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Bryan Caplan

Дата рождения: April 08, 1971 – Northridge, California, United States

Bryan Caplan is an American economist and writer known for work on public choice, political economy, immigration, education, and family economics. A professor at George Mason University, he wrote The Myth of the Rational Voter, The Case Against Education, and Open Borders, shaping popular and policy debates with a distinctly libertarian perspective.

Биография и Путь Автора

Bryan Caplan built his career at the intersection of economics, philosophy, and public argument. Born in 1971, he studied economics at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1993, and earned a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1997. In his own intellectual autobiography, he describes an early turning point in high school, when reading Ayn Rand and later libertarian writers pushed him toward big questions about politics, markets, and human behavior. Another formative step came through the Institute for Humane Studies, where he met Tyler Cowen before joining George Mason University in 1997, the institution where he would spend his academic career and later become professor of economics. ((https://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/cv.html))

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Цитаты

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Good conversation is an exchange
-How I Raised My Social Intelligence
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More people make the world a better place
-My Fourth Statement
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We value intellectual progress over emotional comfort
-You Don't Understand Our Culture
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Instead, they should listen to me
-My Guidelines for Government
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The Internet is an amazing tool that you can use for good or ill
-I Started Blogging 20 Years Ago Today
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At risk of sounding like an arrogant American, child beggars are the shame of India
-Reflections on India
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Voting is talk, not action
-My Profound Understanding of Human Nature
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My reason is simple: People go mad during presidential election years – and I refuse to be part of the madness
-My Social Media Hiatus

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