Futurama on Public Choice
This clip from Season 2 of Futurama captures several important public choice concept including the Median Voter Theorem and rational ignorance. These are common public choice concepts that have been discussed on this blog before. Yet again, we see that economics is pervasive in our lives including our cartoons. (HT: Art Carden)
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