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> There's a famous essay An essay famously refuted by the work of the first woman to win a Nobel prize in economics. She spent half her life collecting evidenc
by guerrilla 6y ago
> There's a famous essay
An essay famously refuted by the work of the first woman to win a Nobel prize in economics. She spent half her life collecting evidence showing that in reality what you describe is more often not what actually happens and outlining the conditions (derived emperically) under which commons resource management works. [1]
1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom#Research https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom#Research
- Pfhreak 6y agoI don't think I claimed it was categorically true, it's just a useful essay to read and understand. I don't believe a frog gave a scorpion a ride across the river or that Paul Bunyan chopped trees out West either, but they are useful cultural artifacts to aid in understanding our world.