Suppose That Residents of a Town Are Asked to Vote

question 223

Multiple Choice

Suppose that residents of a town are asked to vote on the best day to improve the safety of an intersection. The three choices are: a stoplight, a 4-way stop, and a 2-way stop. The mayor asks the residents to assign 3 points to their first choice, 2 points to their second choice, and 1 point to their last choice. The intersection will be controlled by the method that receives the most points. This voting scheme is called

• A)Arrow's impossibility theorem.
• B)the Condorcet paradox.
• C)a Borda count.
• D)the median voter theorem.

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Definitions:

Inclusive Unionism

The policy, pursued by industrial unions, in which a union attempts to include every worker in a given industry so as to be able to restrict the entire industry’s labor supply and thereby raise wages. Compare with exclusive unionism.

Industrial Unions

Labor unions that organize workers across a wide range of occupations within a single industry.

Monopsonist

A monopsonist is a market condition where there is only one buyer facing many sellers, allowing the buyer to exert significant control over prices.

Monopsonistic Employer

An employer who has significant control over the labor market and is the only or dominant buyer of labor, allowing them to influence wages and employment conditions.