marginalrevolution.com - 11/4/2008
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Most of what you do is for expressive value anyway, so you shouldn't feel guilty about voting, if indeed you vote. The people who think they are being instrumentally rational by not voting are probably deceiving themselves more. They are...
julescrittenden.com - 10/30/2008
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julescrittenden.com —
You know, all those sober-minded Beltway Obamacons have
me thinking. So far it's all been good race-baiting,...
lefty-smearing fun, but we've come to the point in the campaign where it is time to mull things over and make a serious decision. As Bill ...
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Why I’m Voting For Obama
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A Simple Thought
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Tyler Cowen shares this views on voting.
Opinionating the Vote #8
Opinionator —
If you voted today, did it matter? Tyler Cowan, the George Mason economist who blogs at Marginal Revolution, says that “both voting and not voting are motivated by the thought that you are better than other people.” He explains: Most of what you do is for expressive value anyway, so you shouldn’t feel guilty about voting, if indeed you vote. The people who think they are being instrumentally rational by not voting are probably deceiving themselves more. They are actually engaged in an even less transparent form of expressive behavior (protest against the voting system) and ...
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