American Politics in the Age of Ignorance: Why Lawmakers Choose Belief over Research

American Politics in the Age of Ignoranc e looks at ten policy myths and bad ideas that governments and public officials - most often conservatives - consistently repeat and re-enact. Acting on these myths, the policies inevitably fail and thereby reinfor

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137308733

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137308733

American Politics in the Age of Ignorance: Why Lawmakers Choose Belief over Research David Schultz

DOI: 10.1057/9781137308733

american politics in the age of ignorance Copyright © David Schultz, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-30871-9 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–30873–3 PDF ISBN: 978-1-349-45612-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. First edition: 2013 www.palgrave.com/pivot doi: 10.1057/9781137308733

Contents List of Figures

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Introduction: If at First You Don’t Succeed…





States as Laboratories of Futility

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The Truth about Taxes—They Don’t