Voting: Liberty Fund Conference

Have it at the Univesity of Chicago, in Hyde Park near a bad neighborhood, for Chicago corruption.

Readings:

Choose only interesting readings. 

Boss, Mike Royko.

Maxim Lott  Substack on the value of a vote

Lords of the Levee, excerpt.

George Washington Plunkett's book on Tammany Hall.

"Voting Methods," The Stanford Dictionary of Philosophy

Brennan, J., 2016, “The ethics and rationality of voting,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2016 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2016/entries/voting/>.

Christiano, T., “Democracy,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2008/entries/democracy/>.

That MIT-StanfordAbsentee voting report

Coleman,J. and J. Ferejohn, 1986, “Democracy and social choice,” Ethics, 97(1): 6–25.

Morreau, M., 2014, “Arrow’s theorem,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2016 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2016/entries/arrows-theorem/>.

Caplan, B., 2007, The Myth of the Rational Voter, Princeton: Princeton University Press. Excerpt

Hill, L., 2002, “On the Reasonableness of Compelling Citizens to Vote: The Australian Case”, Political Studies, 50: 80–101.

• "Strategy and Manipulation in Medieval Elections," Sara L. Uckelman1 & Joel Uckelman

• [Revival of Democracy in Italian Medieval City-Republics," in Mathematical Theory of Democracy (2013).

• How the World Votes: The Story of Democratic Development in Elections, Charles Seymour, Donald Paige Frary · 1918).

• Hasen, R.L., 2000, “Vote Buying”, California Law Review, 88: 1323–1371

• some chapters from Riker's The Art of Political Manipulation

Sessions: 1. Voting in ancient times. 2. Voting in the middle ages 3. Voting methods-- rnaked choice, etc. 4. Absentee ballots 5. How difficult should it be to vote? 6. Suffrage-- who should vote?

People: The mix should be carefully considered. 15 total: Organizer Rasmusen, Liberty fund guy to be chosen

Baude, William, Chicago Law professor. Interesting guy, young. Bopp, James, Indiana bigtime lawyer, general counsel for National Right to Life Brennan, author of Stanford encyclopedia voting article Buckley, Frank**, Interesting guy. Caplan, Bryan** Easterbrook, Frank** Interesting guy. Eggers, Andrew**, Chicago poli sci professor Ferejohn, John Ginsburg, Thomas, Chicago law professor, interesting guy. Hirshleifer, David, USC Finance professor, interesting guy Leavitt, Steve, Chicago econ professor. Interesting guy. Lott, Maxim** Myerson, Roger Posner, Eric** Rahe, Paul, Hillsdale history professor, interesting guy. Shepsle, Ken** Alt, James** Maskin, Eric** Florida: whoever is in charge of elections there Harmeet Dhillon, California bigtime lawyer, one of Trump's chief legal advisers. Stewart, Charles, Stanford Law professor Trump, Eric, Donald Trump's son, political figure. Vance, J.D. . Interesting guy. Rokita , Todd** Houchin, Erin**, Beckwith, Micah**, Jake Pleshka (junior guy). Interesting guy, young. Silver, Nate, of 538 Rasmusen, Eric, organizer

  Other politicians or election officials associated with the nitty gritty of voting, harvesting, and fraud.