David BloominSan Francisco VoicesA few weeks ago I heard Audrey Tang’s interview on the 80000 Hours Podcast, and got excited about the progress of Digital Democracy in…Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022
David BloominA check-mate for Putin?I’ve been consuming a lot of Ukraine War content recently, and one common theme from policy analysts is that there is no clear way out…Mar 23, 2022Mar 23, 2022
David BloominThe Future of DemocracyImagine a government that engages with the public to craft policy, rather than listening to a few well-connected stakeholders and lobbies…Mar 5, 2022Mar 5, 2022
David BloominWhy we should all support the California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act (a proposition…I am deeply ambivalent about politics, and am especially wary of the California proposition system. However, California Schools and Local…Nov 16, 2019Nov 16, 2019
David BloominCOST Evasion via Asymmetric InformationMy last two posts were exploring alternative property-tax assesment mechanisms. I described SPATA as an alternative to COST, which I…Jun 23, 2018Jun 23, 2018
David BloominProperty-Tax Assessment via Second Price Auction: Not That EfficientI recently wrote up an idea for assessing property values via a second price auction, that I called SPATA. It came out of a discussion…Jun 13, 20181Jun 13, 20181
David BloominEfficient Property-Tax Assessment via Second Price AuctionI was recently delighted by Eric Posner’s and Glend Weyl’s book “Radical Markets”. The first chapter proposes a radical re-thinking of…Jun 9, 20182Jun 9, 20182