Re: Median Voter and Sampling

2002-08-27 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 8/27/02 12:19:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 4. Cognitive limitations: I'm no expert, but my hunch is that many people are only willing to get worked up over a small # of issues - taxes, abortion, immigration, defense... and the dedicated might add their favorites like

Re: Median Voter and Sampling

2002-08-27 Thread Jacob W Braestrup
I may be mistaken here, but don't public choice economists talk about the concept of rational ignorance to explain how small, concentrated groups can gain large focused benefits while spreading the costs in tiny pieces across the broader population? They do - but it doesn't make

Re: how to eliminate unemployement

2002-08-27 Thread Bryan Caplan
Kevin Carson wrote: For an occupant, the incentive to build on one's own land would be the same as always. Since there would be no restriction on the right of the actual occupier of a piece of land to charge a price before quitting it Does quitting have to mean selling full title? It

Re: Celeb Pay-or-Homer's Insight

2002-08-27 Thread debacker
Several thoughts: 1) Might we be looking at the wrong profits when we see that a pop star is making millions and wonder why more don't enter the market? For the most part, it is the record campany (as you say) doing the hype for the star, they really make the performer (this is a phenomena

RE: Median Voter and Sampling

2002-08-27 Thread Brian Moore
4. is particularly persuasive. The old adage in politics is that if your goal is to find a candidate that you agree with on every issue, run. Otherwise voters have some beliefs held more deeply than others and accept that the politician who supports the view on taxation they prefer does other

Re: Median Voter and Sampling

2002-08-27 Thread john hull
--- fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4. Cognitive limitations: I'm no expert, but my hunch is that many people are only willing to get worked up over a small # of issues - taxes, abortion, immigration, defense... and the dedicated might add their favorites like gun control or