Rationally Speaking #187 - Jason Weeden on "Do people vote based on self-interest?"
Jun 26, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
What determines which policies a person votes for? Is it their personality, their upbringing, blind loyalty to their political party? Or is it self-interest -- people voting for policies that will benefit themselves and the groups they belong to? This episode features psychologist Jason Weeden, arguing that self-interest is a much bigger determinant of voter behavior than most political scientists think it is. Jason and Julia talk about why researchers disagree over this question, and what "self-interest" even means.
