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Futarchy

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Futarchy is a proposed government system in which decisions are made based on betting markets. It was originally proposed by Robin Hanson, who gave the motto “Vote on Values, But Bet on Beliefs”.

A futarchic government holds an election to determine what metrics to optimize; for example, a ballot might allow citizens to vote on the following options:

And so on.

A futarchy then sets up betting markets for the effectiveness of various policies. The policies with the best estimated effectiveness get implemented. The consequences are then observed, so bets about the implemented policies can pay out.

Related Pages: Prediction Markets, Government, Law and Legal systems, Voting Theory, Politics

Ven­ture Gran­ters, The VCs of pub­lic goods, in­cen­tiviz­ing good dreams

mako yass17 Dec 2021 8:57 UTC
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Com­plete Class: Con­se­quen­tial­ist Foundations

abramdemski11 Jul 2018 1:57 UTC
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Futarchy, Xrisks, and near misses

Stuart_Armstrong2 Jun 2017 8:02 UTC
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Futarchy Fix

abramdemski30 May 2017 5:46 UTC
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You Can Do Futarchy Yourself

Tetraspace14 Jun 2020 0:16 UTC
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Crash prob­lems for to­tal futarchy

Stuart_Armstrong15 May 2013 10:41 UTC
10 points
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Try­ing to bet­ter un­der­stand futarchy

Pavitra16 Jun 2011 5:20 UTC
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[Link] Con­crete steps are be­ing taken to­wards futarchy

AspiringRationalist14 Jun 2013 0:21 UTC
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Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets are Con­founded—Im­pli­ca­tions for the fea­si­bil­ity of Futarchy

Anders_H26 Jan 2015 22:39 UTC
28 points
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His­toc­racy: Open, Effec­tive Group De­ci­sion-Mak­ing With Weighted Voting

HonoreDB17 Jan 2012 22:35 UTC
19 points
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[Link] Small-game fal­la­cies: a Prob­lem for Pre­dic­tion Markets

Antisuji28 May 2015 3:32 UTC
15 points
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Com­bin­ing the best of Ge­or­gian and Har­berger taxes

Yair Halberstadt12 Aug 2021 5:55 UTC
23 points
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A bridge to Dath Ilan? Im­proved gov­er­nance on the crit­i­cal path to AI al­ign­ment.

Jackson Wagner18 May 2022 15:51 UTC
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