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Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective decision making, on the other hand, can be surprisingly acc

Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective decision making, on the other hand, can be surprisingly acc

This monumental study is a comprehensive critical survey of the policy preferences of the American public, and will be the definitive work on American public op