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Worryingly, I found myself agreeing with practically everything Nixon had to say in part I & II (on foreign policy) of this book. But in part III (domestic) I...
... Well, Warren, maybe that's because you know more about domestic policy :-) ... The argument is that foreign policy must be consistent. However, it's ...
UTILITARIAN VOTING AND ITS SPECIAL CASES: RANGE, EVALUATIVE AND APPROVAL VOTING CLAUDE HILLINGER PURPOSE The purpose of this contribution is to acquaint the...
... One of the comments that I have posted (which has not posted on his\ site yet, it is presumably still in his moderation queue): Thinking about the Academy...
... I appreciate that Mr. Hillinger took the trouble to post this here, for I, certainly, read it with interest. I'm going to focus in this response on...
(I attempted to post this on his blog. It is too long.) ... there is no perfect election system. --While I do not wish to claim that range voting is...
Thank you Claude Hillinger for that essay. Is it ok if I re-post this essay on the RangeVoting.org website (with credit to you as author of course)?...
I pretty much entirely agree with Hillinger's essay. Indeed, Hillinger's essay explains a few things I did not understand, such as why the heck people keep...
The 1904 Olympics (held in St Louis) and the 1900 Olympics (Paris) already chose gymnastics winners via some kind of point system with a restricted range of ...
Good job! When people get sucked in by badly thought out "reforms" it can make it harder to enact good reforms. If RR wasn't so dishonest, I would just ignore...
Data from Chicago Council on Foreign Relations 1995 polls of both the public and "America's opinion leaders", and Pew+Times Mirror poll data (1997 & 1993) of ...
... belong-the-victors/ ... --agree, but deceptively says Polk(dem) was a slaveowner without mentioning Clay also was. ... Wikipedia: "However, Taylor won...
... It made is clearer for me. ... That's a political decision, unless we want to remain in the crowd of frustrated election theorists who never see their...
I left a very brief reply. Haughton has moderation enabled. We'll see if the comment appears. It was brief, to the point, polite, and definitely not "shrill."...
... Actually, for FairVote to use weasel words is unusual. They normally just assert what they want people to believe. Nuanced writing? Richie must have been...
I've recently been trying to learn about economics. I recommend this book: Handbook of Mathematical Economics, 4 volumes, North-Holland/Elsevier. it costs...
... The referenced article ( http://www.fairvote.org/blog/index.php/2007/08/30/to-the-spoilers-belong-the-victors/ ) was authred by 'Paul', who presumably is...
my response to http://bluenc.com/open-thread%3A-still-hot-edition#comment-64774 Mr Anderson-Connolly Submitted by abdlomax on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 12:01pm. Mr...
... There is also the problem that they don't actually care. Extreme capitalism assumes that everyone only looks out for themselves. Extreme socialism assumes...
... Holland/Elsevier. ... to ... economists... ... an ... Why not a social choice based economy where each person submits her preferences regarding what she...
Raphfrk you make some fine points, but I'm going to be a theorist and not practical here. I.e. if you say "the government doesn't care, and that is a big ...
... Sounds pretty complex. I am also not sure it would actually be utilitarian. Also, what use is money in this situation :)? I suppose that it is still a...
The page is http://rangevoting.org/SPRates.html ... ballot. People will tell you in Australia those are two huge factors for its rate -- a lot of people are...
Actually, the Marriage Problem is a nice setting which is a special case of certain economic models. It was the start of my thinking. See the following puzzle...
Loose Nukes: Warheads in the Sky NY Times 5 sept 2007 By MIKE NIZZA A U.S. Air Force B-52 took off last week with five or six nuclear warheads aboard, and no...
... Well, I care about X can be expressed as something like: U(E) = a*UX(E) + (1-a)*UM(E) Where 0<a<=1 UX(E) = X's utility UM(E) = my 'native' utility Anyway,...
... her ... what ... certain ... and ... property ... be a ... amount of ... suppose ... I think any viable economy has to have money as a means of exchange ...
