Archive | Public Opinion
Concluding Thoughts on the Cato Unbound Symposium on Democracy and Political Ignorance
By Ilya Somin on October 31, 2013 2:10 pm in Democracy and Political Ignorance, Political Ignorance, Public Choice, Public Opinion
Debating the Rationality of Political Ignorance
By Ilya Somin on October 25, 2013 4:36 pm in Democracy and Political Ignorance, Political Ignorance, Public Opinion
My Response to Jeffrey Friedman’s Critique of Democracy and Political Ignorance
By Ilya Somin on October 22, 2013 7:02 pm in Democracy and Political Ignorance, Political Ignorance, Polls, Public Choice, Public Opinion
My Response to Sean Trende’s Commentary on Democracy and Political Ignorance
By Ilya Somin on October 22, 2013 6:55 pm in Democracy and Political Ignorance, Political Ignorance, Polls, Public Opinion, Uncategorized
The Case for Designer Babies
My Cato Unbound Lead Essay on “Democracy and Political Ignorance”
By Ilya Somin on October 11, 2013 4:40 pm in Democracy and Political Ignorance, Political Ignorance, Public Opinion
My Forbes Column on Political Ignorance and the Government Shutdown
Steven Teles on “Kludgeocracy” and the Role of Government in Society
By Ilya Somin on September 25, 2013 11:15 am in Federalism, Growth of Government, Political Ignorance, Public Opinion, Separation of Powers
The Devil is Doing a Poor Job of Persuading People he Doesn’t Exist
Even Mathematically Literate People Become Innumerate when they Focus on Political Issues
Public Ignorance About Crime Rates
By Ilya Somin on August 26, 2013 6:42 pm in Criminal Law, Democracy and Political Ignorance, Political Ignorance, Politics, Public Opinion
A Knowledgeable but Selfish Electorate May be Better than a Well-Meaning but Ignorant One
By Ilya Somin on August 8, 2013 2:50 pm in Democracy, Democracy and Political Ignorance, Elections, Political Ignorance, Public Opinion
Selfish Voters are Not the Problem that Ails Democracy
By Ilya Somin on August 8, 2013 11:40 am in Democracy and Political Ignorance, Elections, Political Ignorance, Public Opinion
Political Ignorance in Congress
By Ilya Somin on July 17, 2013 11:15 am in Democracy and Political Ignorance, Political Ignorance, Public Opinion