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26 Feb 2020 Conversations with Tyler Garett Jones on Democracy (More or Less)
“I picked that because it’s not outside the range of plausibility, and because I think people would instantly understand what it accomplishes — not because it has the highest payoff, but because it balances payoff with plausibility in a democracy.”
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- Garett Jones
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- 26 Feb 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…For the United States, what is the most effective way, in your view, that you would want us to have 10 percent less democracy? What’s the one thing you would change? I would change the House of Representatives to a six-year term. I picked that because it’s not outside the range of plausibility, and because I think people would instantly understand what it accomplishes — not because it has the highest payoff, but because it balances payoff with plausibility in a democracy. And you would still have them elected all together at the same time, or you would stagger it?…
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