Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Myth of the Rational Voter
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
- Author
- Bryan Caplan
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 280
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Caplan’s case that voters are not merely uninformed but systematically biased, and that democracies therefore choose predictably bad policies.
Where I saw it: A @HayekianBanker post on X, December 26, 2025 — the cover alone, no commentary.
Connections
- Bryan Caplan — author.
- Democracy
- People Over Politics — the failure mode this book names.