Thanks to the country's complicated electoral rules governing the two-vote system, the total number of seats in the Bundestag, already hefty at 672, keeps on growing.

ECONOMIST: A not-so-model system

The early fruit was the Bretton Woods monetary system, which established the rules governing commercial relations between the big industrial nations.

ECONOMIST: A history of power

The old rules governing our health insurance market hurt families across the country, and women in particular suffered in a system that allowed discrimination and failed to provide affordable coverage options for all Americans.

WHITEHOUSE: Eliminating Obstacles to the Care Women Need

The college health system is a crazy quilt of private coverage and student plans, with few rules governing how schools charge for coverage or on-campus services.

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