Summary Accidental Politicians How Randomly Selected Legislators Improve arxiv.org
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Introducing randomly selected legislators can enhance efficiency in lawmaking and improve social welfare in Parliament.
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- Randomly selecting independent legislators can increase the efficiency of a Parliament in terms of the number of laws passed and average social welfare obtained.
- Legislators can be represented as points on a diagram based on personal gain and social gain.
- The use of randomly selected legislators can improve the efficiency of a parliament by assigning random x-coordinates to proposed acts and approving or rejecting them based on voting points.
- A Parliament without independent legislators is inefficient, with an average efficiency of 0.57.
- The efficiency of a Parliament increases with the number of independent legislators until it reaches a maximum at 140, then decreases.
- There is an optimal percentage of independent legislators that maximizes efficiency.
- The iron law of oligarchy states that all forms of organization, including democratic ones, inevitably become oligarchies.
- In representative democracy, party elites often serve themselves and the party at the expense of the public interest.
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Introducing randomly selected legislators in a Parliament can improve efficiency in terms of laws passed and social welfare.
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This article explores the potential benefits of randomly selecting legislators in a Parliament. The authors argue that introducing a variable percentage of randomly selected independent legislators can increase the efficiency of a Legislature in terms of the number of laws passed and the average social welfare obtained. They
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This article discusses the potential benefits of randomly selecting legislators in a Parliament. The authors argue that introducing a variable percentage of randomly selected independent legislators can increase the efficiency of a Legislature in terms of the number of laws passed and the average social welfare obtained. They
Legislators can be represented as points on a diagram, with personal gain on the x-axis and social gain on the y-axis. The diagram is based on one proposed by Carlo M. Cipolla in 1976. The goal of the
The text discusses the use of randomly selected legislators in improving the efficiency of a parliament. The proposed acts are assigned random x-coordinates, which vary for each legislator or party. The acts are approved or rejected based on whether the voting point falls within
The simulation results for a Parliament with 500 members distributed into two parties, P1 and P2, show that a Parliament without independent legislators is inefficient. The average efficiency of the Parliament is 0.57. On the other hand, a Parliament
The efficiency of a Parliament with only independent members is quite small, similar to a Parliament with 0% independent legislators. Abolishing parties altogether does not seem to provide any particular benefit. The efficiency of a Parliament with two parties is affected by the
The efficiency of a Parliament increases with the number of independent legislators until it reaches a maximum at 140, then decreases. There is an optimal percentage of independent legislators that maximizes efficiency. The role of independent legislators is more decisive when parties are authoritarian,
The excerpt discusses the optimal number of independent legislators in a Parliament and how random selection can improve the efficiency of a legislative body. The equation (N - Nind) - pNind/N = +1/100(4/p) - 4
The iron law of oligarchy states that all forms of organization, including democratic ones, inevitably become oligarchies. In representative democracy, this process is institutionalized, with party elites serving themselves and the party at the expense of the public interest. Members
The text excerpt includes a list of references and sources that were used in the study. These include books, articles, and software. Some of the key references mentioned include "The Social Atom" by Buchanan, "Statistical Physics of Social Dynamics" by