Chapter 4. CLASSICAL PUBLIC CHOICE AND THE FAILURE OF RATIONAL IGNORANCE

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. Introduction. THE PARADOX OF DEMOCRACY 1
6. Chapter 1. BEYOND THE MIRACLE OF AGGREGATION 5
7. Chapter 2. SYSTEMATICALLY BIASED BELIEFS ABOUT ECONOMICS 23
8. Chapter 3. EVIDENCE FROM THE SURVEY OF AMERICANS AND ECONOMISTS ON THE ECONOMY 50
9. Chapter 4. CLASSICAL PUBLIC CHOICE AND THE FAILURE OF RATIONAL IGNORANCE 94
10. Chapter 5. RATIONAL IRRATIONALITY 114
11. Chapter 6. FROM IRRATIONALITY TO POLICY 142
12. Chapter 7. IRRATIONALITY AND THE SUPPLY SIDE OF POLITICS 166
13. Chapter 8. “MARKET FUNDAMENTALISM” VERSUS THE RELIGION OF DEMOCRACY 182
14. Conclusion. IN PRAISE OF THE STUDY OF FOLLY 205
15. NOTES 211
16. REFERENCES 237
17. INDEX 267