The Logic of Collective Belief:

Lots of people vote for protection who prefer the effect of free trade, but only a few vote for free trade who prefer the effect of protection. (Figure 1-2) The political scales tilt out of balance; the winning platform is too protectionist. ... On an island with two people, the ideologue's material cost of hewing to his false precepts can be ... ................
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