1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213064503316

Titolo

Journal of the Association for Vascular Access

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Draper, Utah, : Association for Vascular Access, [2003]-

ISSN

1557-1289

Disciplina

617

Soggetti

Intravenous catheterization

Catheterization, Central Venous

Catheterization, Peripheral

Catheters, Indwelling

Periodical

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Title from title screen (publisher's Web site viewed Dec. 15, 2006).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910345108003321

Autore

Caplan Bryan Douglas <1971->

Titolo

The myth of the rational voter : why democracies choose bad policies / / Bryan Caplan ; with a new preface by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2007

ISBN

9786612607974

9781282607972

1282607979

9781400828821

1400828821

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Classificazione

89.35

Disciplina

320.6

Soggetti

Economic policy

Democracy

Political sociology

Representative government and representation

Rationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. The paradox of democracy -- ch. 1. Beyond the miracle of aggregation -- ch. 2. Systematically biased beliefs about economics -- ch. 3. Evidence from the survey of Americans and economists on the economy -- ch. 4. Classical public choice and the failure of rational ignorance -- ch. 5. Rational irrationality -- ch. 6. From irrationality to policy -- ch. 7. Irrationality and the supply side of politics -- ch. 8. "Market fundamentalism" versus the religion of democracy -- ch. 9. Conclusion. In praise of the study of folly.

Sommario/riassunto

"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. Calling into question our most basic assumptions about American politics, Caplan contends that democracy fails precisely because it does what voters want. Through an analysis of American's voting behavior and opinions on a range of economic



issues, he makes the case that noneconomists suffer from four prevailing biases: they underestimate the wisdom of the market mechanism, distrust foreigners, undervalue the benefits of conserving labor, and pessimistically believe the economy is going from bad to worse. Caplan lays out several ways to make democratic government work better.