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Feb 19, 2025

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The Democratic Potential of Jury Selection in Closed List SystemsIn the realm of electoral systems, closed-list proportional representation often faces criticism for being less democratic than open-list…
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3d ago
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poverty in the u.s.a.sure, america is rich. but a lot of people love to argue that this doesn’t really matter when it comes to the quality of life for the…
Feb 5
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Feb 5
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a georgist rationalist constitutionwe, the people of the united states, establish this constitution to secure individual liberty, mutual prosperity, and just governance…
Jan 31
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Jan 31
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Voters Are the Problem — Why Juries Should Decide ElectionsIn an era of unprecedented information fragmentation, our democracy faces existential challenges. From the 1950s through the 1980s, when…
Jan 21
Jan 21
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the schöntrup index: a more nuanced measure of economic inequalitypronunciation: “shurn-trup” — the ‘ö’ sounds like the ‘u’ in “burn”, and the ‘up’ sounds like “oop” in “troop”
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Jan 13
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land value tax discussion with jeremiah johnsonJeremiah Johnson once commented to me that he felt land value tax (l.v.t.) has not just neutral but negative deadweight loss, in…
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Jan 9
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Abolishing Public Parking: The Economic CaseThe economic inefficiencies of in-kind government benefits are well-documented. One of the most egregious examples is public parking. By…
Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
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Market Equitism: A New Approach to Freedom and EqualityEconomic inequality is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. The gap between the rich and the poor has been widening in many…
Nov 2, 2024
Nov 2, 2024
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Expansionist Free Equitism: A Manifesto for Rational ProgressThe stakes could not be higher. We stand at a crossroads between a future of unprecedented human flourishing and a descent into…
Oct 27, 2024
Oct 27, 2024
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ticketshere’s something i wrote and sent to my management when i was a software engineer at live nation in april of 2008, prior to their merger…
Sep 3, 2024
Sep 3, 2024
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israel factsno, israel isn’t occupying the west bank.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGxC3yK_6MQ
Jul 6, 2024
Jul 6, 2024
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A Response to “The case against STAR voting”Aishiki Nag’s recent attack on STAR Voting in The Daily Emerald contains numerous factual errors and invalid conclusions. Properly…
Apr 30, 2024
Apr 30, 2024
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the death of majoritarianismescaping the subjectivity trap
Feb 11, 2024
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Feb 11, 2024
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the proportional representation fallacyimagine the simplest conceivable proportional representation scenario. the electorate is divided into 3 equally-sized ideologically…
Jan 13, 2024
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Jan 13, 2024
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maximinone common mistaken anti-utilitarian argument is that the social welfare function ought to be max-min.
Nov 30, 2023
Nov 30, 2023
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proportional representationimagine a theoretical society comprised of 1/3rd left, center, and right factions, electing 300 representatives to the legislature. in a…
Nov 28, 2023
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Nov 28, 2023
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tax bracketsconsider the following table of tax rates.
Sep 9, 2023
Sep 9, 2023
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election by jury
Aug 24, 2023
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Aug 24, 2023
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against subsidized housingthe correct amount of subsidized housing (or “affordable” housing) is zero. there are a number of reasons for this, but here are the most…
Apr 30, 2022
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Apr 30, 2022
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Tactical IRVBackground
May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022

public policy

The Democratic Potential of Jury Selection in Closed List Systems

In the realm of electoral systems, closed-list proportional representation often faces criticism for being less democratic than open-list…

poverty in the u.s.a.

sure, america is rich. but a lot of people love to argue that this doesn’t really matter when it comes to the quality of life for the…

a georgist rationalist constitution

we, the people of the united states, establish this constitution to secure individual liberty, mutual prosperity, and just governance…

Voters Are the Problem — Why Juries Should Decide Elections

In an era of unprecedented information fragmentation, our democracy faces existential challenges. From the 1950s through the 1980s, when…

the schöntrup index: a more nuanced measure of economic inequality

pronunciation: “shurn-trup” — the ‘ö’ sounds like the ‘u’ in “burn”, and the ‘up’ sounds like “oop” in “troop”

land value tax discussion with jeremiah johnson

Jeremiah Johnson once commented to me that he felt land value tax (l.v.t.) has not just neutral but negative deadweight loss, in…

Abolishing Public Parking: The Economic Case

The economic inefficiencies of in-kind government benefits are well-documented. One of the most egregious examples is public parking. By…

Market Equitism: A New Approach to Freedom and Equality

Economic inequality is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. The gap between the rich and the poor has been widening in many…

Expansionist Free Equitism: A Manifesto for Rational Progress

The stakes could not be higher. We stand at a crossroads between a future of unprecedented human flourishing and a descent into…

tickets

here’s something i wrote and sent to my management when i was a software engineer at live nation in april of 2008, prior to their merger…

israel facts

no, israel isn’t occupying the west bank. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGxC3yK_6MQ

A Response to “The case against STAR voting”

Aishiki Nag’s recent attack on STAR Voting in The Daily Emerald contains numerous factual errors and invalid conclusions. Properly…

the death of majoritarianism

escaping the subjectivity trap

the proportional representation fallacy

imagine the simplest conceivable proportional representation scenario. the electorate is divided into 3 equally-sized ideologically…

maximin

one common mistaken anti-utilitarian argument is that the social welfare function ought to be max-min.

proportional representation

imagine a theoretical society comprised of 1/3rd left, center, and right factions, electing 300 representatives to the legislature. in a…

tax brackets

consider the following table of tax rates.

election by jury

against subsidized housing

the correct amount of subsidized housing (or “affordable” housing) is zero. there are a number of reasons for this, but here are the most…

Tactical IRV

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