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Thanksgiving Reading

Posted in Business, Microeconomics, Nature, Politics, Technology, tagged , , , , on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

So many fascinating economic issues, so little time to blog. Here are some of the fun items that I would have discussed in recent days if I had infinite time: How OpenTable uses its market power. Over at Incanto, Mark Pastore describes how OpenTable uses its dominant position in online restaurant reservations to get as much [...]

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The Feud over the 2009 Burlington Mayoral Election

Posted in Politics, tagged , on September 19, 2010 | 18 Comments »

In March 2009, Burlington Vermont used a non-traditional system of voting—Instant Runoff Voting—to select its mayor. The voters returned the incumbent, Progressive Bob Kiss, to the mayor’s office and, in so doing, set off a surprisingly fierce debate among advocates for voting reform. Some tout the Burlington results as a success for Instant Runoff Voting, [...]

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What’s the Best Voting System?

Posted in Politics, tagged on July 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Last February I highlighted a New Yorker piece about instant runoff voting (IRV) in awarding the Oscar for Best Picture. (Kudos to author Hendrik Hertzberg for correctly predicting the winner: The Hurt Locker.) As I said at the time, I think elections to public office would benefit from IRV as well: Why? Because it eliminates [...]

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Instant Runoff Voting Awards the Oscar

Posted in Politics, tagged on February 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »

As even the most casual film buff knows by now, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expanded the field of nominees for Best Picture. This year ten films have been nominated for the Oscar, up from five in recent years. Nominees include Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, the Blind Side, [...]

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