Caplan in the Media

Media Coverage

• Democratic Disappointment." National Post. August 30, 2008.
• "The Tyranny of the Dimwitted." The Globe and Mail. August 6, 2008.
• "Cheer Up - These Are the Good Old Days." Boston Globe. July 23, 2008.
• "The Myth of the Rational Voter." Economic Affairs. June, 2008.
• "Buecher: Top Ten England Und USA." Financial Times Deutschland. March 7, 2008.
• "The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies." Perspectives on Politics. March 2008.
• "Democracies and Ignorant Voters Make for Bad Policies." Shanghai Daily. March 1, 2008.
• "A Swing and a Myth: A Review of Caplan's The Myth of the Rational Voter." Public Choice. January, 2008.
• "Reasonable Doubt." Harvard Political Review Online. January 25, 2008.
• "Your Brain on Politics." Greater Good. Winter 2007-2008.
• "The Year in Books." Financial Times. December 8, 2007.
• "Democracy and Other Failures." Region Focus. Summer, 2007.
• "Out of the Semi-Dark Age: Let Rationality Reign." Vancouver Sun. September 29, 2007.
• "Stupid, Ignorant, or Biased?" Walter Williams. September 19, 2007.
• "Which Kind of Economics?" The American Prospect. August 13, 2007.
• "Too Uninformed to Vote? Well..." Chicago Tribune. August 2, 2007.
• "Economic Illiteracy." John Stossel. August 1, 2007.
• "The Voters Speak: Baaa!" The New York Times. July 30, 2007.
• "The Devil in Democracy." Financial Times. July 28, 2007.
• "The Myth of Bryan Caplan's Seriousness." The American Prospect. July 20, 2007.
• "Casting a Ballot With a Certain Cast of Mind." Wall Street Journal. July 10, 2007.
• "Fractured Francise: Are the Wrong People Voting?" The New Yorker. July 9, 2007.
• "How the Ballot Box Left the Brain Behind." The Telegraph. July 7, 2007.
• "Turn of the Ballot." Mint. June 23, 2007.
• "Vote for Me, Dimwit." The Economist. June 14, 2007.
• "A Democracy of Dunces?" The Freeman. June 1, 2007.
• "Clueless." The New York Times Magazine. May 27, 2007.
• "Who's Afraid of Democracy?" In These Times. May 25, 2007.
• Early Coverage

Media Appearances

• "The Amy Oliver Show." KFKA. October 27, 2009.
• "Wall St. Shuffle." KFXR. July 20, 2009.
• "The Shad Olson Show." KOTA. October 17, 2008.
• "The Brain Storm." October 13, 2008.
• "20/20." ABC. October 10, 2008.
• "Chip Franklin." KOGO. October 9, 2008.
• CTV. September 29, 2008.
• "The Current." CBC Radio. September 10, 2008.
• "Avi Nelson." WRKO. July 26, 2008.
• "WTOP News." WTOP. May 28. 2008.
• "On the Economy with Tom Keene." Bloomberg Radio. May 9, 2008.
• "Neil Cavuto." Fox Business. May 8, 2008.
• "Bob Grant Show." KABC. April 1, 2008.
• "The Myth of the Rational Voter." SXSW Interactive. March 8, 2008.
• "Newscope with Mike Fitzsimmons." KXLY. February 25, 2008.
• "The Bryant Parks Project." NPR. January 17, 2008.
• "The Dave Congleton Show." KVEC. December 11, 2007.
• "The Bryan Suits Show." KVI. October 16, 2007.
• "Are Voters Irrational?: An Interview With Economist Bryan Caplan." The Intrepid Liberal. October 14, 2007.
• "The Liberated Space." Syndicated. September 27, 2007.
• "America Back on Track With Tony Seton." QNN. September 19, 2007.
• "With Good Reason." VFH Radio. September 8, 2007.
• "News Forum Now." WNBC. August 22, 2007.
• "The Mike Rosen Show." KOA. August 20, 2007.
• "Town Hall Ohio." WTVN. August 19, 2007.
• "Conversations with Joy Cardin." WPR. August 14, 2007.
• "Silly Voters: The Brian Lehrer Show." WNYC. August 8, 2007.
• "Cato Book Forum: The Myth of the Rational Voter." C-SPAN, to be aired.
• "The Bob Davis Show." Part 1. Part 2. KSTP. July 16, 2007.
• "Culture Shocks with Barry Lynn." Syndicated. July 10, 2007.
• "Sloan Ranger Show." WGNU. July 3, 2007
• "The Myth of the Rational Voter." ABC Radio National (Australia). July 2, 2007.
• "Irrational Politics and Free Trade." CSPAN2. July 2, 2007.
• "Caplan on the Myth of the Rational Voter." EconTalk. June 25, 2007.
• "On the Economy with Tom Keene." Bloomberg Radio. June 20, 2007.
• "'The Myth of the Rational Voter' by Bryan Caplan." Bloggingheads.tv. May 30, 2007.
• "Real Politics Live." RNN. May 28, 2007.
• "Night Waves." BBC Radio 3. May 21, 2007.
• "Taxpayers League Live with David Strom." WWTC. May 19, 2007.
• "Thinking Allowed: The Rational Voter." BBC Radio 4. May 2, 2007.
• "What Should Be a Culture of Enterprise in An Age of Globalization?" Cato Institute. March 29, 2007.
• "Caplan on Discrimination and Labor Markets." EconTalk. December 4, 2006.

Interviews and Op-Eds

• "The Breeder's Cup." The Wall Street Journal June 19-20, 2010.
• "Good and Bad News on Parenting" The Chronicle of Higher Education. January 23, 2009.
• "What If the Median Voter Were a Failing Student"? The Economists' Voice. September, 2008.
• "The 18-Cent Solution." New York Times. May 8, 2008.
• "5 Myths About Our Ballot-Box Behavior." Washington Post. January 6, 2008.
• "The Kids These Days: A Bright Future for Economic Literacy?" History News Network. October 8, 2007.
• "Bryan Caplan's The Myth of the Rational Voter." Distributed Republic. June 26, 2007.
• "Dumbocracy in America." TCS Daily. June 20, 2007.
• "Special Interest Secret." Wall Street Journal. May 12, 2007.

Satire

• "How My Graphic Novel Got Me on C-SPAN: The Graphic Novel."