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When confronted with this reality, political analysts and commentators often exclaim helplessness at the outcome, citing Kenneth Arrow??s “impossibility theorem” as a justification for using a flawed voting system. Arrow, a Stanford economist, won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his theorem explaining that no voting system could perfectly represent the preferences of a group of voters. According to the theorem, a perfectly representative voting system would create an outcome where the ranking of winners would align with voter preferences, unanimity would be respected, there would be no dictators, and irrelevant choices...
...begins by examining the history of voting theory, finding a rich tradition of discussion on the subject extending back to ancient times. Indeed, the narrative of voting philosophy flows through the French Revolution, finds an unlikely mouthpiece in author Lewis Carroll, and continues to 20th-century economist Kenneth Arrow??s famed “impossibility theorem.” The theorem, which roughly proves that no ranked voting system can be fair, had an enormous impact on democratic thought.But by amplifying the discussion, the theorem also led to consideration of various other voting methods. Poundstone evaluates these alternatives...
...skirts and roller skates along with the wearable ticket vest to turn the customers’ amusement into lucrative sales. Ruggiero, pending a provision for roller blades instead of roller skates, said of the plan, “I would do it in a heartbeat.”But Arrow??s total sales reached $31,366.65 to Kinetic’s $24,440.37, suggesting that Ruggiero should not have been so quick to jump on the idea. She was sent into the boardroom where a round of intense cross-firing would see her take the blame...
...ranks of underground stardom with the anti-mainstream anthem “Deception,” Blackalicious has gone on a solidly successful run. They dropped the afro-centric opus “Nia” in 2000, followed by their genre-bending breakthrough “Blazing Arrow?? in 2002. On “The Craft,” the two have branched out even further, leaving the straightforward hip-hop vibes of earlier work for the marshy turf somewhere between hip-hop, jazz, electronica, and funk, where Outkast’s Andre 3000 has built...
According to Vetters, this brand of clamshell platen press is no longer produced, and the Bow and Arrow??s is “probably over one hundred years...
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