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Demand-revealing referendums

Jun 18th, 2009

I’m reliably informed that the plural of referendum is referendums and not referenda. Anyway, leaving that aside, have a look at Chris’s really-good post on the subject. A few years ago, I interviewed him on this subject elsewhere and it was a very enlightening experience.

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