Episode 86 - On politics and election systems: First Past The Post (FPTP) or Proportional Representation ?

Can you compare the effect of 2 different election systems in any given democracy ? It's hard ! You cannot do controlled experiments like in science: too many different influences at play when comparing any 2 countries with different election systems. However, you can compare the effect of election systems on 1 key thing that matters: how do they influence the growth of knowledge (i.e. the growth of knowledge that solves the political problems in a country)