I think your question is a good one but not so sure about chalking our woes up to ignorance in the voting booth If economics is like most academic disciplines

I think your question is a good one but not so sure about chalking our woes up to ignorance in the voting booth If economics is like most academic disciplines it likely has its share of pathological incentive structures, genuflection to special interests, overpromising, for instance And not sure we should expect to find a comprehensive answer to a question like "why is our system the way it is" in a single unambiguous sentence or cause