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Bryan Caplan: Can We Make Freedom and Democracy Compatible?
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Bryan Caplan: Can We Make Freedom and Democracy Compatible?

On political alliances, technological adoption, Straussian readings, and more
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May 08, 2023
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Today’s guest is Bryan Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University, author of the Bet On It newsletter and many books, including Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrational.

Find Bryan Caplan (and buy his books):

Bet On It

Caplan and Candor
By Bryan Caplan

https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan

https://www.amazon.com/Voters-Mad-Scientists-Political-Irrationality/dp/B0C2SD1K8B

https://www.amazon.com/How-Evil-Are-Politicians-Demagoguery/dp/B09YQGKBXH

https://www.amazon.ca/Myth-Rational-Voter-Democracies-Policies/dp/0691138737

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