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In his speech in the House of Commons on Nov. 11, 1947, Winston Churchill pronounced the famous dictum: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Churchill was and is still right. Fundamental problems remain even within the best existing democracies. Hans Gersbach designs democratic systems better able to prevent the latter developments.
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Gersbach, H. (2017). Redesigning democracy: More ideas for better rules. New York: Springer.
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Bernholz, P. (2019). Peter Bernholz Recommends “Redesigning Democracy: More Ideas for Better Rules” by Hans Gersbach. In: Frey, B., Schaltegger, C. (eds) 21st Century Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17740-9_5
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