Read This: The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

 The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies by Bryan Caplan was released back in 2007. A writer from the New York Times stated this book was "The best political book this year.". 

This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering assessment in this provocative and eye-opening book. Caplan argues that voters continually elect politicians who either share their biases or else pretend to, resulting in bad policies winning again and again by popular demand.