I just learned of this idea today, and it caught my attention. The post I’m referring to: http://hanson.gmu.edu/futarchy.html
The two sentence version:
In futarchy, democracy would continue to say what we want, but betting markets would now say how to get it. That is, elected representatives would formally define and manage an after-the-fact measurement of national welfare, [...]
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