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Caplan is a professor of economics at george mason university, research fellow at the mercatus center, adjunct scholar at the cato institute, and frequent contributor to freakonomics as well as publishing his own blog, econlog. Home page articles econlog econtalk cee books videos guides search about econlib contact us. Bryan caplan bryan caplan is a professor of economics at george mason university, research fellow at the mercatus center, adjunct scholar at the cato institute, and blogger for econlog. This is the scenario that our guest bryan caplan proposes with his book open border.
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The book argues that the neglected signaling model of education explains most of what goes on in classrooms. The myth of the rational voter takes an unflinching look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that delivers lousy results. Cowen formally and fully published a book online, stubborn attachments. Why being a great parent is less work and more fun than you think. Why democracies choose bad policies, named the best political book of the year by the new york times, and selfish reasons to have more kids. Caplan argues that voters continually elect politicians who either share their biases or else pretend to, resulting in bad policies winning again and again by popular demand.
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