Bryan Caplan

Bryan Caplan

Bryan Caplan (born 1971) is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He received his B.S. in economics from University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. His professional work has been devoted to the philosophies of libertarianism and free-market capitalism and anarchism (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 with Arnold Kling, and occasionally has been a guest blogger at Marginal Revolution with two of his colleagues at George Mason, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok. He is an [http://www.cato.org/people/bryan-caplan Adjunct Scholar] of the Cato 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 of public 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 economist Donald 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]

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* [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 on EconTalk
* [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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