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Why Is Democracy Tolerable Evidence from Affluence and Influence
Bryan Caplan
Citation (APA): Caplan, B. (2014). Why Is Democracy Tolerable Evidence from Affluence and Influence [Kindle Android version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
Parte introduttiva
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xchè la democrazia sembrerebbe fungere meno male del previsto? xchè l opinione dei benestanti conta + di quella della massa i ricchi pesano di + nn significa che i loro interessi siano + tutelati le opinioni dei ricchi differiscono poco da quelle dei poveri... sono meno autoritarie implicazioni x l attivista libertario: indottrina le elites... specie i giovani più malleabili... vedi gay marriage
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The Logic of Gilensian Activism Bryan Caplan
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Martin Gilens' Affluence and Influence argues that when America's rich disagree with their fellow citizens, American democracy heeds the rich.
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TESI GILENS
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To me, he provides an interesting story about why democracy isn't even worse.
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TESI CAPLAN
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They certainly constitute troubling news for advocates of "populistic" democracy,
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POPYLISMO
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the majority does not rule
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Rather than renew debates about the rationality and selfishness of the American voter (no on both counts, but who's counting?), let's ponder a new question: What does Gilens' research imply for political activism?
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EVANGELUZZATORE
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The pragmatic response, then, is to tailor activism to Gilens' realities.
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CONCENTRARCI SUL CENTRO nn sulla xiferia
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But Gilens doesn't say that American democracy is heavily biased in favor of the interests of the rich; he says that it's heavily biased in favor of the opinions of the rich. In fact, the opinions of the rich only sporadically differ from the general population's, which is why sophisticated statistics are required to detect the rich's oversize influence.
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I RICCHI PENSANO COME I POVERI
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contrary to appearances, Gilens' analysis doesn't imply that activism is futile. The correct inference to draw, rather, is that effective activism must convert the rich.
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CONVERT THE RICH
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open to persuasion.
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X
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figure out how to communicate effectively with the plutocracy. Since income and education are highly correlated, you'll want to tailor your rhetoric to both economic and educational elites.
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ISTRUZIONW E RICCHEZZA
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budding elites
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Anyone who can convert two successive generations of young elites can move policy mountains. See gay marriage.
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GAY MARRIAGE
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The principled case for open borders is already making young elites wonder if mandatory discrimination against foreigners has a moral leg to stand on.
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IMMIGRAZIONE ED ELITE
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bush ii il più vicino ai ceti bassi l influenza dei ricchi ci salva dalla autoritarismo
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Why Is Democracy Tolerable? Evidence from Affluence and Influence Bryan Caplan Before
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The median American is no Nazi, but he is a moderate national socialist
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ELETTORE MEDIANO
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Gilens, like all well-informed political scientists, knows that self-interest has little effect on public opinion.
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INTERESSI
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So when do the poor, middle class, and rich diverge? On distributional issues, there is high consensus. But the rich are noticeably less statist on both economic and social policy. Rich and poor alike favor raising the minimum wage, but the support of the poor is nearly unanimous. The poor are slightly more in favor of extending unemployment benefits. They're much more anti-gay.
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DIVERGENZE
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They're much less opposed to restricting free speech to fight terrorism.
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LIBERA ESPRESSIONE
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His claim is not that American democracy primarily benefits the rich, but that it primarily listens to the rich.
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PRECISAZIONI
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On social policy, his findings horrify him as a democrat: Even if the lower classes are intolerant, shouldn't they have equal say? On economic policy, his findings horrify him as a liberal and a democrat: Isn't it awful when our government fails to adopt the oh-so-wise regulations non-rich Americans support?
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GILENS SI SPAVENTA
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If his results hold up, we know another important reason why policy is less statist than expected: Democracies listen to the relatively libertarian rich far more than they listen to the absolutely statist non-rich. And since I think that statist policy preferences rest on a long list of empirical and normative mistakes, my sincere reaction is to say, "Thank goodness."
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LIBERTARIAN RICH
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nella sostanza l istruzione conta + del ceto
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Affluence, Erudition, and Influence Bryan Caplan
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Whenever someone claims that income affects people's politics, I always ask, "Have you controlled for education?"
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CONTROLLA CON L ISTRUZIONE
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education almost always crushes income. As a rule, so-called income effects are education effects in disguise.
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As a result, I was skeptical when I first heard about Martin Gilens finding that American democracy primarily responds to the preference of the rich. The first question on my mind was, "Did he control for education"?
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GILENS
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Gilens vs. the Political Externalities of Immigration Bryan Caplan
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His main finding is that American democracy is far more responsive to the policy preferences of the rich than the poor.
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TESI GILENS
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granting citizenship to even staunchly statist immigrants is almost politically harmless... unless they're rich.
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COROLLARIO POLITICO SULLA CITTADINANZA
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Slogan: The immigrants to fear aren't Mexican laborers, but French professors.
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SLOGAN
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I oppose immigration restrictions against people regardless of their political beliefs or income. My claim is purely descriptive: We probably underestimate the negative political externalities of high-income statists - and overestimate the negative political externalities of everyone else.
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MATURA DESCRITTIVA
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Me, Gilens, and Salon Bryan Caplan
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The great contribution of Caplanism to libertarian thought and argument is the observation that democracy, if sufficiently corrupted by the rich, might -- just might -- be tolerable.
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RIASSUNTO DI SALON
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Caplan's Tolerability Principle.
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Caplanism allows libertarians to embrace both Pinochet's Chile and the United States, without contradiction,
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PINOCHET
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Caplanism also frees libertarian scholars like Caplan himself from being embarrassed about the fact that almost all of them are paid, directly or indirectly, by a handful of angry, arrogant rich
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AL SOLDO DI KOKH
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Our squalid age of plutocratic democracy has found a thinker worthy of it…………………..
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"All publicity is good publicity,"
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Since when are the rich libertarian?
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Education leads to greater support for social liberalism
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Nozick did not defect from libertarianism
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is like claiming Milton Friedman or Gary Becker were fans of the welfare state because they thought anarchy would not work.
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Nozick moved slightly away from the views expressed in Anarchy, State and Utopia but in no way did he reject libertarianism).
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Professor Caplan's hostility to democracy and preference for plutocracy is refreshingly candid.
