Power of Mathematical Thinking: From Newton's Laws to Elections and the Economy

No Fair Election Rule? Arrow's Theorem (1x13)

: 01, 2010

Explore Arrow's impossibility theorem, which is often summarized as "no voting rule is fair." But is that depiction correct? Dr. Saari shows how the conditions of Arrow's theorem can be modified in small ways to remove paradoxical outcomes and make elections more equitable.