /2006/11/06/bryan-caplan/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter (5289 words)

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		Caplan, in his FAQ, attempts to rewrite anarchist history by trying to claim that the individualist anarchists were forerunners of the so-called "anarcho-capitalist" school.
		Caplan goes on to claim that "[s]ome of Proudhon's other heterodoxies include his defence of the right of inheritance and his emphasis on the genuine antagonism between state power and property rights." However, this is a common anarchist position.
		Caplan goes on: "This normative theory is closely linked to laissez-faire economic theory, according to which private property and unregulated competition generally lead to both an efficient allocation of resources and (more importantly) a high rate of economic progress." Caplan does not mention the obvious problems with this "theory," e.g.
	www.spunk.org /library/intro/faq/sp001762.txt (10748 words)

	Read about Bryan Caplan at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Bryan Caplan and learn about Bryan Caplan here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bryan Caplan is an American associate professor of Economics at
		Caplan is also well known for his criticisms of the Austrian school of economics.
		Caplan has also been a critic of the economics profession in general, on the grounds that a large portion of economic research is devoted to issues which are minute or uninteresting.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Bryan_Caplan (197 words)

	Response to Bryan Caplan
		Bryan states that I characterize my approach as "historical." Actually, I state it is "hermeneutical" -- which means that I pay attention to historical issues for sure, but I am also interested in reconstructing the "text" of Objectivism both historically and synchronically as a radical project.
		With regard to Bryan's disappointment of my summary of Rand's "life as the standard" argument as somehow "dialectical"--it was in essence, my summary of everything that came before it in chapters 5-9, and falls squarely in the tradition of those who see her as a eudaimonistic thinker.
		Rand was aware of internal relations, as a dialectical thinker, and exhibits this rich conception in her understanding of the constituents of "life," in which the means of achieving the standard are also part of the goal itself.
	www.nyu.edu /pages/projects/sciabarra/rad/PubRadReviews/bryanres.html (552 words)

	Rebuttal to the Anarchism FAQ of Bryan Caplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the anarchism FAQ Caplan attempts to present and unbiased introduction to both "left anarchism" and "anarcho-capitalism." In my opinion, he has failed to present what I would consider to be the more compelling arguments for "left anarchism" and has failed to even mention some very important principles that I at least hold.
		Caplan chooses as his definition of "left-anarchism" to bring up reducing private property rights (easily associated in the readers mind with restrictions of freedom, statism, various forms of heirarchial control) and "egalitarianism" which is a poorly defined word that has gotten associated through the years with naive idealism.
		In the former case, Caplan neglects to mention the fact that many anarchists support the notion that "property is theft" in the same sense that Proudhon used it (which apparently Caplan seems to understand based on his appendix, but chooses not to mention when it isn't convenenient for him).
	users.westnet.gr /~cgian/anarchistsect.html (3750 words)

	A Reply to "The Anarcho-Statists of Spain: An Historical, Economic, and Philosophical Analysis, by Bryan Caplan"
		Caplan then states that "[w]hile many of the rank-and-file resisted, military discipline swiftly became common in the Anarchist militias." Which, given the context, implies that it was decision to militarise was forced upon the anarchist militia by the anarchist leadership.
		Caplan then discusses the "despotism of the Anarchists" and ends by saying "[t]hus, the freedom of the Aragonese peasantry was the Orwellian freedom to live precisely as the Anarchist militia deemed right." However, the quotes he presented makes it clear that the decisions were made by the collectives in question and not by the militia.
		However, Caplan attempts to explain it in terms, firstly, of the "large consensus of economic historians [which] argues, persuasively in my view, that the essential cause of the Great Depression was the international monetary contraction of the late 20's and early 30's." However, an equally large consensus argues that this is not the case.
	www.etext.org /Politics/Spunk/texts/places/spain/sp001532.html (20420 words)

	Division of Labour: Caplan on time preference
		Bryan Caplan at EconLog last week criticized what he called the “myth” of Misesian “time preference” theory.
		Bryan starts out with a quote from Mises that expresses what we might call the idea of “absence of categorical time indifference”: the idea that, if we see you consuming now, you must not be indifferent at every margin between consuming now and consuming indefinitely later.
		Bryan rightly observes that diminishing marginal utility over dated consumption is sufficient to explain why all consumption is not indefinitely postponed.
	divisionoflabour.com /archives/000865.php (504 words)

	LibertyGuide.com - Bryan Caplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bryan Caplan, an Assistant Professor of Economics, received his Ph.D in 1997 in economics from Princeton University.
		Caplan's personal web page can be reached at www.bcaplan.com; his working papers may be found here.
		Caplan's current research interests include the economics of irrationality and empirical analysis of people's beliefs about economics.
	www.theihs.org /libertyguide/people.php?id=17&print=1 (100 words)

	Bryan Caplan - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bryan Caplan is an American associate professor of Economics at George Mason University.
		A great deal of his professional work has been devoted to the philosophies of libertarianism and free-market capitalism.
		While he once considered himself an economist in the Austrian tradition, he has since rejected Austrian praxeological methods in favor of neoclassical methods.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /bryan_caplan.htm (196 words)

	A Reply to "The Anarcho-Statists of Spain: An Historical, Economic, and Philosophical Analysis, by Bryan Caplan"
		Caplan then states that the "Nationalists conquered Catalonia before the government made any concerted, official effort to nationalize the workers' factories." However, this is somewhat false as after the May Days, the position of the collectives changed.
		Caplan suggests that to claim that the CNT had strong support in Aragon is "absurd." However, the evidence suggests that it is Caplan's claims that are absurd.
		Caplan then quotes Royo, an anarchist militant, and comments on his statement that "if there had been a free market, the farmers would be paid the value of their labor.
	www.spunk.org /library/places/spain/sp001532.html (20420 words)

	Replies to Some Errors and Distortions in Bryan Caplan's "Anarchist Theory FAQ" version 5.2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Caplan's use of the anti-property rights "definition" of socialism avoids the central issue of freedom, of whether a given society generates oppression and exploitation or not.
		Caplan, of course, is well aware of Tucker's opinions on the subject of capitalism and private property.
		Caplan's attempt in his FAQ is an example to ignore individualist anarchist theory and history.
	www.diy-punk.net /anarchy/append11.html (12392 words)

	Replies to Some Errors and Distortions in Bryan Caplan's "Anarchist Theory FAQ" version 4.1.1. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Caplan states that inequalities in capitalism are "the natural consequence of human freedom." They are not, unless you subscribe to the idea that capitalist property rights are the basis of human freedom.
		In effect, Caplan is confusing two very different kinds of "private property", of which one rests on usefulness to an individual, the other on the employment (and so exploitation) of the labour of others.
		As Caplan notes, "aggressive" firms are "likely to attract only high-risk clients and thus suffer from extraordinarily high costs." From the perspective of the colluding firms, a new entry into their market is, by definition, aggressive.
	edify.homedns.org /anarchy/append12.html (13692 words)

	Caplan on the Myth of the Rational Voter, EconTalk Permanent Podcast Link: Library of Economics and Liberty
		Bryan Caplan, of George Mason University and blogger at EconLog, talks about his book, The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies.
		Caplan argues that democracies work well in giving voters what they want but unfortunately, what voters want isn't particularly wise, especially when it comes to economic policy.
		My feeling is that Bryan needs to work on a definition of democracy which better captures its excellence - because I think there is as much reason to be an democratic fundamentalist as an economic one - democracy and economics are both major success stories in human history (the other one is science/ technology).
	www.econtalk.org /archives/2007/06/caplan_on_the_m.html (6070 words)

	Bryan Caplan
		Bryan Caplan is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University.
		He is a blogger at EconLog along with Arnold Kling, and occasionally has been a guest blogger at Marginal Revolution with two of his colleagues at George Mason, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok.
		Caplan is the author of the upcoming book, The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, which contends that 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.
	www.cato.org /people/caplan.html (350 words)

	LookSmart - Directory - Bryan Caplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Caplan's test defines libertarianism, at increasing levels of radicalism, by tenets taken from Milton Friedman, Rand, and Rothbard.
		Bryan Caplan's working paper is subtitled "A Theory of Imperfectly Constrained Government with Evidence from the States." Read an abstract and a PDF file.
		Bryan Caplan describes the emergence and maintenance of nonstate-based systems of law, including including tribal customs and the evolution of codes in primitive groups.
	lsxml.looksmart.com /p/browse/us1/us317916/us53358/us149339/us4152938/us898481/us10091991/us10076373 (323 words)

	Replies to Some Errors and Distortions in Bryan Caplan's "Anarchist Theory FAQ" version 4.1.1. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Caplan encadre également la discussion seulement autour des issues avec lesquelles il est confortable.
		Malheureusement pour Caplan, Bakunin est la source des idées des anarcho-syndicalism sur une confédération des lieux de travail individu-contrôlés courant l'économie.
		Caplan, en effet, argue du fait que la concurrence produira de la coopération.
	www.joe-linux.org /anar-faq/append12.html (18432 words)

	EconLog, Tenure and Non-Profits, Bryan Caplan: Library of Economics and Liberty
		My own take is based on the observation (which I assume to be correct) that if the university system was being set up now, and in the private sector, there would not be tenure.
		Bryan's use of efficiency would indicate he believes that there is a single metric that can be used to evaluate any policy.
		The cuneiform inscription in the logo is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
	econlog.econlib.org /archives/2007/03/tenure_and_nonp.html (2044 words)

	Library of Economics and Liberty: About the Columnists, Biographies
		Bryan Caplan is co-editor of EconLog, along with Arnold Kling.
		Donald Cox is a professor of Economics at Boston College.
		David M. Levy is currently professor of economics at George Mason University and Director of the Center for the Study of Public Choice.
	www.econlib.org /library/Columns/columnbios.html (1986 words)

	Political Failure and Rational Irrationality
		This was Bryan Caplan's remark about treating irrationality as a consumption good.
		He added that, so treated, its not surprising that people are least rational about religion and politics, since the cost of irrationality in these arenas is so nearly zero.
		Accordingly, when Caplan talks about rationality, he's (usually) talking about actions that are best suited to the preferences of the agents.
	personal.bgsu.edu /~roberth/caplan.html (1404 words)

	EconLog, Page One of My Next Book, Bryan Caplan: Library of Economics and Liberty
		Along the way, there are certain facts they'll need and skills they'll need, and if they learn those and learn how to learn, they'll be prepared to make their own successes.
		Caplan's point and meaning underlying the first page of his book.
		The first page from Byran Caplan's new book summarizes a position he is stated many times about education - that it is mostly a waste of time.
	econlog.econlib.org /archives/2007/03/page_one_of_my.html (4483 words)

	Bryan Caplan, The Idea Trap: Library of Economics and Liberty
		* Bryan Caplan is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University.
		Caplan's articles have appeared in the American Economic Review, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Law and Economics, Social Science Quarterly, and numerous other outlets.
		For more articles by Bryan Caplan, see the Archive.
	www.econlib.org /library/Columns/y2004/Caplanidea.html (1764 words)

	Gregarius » EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty
		(August 23, 2007 01:47 PM, by Bryan Caplan) Kip Viscusi was kind enough to email me his estimates of the risks of terrorism, and gave me permission to...
		(August 12, 2007 04:57 PM, by Bryan Caplan) When Democratic candidates were asked, "What would you do to reduce gas prices?," their answers made very little sense.
		(August 4, 2007 09:46 AM, by Bryan Caplan) In the past, I've asked people if they would prefer their climate to be warmer, cooler, or about the same,...
	feeds.0z.se /EconLog:_Library_of_Economics_and_Liberty (3791 words)

	EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		(October 11, 2005 03:01 PM, by Bryan Caplan) While of course all of George Mason's Department of Economics was once again desperately rooting for Gordon Tullock to win...
		(October 10, 2005 10:48 PM, by Bryan Caplan) I just caught a story on Cap'n Arbyte that has to be read to be believed: Gasoline price controls in...
		(October 9, 2005 09:29 PM, by Bryan Caplan) The Sensible Knave's newborn daughter was born a couple months early.
	www.rss-locator.com /feeds/8904.html (200 words)

	Marginal Revolution: Bryan Caplan has a low discount rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In case you didn't already know, Bryan will be guest-blogging over at EconLog for at least a month.
		And given that most people are unwilling to concentrate their bequests on a single child, will you get more attention if you have fewer children?
		Bryan Caplan thinks that parents should select the number of children they will have based on microeconomic theory: Have the...
	www.marginalrevolution.com /marginalrevolution/2005/01/bryan_caplan_ha.html (537 words)

	Bryan Caplan Homepage
		Bryan Caplan Dep't of Economics George Mason U. Read My Blog with Arnold Kling at Econlog
		It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a "dismal science." But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.
		Thou art wisdom - Freemen never Dream that God will damn for ever All who think those things untrue, Of which Priests make such ado.
	www.gmu.edu /departments/economics/bcaplan (569 words)

	Marginal Revolution: Gratitude Journals and Loewenstein's Challenge
		Children hear this all the time, and it is damn good advice.
		Posted by Bryan Caplan on July 30, 2004 at 02:04 PM in Economics
		Bryan Caplan of Marginal Revolution has a fascinating response to what he calls "Loewenstein's challenge." Loewenstein is a leading researcher in economics and psychology.
	www.marginalrevolution.com /marginalrevolution/2004/07/gratitude_journ.html (610 words)

	The Club For Growth - The Club for Growth Blog: Bryan Caplan is Guest Blogging... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Club For Growth - The Club for Growth Blog: Bryan Caplan is Guest Blogging...
		Caplan is an established economics professor at George Mason University.
		Club for Growth andÂ Club for GrowthPAC are located at 2001 L Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036
	www.clubforgrowth.org /blog/archives/017023.php (108 words)

	When Does Economic Calculation Become Necessary? - Mises Institute
		The question he left unanswered is, at what point does a society pass from being "primitive" -- able to survive successfully without economic calculation -- to being "advanced" – in need of calculation to maintain its population and levels of culture and material well-being?
		I believe that recent discoveries about the origins of writing allow us to tentatively formulate Mises's distinction more precisely, thereby addressing Caplan's complaint.
		Along the way, a link between the development of economic calculation and that of another major human invention becomes plausible.
	www.mises.org /fullstory.aspx?Id=1671 (1470 words)

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