Kevin Carson. Originale: Rational Ignorance, Cognitive Distortion, and Anarchism, del 24 maggio 2025. Tradotto in italiano da Enrico Sanna. Secondo la teoria della scelta pubblica, si parla di “ignoranza razionale” quando il costo di informarsi su un argomento non vale il potenziale beneficio che darebbe tale conoscenza; in particolare, quando tale costo prevale sulla possibilità…

In public choice theory, “rational ignorance” refers to the choice not to inform oneself on some issue when the costs of doing so outweigh the benefits — in particular, when they outweigh the likelihood of one’s vote influencing the outcome of an election or one’s political pressure influencing a politician’s decisions. It also makes sense…

In my recent op-ed, P. Diddy as the Rational Voter, I made a mistake. I haven’t read Bryan Caplan’s The Myth of the Rational Voter. I have seen a presentation by Caplan on the book, read numerous blog posts by him and have heard his argument restated by other libertarians. In my op-ed, I was going on…