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Bryan Caplan

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Bryan Douglas Caplan (born 8 April 1971) is an American economist and author. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University and the author ofThe Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies,[1] Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think,[2]The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money,[3] and Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration.[4]

Further reading

Caplan, Bryan (2010) An intellectual autobiography, in Walter Block (ed.) I Chose Liberty, Auburn: Ludwig von Mises Institute, pp. 73–82.

Galef, Julia (2019) The case for open borders (Bryan Caplan), Rationally Speaking, November 11.

Righetti, Luca & Fin Moorhouse (2021) Bryan Caplan on causes of poverty and the case for open borders, Hear This Idea, August 23.

Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2018) Economist Bryan Caplan thinks education is mostly pointless showing off. We test the strength of his case, 80,000 Hours, May 22.

Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2022) Bryan Caplan on why lazy parenting is actually OK, 80,000 Hours, April 5.
A wide-ranging interview with Bryan Caplan on parenting, education, open borders, philosophy, betting, and more.

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    Caplan, Bryan (2007) The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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    Caplan, Bryan (2018) The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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    Caplan, Bryan & Zach Weinersmith (2019) Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, New York: First Second.

Bryan Ca­plan on EA groups

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(www.econlib.org)

Bryan Ca­plan on pacifism

Vasco Grilo🔸Dec 9, 2023, 8:58 AM
10 points
4 comments7 min readEA link
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Book Re­view: Open Borders

Sam EnrightOct 10, 2021, 12:29 PM
19 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

Virtue vs Obli­ga­tion (The Ca­plan-Singer De­bate)

Noah TopperMay 9, 2023, 9:20 AM
28 points
4 comments16 min readEA link
(naivebayes.substack.com)

Anar­chist The­ory FAQ by Bryan Caplan

Vasco Grilo🔸May 15, 2024, 5:00 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(econfaculty.gmu.edu)

[Pod­cast] Bryan Ca­plan on Causes of Poverty and the Case for Open Borders

finmOct 7, 2021, 1:31 PM
23 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(hearthisidea.com)

The Tur­ing Test pod­cast is back with Bryan Ca­plan!

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸Apr 15, 2019, 8:35 PM
28 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Pod­cast: Bryan Ca­plan on open bor­ders, UBI, to­tal­i­tar­i­anism, AI, pan­demics, util­i­tar­i­anism and la­bor economics

Gus DockerFeb 22, 2022, 3:04 PM
22 points
0 comments45 min readEA link
(www.utilitarianpodcast.com)

The RCT Agenda—Bryan Caplan

Hugh PMar 13, 2024, 5:57 AM
7 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(substack.com)

[Question] I’m in­ter­view­ing Bryan Ca­plan. What should I ask him?

Robert_WiblinOct 13, 2023, 2:52 PM
19 points
23 comments1 min readEA link
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