One of the instructors told me they used to do a study of Alberta in an econ class here in Red Deer.
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One of the instructors told me they used to do a study of Alberta in an econ class here in Red Deer.
Analyzed history, incomes, resource revenues, expenses, growth, etc as an econ class should.
Had the kids use that data and think about future plans and political parties and who would do the things they wanted to make life better.
In discussion after seeing the data.. NDP.
But who would the students vote for..
CONs, because it was 'too risky to change'They stopped teaching that lesson, it was too depressing.
We tried the same thing for 100 years and it didn't work, but maybe this time!!! So dumb.
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One of the instructors told me they used to do a study of Alberta in an econ class here in Red Deer.
Analyzed history, incomes, resource revenues, expenses, growth, etc as an econ class should.
Had the kids use that data and think about future plans and political parties and who would do the things they wanted to make life better.
In discussion after seeing the data.. NDP.
But who would the students vote for..
CONs, because it was 'too risky to change'They stopped teaching that lesson, it was too depressing.
We tried the same thing for 100 years and it didn't work, but maybe this time!!! So dumb.
It would be interesting to do that study / class in a different way.
[Duverger's law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law) holds that, with single-member representation AND first-past-the-post, the system stabilizes into a two-party duopoly — **neither** responsive to the electorate. The Blues and the Greens of the Roman empire.
What about democratic systems which use other voting systems?
Largest by population and economy is the #Eurozone. Most similar to #Canada is #Australia.
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One of the instructors told me they used to do a study of Alberta in an econ class here in Red Deer.
Analyzed history, incomes, resource revenues, expenses, growth, etc as an econ class should.
Had the kids use that data and think about future plans and political parties and who would do the things they wanted to make life better.
In discussion after seeing the data.. NDP.
But who would the students vote for..
CONs, because it was 'too risky to change'They stopped teaching that lesson, it was too depressing.
We tried the same thing for 100 years and it didn't work, but maybe this time!!! So dumb.
@jeffhorton The tweak I'd make is replace the party names with just colors/generic labels. Don't tip that it's actually AB/UCP/NDP until after they've made their choices.
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@jeffhorton The tweak I'd make is replace the party names with just colors/generic labels. Don't tip that it's actually AB/UCP/NDP until after they've made their choices.
@anyGould As I understand it they were well aware of the contradiction in their own thinking and decided that party lines mattered more than the data.
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