- Bryan Caplan
Bryan Caplan (born 1971) is an associate professor of
economics atGeorge Mason University inFairfax, Virginia . He received his B.S. in economics fromUniversity of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. fromPrinceton University . His professional work has been devoted to the philosophies oflibertarianism and free-marketcapitalism andanarchism (he is the autor of the famous [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/anarfaq.htm Anarchist Theory FAQ] ). He has published in "American Economic Review", "Public Choice", and the "Journal of Law and Economics", among others. He is a blogger at [http://econlog.econlib.org EconLog] along withArnold Kling , and occasionally has been a guest blogger at Marginal Revolution with two of his colleagues at George Mason,Tyler Cowen andAlex Tabarrok . He is an [http://www.cato.org/people/bryan-caplan Adjunct Scholar] of theCato Institute in Washington, D.C.Currently, his primary research interest is
public economics . He has criticized the assumptions of rational voters that form the basis ofpublic choice theory, but generally agrees with their conclusions based on his own model of "rational irrationality." Caplan's book on this theme, "The Myth of the Rational Voter " (Princeton University Press 2007), is a response to the arguments put forward by economistDonald Wittman in his "The Myth of Democratic Failure".He maintains a website that includes a [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/museum/musframe.htm "Museum of Communism"] section, in which he criticizes Marxist ideology. Caplan has also written an online
graphic novel called "Amore Infernale" [http://www.bcaplan.com/ai.pdf] (PDF), [http://campusprogress.org/rws/1909/revenge-of-the-nerd-bryan-caplan]Quotations
External links
* [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/ Bryan Caplan's Website]
* [http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/11/06/bryan-caplan/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter/ "The Myth of the Rational Voter" (essay)]
* [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/whyaust.htm Why I Am Not An Austrian Economist]
* [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/anarfaq.htm Anarchist Theory FAQ]
* [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/autobio.htm "Intellectual Autobiography of Bryan Caplan"] by Bryan Caplan
* [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2007/06/caplan_on_the_m.html Caplan on voting] Caplan discusses his book onEconTalk
* [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2006/12/caplan_on_discr.html Caplan on labor markets] Caplan discusses labor markets on EconTalk
* [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2006/12/caplan_on_discr.html Caplan on voter ignorance on NPR] Caplan discusses voter ignorance on NPR
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