Table of Contents:
  • Preface: "Just follow the science"
  • Expertise corrupted
  • Elites and expert culture
  • The misuse of expertise
  • Explaining the abuse of expertise
  • Misunderstanding populism
  • Populist habits of mind
  • Expertise in policy
  • Much ado about misinformation
  • Merchants of overconfidence
  • The closing of the elite mind
  • Conclusion: Giving political judgment a chance.