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It's not just about being fair.

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          Communications of the ACM  Volume 57, Issue 11
          November 2014
          95 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/2684442
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          • Moshe Y. Vardi
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