Voting Theory: Fairness Criterion
This video define 4 Fairness Criterion for determining the winner of an election. Site: http://mathispower4u.com
From playlist Voting Theory
Voting: How it works and why it doesn't
A talk I gave at the Fairfield University Math & Computer Science colloquium, November 6 (election day) 2012. There was no video recorded at the talk, but this is a screencast with live audio of the beamer slides I used. Voting turns out to be more complicated that you'd think. I talked a
From playlist Research & conference talks
Cynthia Dwork - Group Fairness and Individual Fairness Pt. 1/2 - IPAM at UCLA
Recorded 11 July 2022. Cynthia Dwork of Harvard University SEAS presents "Group Fairness and Individual Fairness" at IPAM's Graduate Summer School on Algorithmic Fairness. Abstract: The early literature on the theory of algorithmic fairness identified two categories of fairness notions: gr
From playlist 2022 Graduate Summer School on Algorithmic Fairness
Math for Liberal Studies: Plurality and Majority
In this video, we practice finding the plurality winner of an election, and determine whether or not that winner received a majority. For more info, visit the Math for Liberal Studies homepage: http://webspace.ship.edu/jehamb/mls/index.html
From playlist Math for Liberal Studies
Discrimination: Crash Course Government and Politics #31
Today, Craig is going to wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those “discrete and insular minorities” referenced in the 14th Amendment. We’ll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino immigrants, Native Americans, non-English speak
From playlist U.S. Government and Politics
Math for Liberal Studies - Lecture 2.8.1 Weighted Voting Systems
This is the first video for Math for Liberal Studies Section 2.8: Weighted Voting Systems. In this video, I talk about the basic definitions and notation for weighted voting systems. In these systems, the voters are treated unequally. This may seem unfair, but there are many real-world exa
From playlist Math for Liberal Studies Lectures
This video introduced fair division. Site: http://mathispower4u.com
From playlist Fair Division
Negotiations and Group Decisions: Passing Bills with Backroom Deals - M. Agranov - 4/25/2018
Group decisions often involve the allocation of scarce resources among members with conflicting interests. Negotiations are part and parcel of such decisions, as they create a natural arena for informal agreements and quid pro quo deals. Do these deals help or hurt the bargaining process?
From playlist Caltech Watson Lecture Series
Is Democracy Impossible? (Arrow's Theorem)
Whether we're deciding our next president or what to eat for lunch, voting is the pinnacle of our democracy. Or is it? Voters have felt increasingly dissatisfied and disenfranchised, but what if the problem is with the way we vote? In this video, we take a look at one of the most incredibl
From playlist Voting and Election Reform
What is the best way to design a voting system? Governments and other institutions have been experimenting for decades with all sorts of different systems, "ranked choice" being a trendy system recently. In the 1950's, mathematician and economist Kenneth Arrow laid out a very mild set of c
From playlist Summer of Math Exposition Youtube Videos
Math Explorations Ep7, Unanimity & Dictatorship (Feb 1, 2022)
This is a recording of a live class for Math 1015, Mathematics: An Exploration, an undergraduate course for non-technical majors at Fairfield University, Spring 2022. The major topics are voting, gerrymandering, and graph theory. Handouts and homework are at the class website. Class web
From playlist Math 1015 (Mathematical Explorations) Spring 2022
Matteo Burzoni: Viability and arbitrage under Knightian uncertainty
Abstract: We provide a general framework to study viability and arbitrage in models for financial markets. Viability is intended as the existence of a preference relation with the following properties: It is consistent with a set of preferences representing all the plausible agents trading
From playlist Probability and Statistics
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem | Infinite Series
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateinfi The bizarre Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem, or Arrow’s Paradox, shows a counterintuitive relationship between fair voting procedures and dictatorships. Start your free t
From playlist An Infinite Playlist
Interview of Marla Sandys (s9d)
Interview of Marla Sandys (s9d) This segment examines how jurors are instructed with regard to deciding between life and death, what they may be told regarding their decisions, the pressures of jury deliberations, and what happens when jurors cannot agree. Marla Sandys, a jury expert and
From playlist Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, & Disadvantage with Stephen Bright
How We Should Vote (Range Voting)
In the last video, we looked at how Arrow's Theorem proves that the way we vote is fundamentally flawed. But all hope isn't lost! We take a look at range voting, and how it seemingly does the impossible and satisfies all of the criterion put forth by Arrow's Theorem. Created by: Cory Chan
From playlist Voting and Election Reform
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2019 Highlights
Highlights from my trip to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting featuring an inspiring keynote speech from 2011 Physics Nobel Brian P. Schmidt. Transcript of his speech below. Nobel Prize winners featured in the video: 2011 Physics - Brian P. Schmidt 2014 Chemistry - William E. Moerner 2017
From playlist Special Events and Livestreams
The Fifth Amendment | The National Constitution Center | US government and civics | Khan Academy
A deep dive into the Fifth Amendment, which requires the government to follow due process of law and includes protections for citizens against self-incrimination and double jeopardy. In this video, Kim Kutz Elliott discusses the Fifth Amendment with scholars Donald Dripps and Stephen Saltz
From playlist The National Constitution Center | US government and civics | Khan Academy
Sex Discrimination: Crash Course Government and Politics #30
Today, Craig is going to talk about employment discrimination, and we're going to focus primarily on women in the workforce. Discrimination against women tends to be handled somewhat differently in the courts as they are not a minority. Even so, the courts need a method for challenging iss
From playlist U.S. Government and Politics
Voting Paradoxes and Combinatorics | Noga Alon
Noga Alon, Baumritter Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Tel Aviv University; Visiting Professor (2005--06, 2008, 2010--11), School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study http://www.tau.ac.il/~nogaa/ October 13, 2010 The early work of Condorcet in the eighteenth century
From playlist Mathematics