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Month: September 2016

Folkraed: A New Approach to Government – The Second Problem With the Way Things Are: Bad Voters

Folkraed: A New Approach to Government – The Second Problem With the Way Things Are: Bad Voters

Last post we talked about problems with our politicians, but most voters aren’t any better. In fact, they’re often worse. Most politicians at least know something about the major issues of the day; most voters don’t. Economists say that voters’ ignorance is rational: because each persons’ vote has such a small marginal impact on an election result, it doesn’t make sense to spend much time learning about the candidates or issues. What makes sense for each voter to do on…

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