favourite texts about mechanism design, good for introducing an audience to the field? or alternatively, protocols or projects that make good case studies?

at what scope? here is one ive learned a bit from

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I'm compiling a reader for my students - this looks good, but was thinking more bite-size

at what scope? here is one ive learned a bit from https://arpitbhayani.me/masterclass/

A case study: debugging why a place couldn't send email further than 500 miles

A case study: debugging why a place couldn't send email further than 500 miles https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles