[EM] Re: IIA Theory

[Tom Round]

Actually, only today I read in the "New Republic" on-line (at
http://magazines.enews.com/magazines/tnr/current/coverstory102599.html) a
reference to "the late William Riker", in a article discussing Rational
Choice theory generally. So -- unless TNR was talking about the
Enterprise's first officer -- I assume the author of "Liberalism Against
Populism" has slowed down to zero ... Tom.

At 01:59 PM 10/8/99 +1000, you wrote:
>On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Craig Carey wrote:
>
>> If Mr Saari is a proponent of Borda, then he's at about where
>>  I was in the 1st week of my researches. So he is protected
>>  because people won't spend time on him. What is done about
>>  the missing preferences. I suppose the final decider is 
>>  what US schools do or whatever.
>
>Saari is, more or less, the US hegemony in voting theory at the moment,
>the darling of Scientific American and popular mathematics mags while some
>of the "old troops" in the person of Riker, etc. are slowing down.