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Laura, You're Not Going to Like This One

ainteasylivingreen wrote 5 days ago: It’s funny how everything is connected, isn’t it? People have been buying less this past … more →

Tags: Misc, Beverage Tax, california budget cuts, Pepsi, soda tax, state recycling programs, taxes

Tragedy of the Commons?

Carlos Ferreira wrote 3 weeks ago: French Ideal of Bicycle-Sharing Meets Reality – NYTimes.com. Paris’ chiq Vélibs are taki … more →

Tags: Transportation, Economics, Property Rights, Vandalism, Paris

Swiss Cows, Moldy Yogurt, and Solving the Tragedy of the Commons

Joseph Steinberg wrote 1 month ago: There’s always the danger I might completely misremember a podcast considering how many I list … more →

Tags: Academia, Science, business/economy, Podcasts, econtalk, elinor ostrum, Mike Munger, planet money, Russ Roberts

The Warped Economics of Carry-On Luggage9 comments

Donald Marron wrote 1 month ago: I just got home from a quick trip to Denver, where I spoke at a Concord Coalition event on our natio … more →

Tags: airlines, incentives

Playing Games with the Global Climate 1 comment

garyhaq wrote 1 month ago: INTERNATIONAL cooperation is vital if we are to agree a new deal on climate change at the Copenhagen … more →

Tags: climate change, Community, Gary Haq, global politics, global resources, Human Ecology, Policy, Pollution, Communal Management

The Public Goods Game1 comment

davidmcraney wrote 1 month ago: The Misconception: If everyone contributes to the good of society, everyone will benefit, and everyo … more →

Tags: Social Psychology, Game Theory, Economics, Nash equilibrium, Public-Goods Game, communism, Marxism, capitalism, Socialism

True idiocy: "the young and the healthy"

captbecker wrote 1 month ago: This is a case of the Emperor’s new clothes.  Of course, we all know that the Emperor was nake … more →

Tags: Insurance, reform, health, young and healthy, Fallacy

Alternative Solutions to the Tragedy of the Commons

worldpoliticsblog wrote 1 month ago: With all the debate that has surrounded the decision to award President Barack Obama with the Nobel … more →

Tags: Goldstein International Relations 8/e, Goldstein International Relations Brief 4/e, Almond Comparative Politics Today 9/e, Almond Comparative Politics Today: ATF 5/e, Draper The Good Society, Danziger Understanding the Political World 9/e, Nye Understanding International Conflicts 7/e, Art/Jervis International Politics 9/e, Roskin IR 7/e

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2009 (An institutional economics prize)

kempton wrote 1 month ago: Elinor Ostrom (“for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons”) and Ol … more →

Tags: Economics, Nobel Prize, People, Video, World, YouTube, economic sciences, Elinor Ostrom, oliver e.williamson

The Triumph of the Commons

Dan Farber wrote 1 month ago: Elinor Ostrom was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics today, along with  Oliver Williamson here at … more →

Tags: Academia, General, regulatory policy, Economics, Nobel Prize

Tragedy of the Commons: Twitter vs Online Forums5 comments

Hutch Carpenter wrote 1 month ago: Riding on board a Virgin America flight, I have CNN on my seat media screen. I’m watching CNN … more →

Tags: Forums, Message Boards, twitter

Branding franchisees is a Canadian Family Affair

Les Stewart wrote 2 months ago: Identifying what you own is important. A permanent mark on ambulatory assets is an important initial … more →

Tags: Franchising is a Technology, Unsafe at any Brand, Franchise Veterans: A distinct people, Wisdom instruction, the tipping point

catch share

ibeconomics wrote 2 months ago: Catch share is one solution for overfishing that is being adopted by some US fishing fleets. The pro … more →

Tags: catch share, Fish, Property Right, Quota

Selection Bias and the Road to Serfdom

Thomas wrote 4 months ago: Office-seeking is about one thing: power. (Money is sometimes a motivator, but power is the common d … more →

Tags: Political Economy & Civil Society, behavior of crowds, Economics, interest group, Liberty, Politics, Progressivism, ratchet effect

A Capitalist (and Environmentalist) Manifesto

Gerard Murphy wrote 5 months ago: A really well written and articulate article by Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria named T … more →

Tags: Mission Statement, climate change, capitalist, Smart Grid, Morality, ethics

Hitler and congestion pricing (of toll roads) - Singapore style

Orlando Roncesvalles wrote 5 months ago: I remain a believer in the use of tolls to solve a road congestion problem.  This is better by far t … more →

Tags: institutional economics, Institutions, regulation, Ephemera, Philippines, economic cartoon, appraratchik, traffic_congestion, Singapore

Streaming vs downloading8 comments

debcha wrote 6 months ago: At the SanFran MusicTech Summit last week, Terry McBride continued to beat the drum for streaming mu … more →

Tags: future of music, Terry McBride, Streaming, Downloads, peanuts, Moore's Law

Discovery vs. exclusivity: the emerging tragedies of the digital commons

Ryan Cunningham wrote 6 months ago: Sheep on the commons via Brian Griffiths This is getting intense.  It was one thing to read that wom … more →

Tags: by Ryan Cunningham, Musings & Hypotheses, Discovery, exclusivity, Foursquare, Ning, Social Media, social networking

Soloing, going casual, and the tragedy of the commons55 comments

spinks wrote 6 months ago: People talk about soloing in MMOs as if having the option to solo to the level cap was a recent inno … more →

Tags: General MMO, Casual, MMO, hardcore, Solo, Virtual Community, guild, Support Network, Options


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