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rational irrationality: a standalone construct

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Political economy

the idea that voters, who bear almost no personal cost for mistaken political beliefs, indulge preferred but false beliefs rather than simply staying uninformed.

In political economy, rational irrationality refers to the idea that voters, who bear almost no personal cost for mistaken political beliefs, indulge preferred but false beliefs rather than simply staying uninformed. This meaning comes from Caplan (2001) in Kyklos.[1]

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  1. Caplan, B. (2001). Rational Ignorance versus Rational Irrationality. Kyklos, 54(1), 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6435.00138

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