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fairlot:FAIRNESS through LOTTERIES
The Proposal: That organizations allocating benefits should select the deserving recipients
using a LOTTERY (random selection) as part of the process.
Award a job by selecting from the short-list by rolling dice?
Award a place at a 'magnet' school by random selection?
It's a crazy idea, but hey! It might work!
Actually, it does work.
For more than 30 years now, students have been selected for Medical School in Holland using a lottery.
Every year the US government organises the Green Card citizenship lottery for entry into the USA.
There are many more examples of lottery selection in current use.
On this website you can find out lots more about this highly democratic way of sharing out burdens and benefits.
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