Political Writings

"Instant Runoff Voting and the Renewal of American Democracy." (March
2007) Political action in the U.S. is unnecessarily frustrating because of the
type of voting system adopted centuries ago. This essay explains how a
change to instant runoff voting can make the government more accountable
to citizens.

Testimony on a bill to allow Oregon cities and counties to use Instant Runoff
Voting. (March 2007) Dr. Zundel's testimony to the Oregon legislature, edited
from the above paper.

"Distributive Justice and Property Rights: A Critical Analysis." (Oct. 2003) A
paper presented at the Faces of Justice: Defining Justice in a Complex World
Conference, Grand Canyon University on principles of distributive justice for
the U.S.

"The Futility of Empirical Policy Analysis Without Normative Policy Analysis:
The Case of the Living Wage." Public Integrity, 4, 2 (2002), pp. 101-114.
(Not available online.)

"Ordinary Jurisprudence and the Democratic Firm: A Response to David
Ellerman." Journal of Business Ethics, 35, 1 (2002), pp. 51-56. (Available for
purchase from Springerlink.com.)

"Kelso's Binary Economy as Social Ethics." Journal of Socio-Economics, 29, 6
(2000), pp. 565-578. (Not available online.)

"A Half Dozen Bold New Ideas for Spreading Capital Ownership." Web file.
Adobe Reader file. (Co-author Deborah Groban Olson.) Business Ethics
(Sept/Oct 2000); Accountability (CFER newsletter) (Dec. 2, 2000); Owners
at Work (newsletter of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center), (Winter
2000/2001).

"Ownership for All: Report on COG Industrial Homestead Discussion Group."
(April 2000; co-author Deborah Groban Olson.) Paper presented at the Capital
Ownership Group Annual Meeting.

"Economics, Ethics and Policy Justifications for Expanded Ownership:
Reflections on the COG Ownership Discussion." (April 2000) Paper presented
at the Capital Ownership Group Annual Meeting.

"Environmental Justice in the D.O.E. Yucca Mountain D.E.I.S.: An Analysis of
the Treatment of Environmental Justice Issues in the Department of Energy's
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Nuclear Waste
Repository at Yuccan Mountain and Other Documents." (March 2000;
co-author Dr. Craig Walton.) Produced under contract for Clark County,
Nevada. (Not available online.)

Declarations of Dependency: The Civic Republican Tradition in U.S. Poverty
Policy. (State University of New York Press, 2000) (Available at online
bookstores.)

"Policy Frames and Ethical Traditions: The Case of Homeownership for the
Poor." Policy Studies Journal, 23, 3 (1995), pp. 423-424. (Available for
purchase from Amazon.com).