Bryan Caplan
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Language
English
Description
Bryan Caplan is associate professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the coeditor of the Weblog EconLog.
The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering assessment in this provocative and eye-opening book. Caplan argues that voters continually...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Why we need to stop wasting public funds on education Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrativeeducation is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformityin other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As and casually forget most of what they...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens. But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the immigration debate: He argues that opening all borders could...