Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vii
4. PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
6. UNHEALTHY POLITICS xxi
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. The Medical Guesswork Problem 21
9. 2. Sham Surgery 37
10. 3. Doctor Knows Best 60
11. 4. The Limits of Professional Self- Regulation 79
12. 5. Zero-Credit Politics 110
13. 6. Electoral Competition, Polarization, and the Breakdown of Elite- Led Social Learning 142
14. Conclusion. 161
15. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 3 181
16. NOTES 197
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 225
18. INDEX 255