Episode 290: Loan Forgiveness and Lying to Pollsters

We discuss two topics in-depth this week: student loan forgiveness and lying to pollsters. There’s an interesting technique for distinguishing between what voters say they believe and what they actually believe, and there’s a recent poll that uses this technique in asking people about their attitudes toward controversial topics.

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Quick Hits

https://reason.com/2022/08/29/what-americans-think-about-marijuana-in-2022/

Foolishness of the Week

https://reason.com/2022/08/25/ben-shapiro-podcast-movement-harm-done-twitter/

Topic of the Week

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59153bc0e6f2e109b2a85cbc/t/62fd07b49271c657d243505d/1660749762686/

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