Aleatoric Democracy

Bruno Frey and Margit Osterloh

No 6229, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized, as they seemingly do not guarantee that all parts of the population have an adequate voice in the established political process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly forgotten procedure to overcome this deficit: Aleatoric Democracy based on a combination of voting and random decisions. By using random mechanisms the interests of the whole population are considered. Persons and ideas, being so far disregarded, are taken into account. Democracy becomes vivid and creative, and does not run the danger of being entrenched.

Keywords: democracy; right to vote; lot; random; aleatoric; silent majority (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B10 D70 D78 H10 N40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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