1. Interview with Matt Kahn on urban economics and American cities.
2. Single transferable vote for the Oscars.
3. Will Richard Posner send him to jail?
4. Japanese man marries virtual bride from dating game.
5. The Russ Roberts Keynes vs. Hayek rap video.
6. It's less painful to just rip the band-aid off than to pull it slowly.
#3 “He then called an end to the proceeding, with the ruling to follow at the court’s pleasure — probably quickly if fast-typing Judge Posner writes it.†
#6 “Ripping a Band-Aid off quickly causes less pain than pulling it away from the skin in a slow two-second tug.†
So don’t procrastinate when consigning Fast-Eddy Alderman to the Sin Bin.
Re #3: I hope MR readers know that when former Alderman Edward Vrdolyak is referred to as “Cicero Republican” this means Cicero, Illinois, a part of Cook County. The place was indirectly named for the great Roman senator Marcus Tullius Cicero but in no way is Vrdolyak a “Ciceronian Republican.”
Quick Correction: The Oscars are using an Alternative Vote (AV) voting system, not the Single Transferable Vote (STV) voting system. The difference is that STV is used in multi-member districts where there is more than one winner that is being elected. AV, on the other hand, is used in single-member districts where the voting process seeks to select a single winner that holds a majority of the electorates’ preferences. Therefore, the Oscars are using the AV voting system, not the STV system.
Actually, AV (or IRV, if you prefer) is the single-winner case of STV. So the Oscars use AV, IRV, or (single-winner) STV.
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