| Description |
1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser |
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Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Overview of the Book's Structure -- Bibliography -- 1 The Paradigmatic Struggle in the Theory of Human Behavior -- Economic Approach to Human Behavior -- An Empire of Rational Choice -- Behavioral Paradigm Shift -- Toward a New Theory of Human Behavior -- Predictive Success and "Realism" -- Neoclassical Predictive Success -- Behavioral Economics' Promise -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 Democracy and Rationality |
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Choice: Individual and Collective -- The Problem of Social Choice -- The Problem of Rational Ignorance and the Wisdom of Crowds -- Condorcet's Jury Theorem -- Miracle of Aggregation and Diversity Trumps Ability Theorem -- Behavioral Political Economy of Democracy -- A Democratic Equilibrium -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 The Republic of Misinformation -- The Victim Narrative -- A Question of Agency -- Victims and Opportunists -- Democracy Contra Disinformation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 The Conceit of Behaviorally Informed Paternalism |
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(Ir)rationality, Sovereignty, and Welfare -- In Our Best Interest -- Searching for True Preferences -- Democratic Preference Laundering -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5 Fortifying Democracy for the Digital Age -- The Landscape of Democratic Reform -- One Step at a Time: Marginal Reform -- Boosts -- Budges -- Democracy Remodeled: Radical Reform -- Quadratic Voting -- Open Democracy -- An Anti-Psychological State -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Conclusion: The Road Ahead -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Economics -- Psychological aspects.
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Rationalism.
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Democracy.
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rationalism (philosophy)
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Democracy
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Economics -- Psychological aspects
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Rationalism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000598506 |
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1000598500 |
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