Georgia election flap underscores our collective problem
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The Georgia debacle is a perfect example of the rolling collective action problem of our democracy. A collective action problem, simply put, is when there is a goal that would benefit everyone -- in this case, confidence in our machinery of democracy -- but the incentive structure for the individual players makes it impossible to cooperate to reach the goal.
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