[EM] IIA Theory

[Markus Schulze]

Dear Tom,
dear David,

Tom wrote (8 Oct 1999):
> 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.

William H. Riker died in 1993.

Markus Schulze