Weighted Voting

Summary of the overarching premise and consideration of potential long-term implications.

A look at the proposed test structure, followed by the approximately 100 most important political issues.

Analysis of how weighted voting relates to selectorate theory

A deep dive into personal income taxes. The goal is to show that we can significantly increase our understanding of specific issues with a modest time investment.

A look at the long-term likely societal implications of not adopting weighted voting.

Presentation of listener questions and feedback, along with responses.

Prior episodes focused primarily on how the benefits of weighted voting more than offset the disadvantages. This episode changes direction by instead focusing on how to gain buy-in by both politicians and the general population.

Review of the numerous societal, political, and economic changes we would expect as a result of weighted voting becoming a reality.

address questions and comments about both the overall weighted voting process and episode formatting received through September 15, 2021.

Deep dive into whether the overall premise would likely result in discrimination toward disadvantaged socioeconomic and/or ethnic groups.