Why Not Parliamentarism?

There are different ways voters can be rational or not

The rationality hypothesis works sufficiently well for some types of choices, terribly for others

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The illusory pragmatism of the ‘pick-a-side’ crowd

In times of political polarization, it is hard not to pick a side.

Jan 2 • 

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December 2024

Presidentialism is like a car-boat

It might even sound like a good idea to some people until it faces reality

Dec 17, 2024 • 

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The presidential "popular mandate" is a fiction and everyone knows it

We just refuse to acknowledge it

Dec 8, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Parliamentarism and Economic Freedom (part 2)

Checking the empirical literature

Nov 13, 2024 • 

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Parliamentarism and Economic Freedom

Addressing a surprising gap in the book

Nov 4, 2024 • 

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The poverty of the case for presidents

Nobody cares to ask "Why Presidentialism?"

Nov 3, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Why advocate for parliamentarism?

Digging the well before we are thirsty

Jun 30, 2024 • 

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February 2024

The imperative of growth

My first post not about parliamentarism

Feb 27, 2024 • 

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April 2023

How malapportionment hurts parliaments (and democracies)

Malapportionment is such a hardly used word that the spellchecker is screaming at me every time I write it.

Apr 12, 2023 • 

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July 2022

Update: Bad controls everywhere

Update: the authors have clarified that not including State Capacity or GDP related variables does not change the direction of the presidential…

Jul 15, 2022 • 

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March 2022

On proportional versus majoritarian representation

I'm not a specialist in voting systems.

Mar 7, 2022 • 

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