Comic #6774: mechanism

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Panel 1: "I SEE WE DISAGREE ON DINNER OPTIONS. NO PROBLEM. FIRST, I REQUIRE EACH FAMILY MEMBER TO SUBMIT A BID EXPRESSING HIS OR HER VALUATION OF HIS OR HER PREFERRED DINNER OPTION. WE WILL THEN DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE—"

Panel 2: "NO! NO! YOU PICK! FORGET IT! GOD!"

Bottom text: "Introducing the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves-Weininsmith mechanism, in which you use a Vickrey-Clarke-Groves mechanism until everyone gives up and just does what you want."