Rational ignorance and beyond

Collective Wisdom: Principles and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 290-318

  Mackie, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511846427.013     Document Type: Chapter

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