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Open access Aug 2026

Rational Ignorance and the Instrumentalist Case for Epistocracy

Political power is one of the few forms of consequential authority granted without any test of competence, an asymmetry democracy leaves largely unexamined.This paper argues that this asymmetry cannot be sustained once the mechanics of rational ignorance are taken seriously. Drawing on Anthony Downs’ theory of rational...

A. Budden · 0 citations

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