Bryan Caplan on Voters as Mad Scientists
Mike talks with George Mason economist Bryan Caplan about his new essay collection focusing on political irrationality.
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Show Notes
Mike has another conversation with one of his all-time favorite guests: Bryan Caplan. Bryan is an economist at George Mason University, a prolific author, and blogs at Bet on It. In this episode, they discuss Bryan’s latest collection: Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrationality.
Topics Mike & Bryan Discuss Include:
- Twitter & Nazis & Meth (oh my!)
- why Bryan hates politics
- social desirability bias
- hyperbole and overconfidence
- innumeracy
- the irrationality of voters
- if irrationality has gotten worse
- why Bryan doesn’t vote
- the case for DEI being worse than McCarthyism
- politics as not utterly hopeless but “mostly hopeless”
- some small reasons for cautious optimism
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