The Problem of Policymaker Ignorance

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Policymaker Ignorance and the 2024 Presidential Election
Both candidates are obviously stupid, but are they policymaker-ignorant?
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Consensus, Censorship, and the Problem of Policymaker Ignorance
Policymakers censor because they don't know how to persuade...
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Making Democracy Effective in a World of Policymaker Ignorance
How to escape a world where popular sovereignty is superficially venerated, but ignored in practice...
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Democracy, Popular Sovereignty, and Policymaker Ignorance
How democratic can a government of ignorant policymakers be?
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Price Controls, Industrial Policy, and Policymaker Ignorance
An analysis of two very bad ideas...
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An Update on Some Previously Discussed Topics
How's that Iran appeasement strategy going, Geriatric Joe?
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WIPMI Book Club - James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
A classic of political science...
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The Problem of Policymaker Ignorance
The Problem of Policymaker Ignorance
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