If it is true that the underlying psychological dimension of openness to experience and also conscientiousness, if those are what underlie political choices, then the answer is yes. I'm interested in occupational choices. You've probably thought about this. If you look at dentists, they're pretty republican. Doctors lean heavily democratic. Motel owners lean republican or conservative. But innkeepers lean democratic or livertwhy do we see these regularities? What are they showinga wellti?"
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on morality, politics, disgust, how to maintain free speech on campus, the enriching effects of LSD, antiparsimonialism, and why economists set all the interesting variables to zero.
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