Comments on: Ostrom on Commons Problems http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/10/13/ostrom-on-commons-problems/ The Sweet Release of Reason Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:01:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sam http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/10/13/ostrom-on-commons-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-594033 sam Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:31:59 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3817#comment-594033 "Her research shows that such approaches usually work well only in groups with no more than a few thousand members. Beyond that point, resource usage norms become hard to enforce and free-riding difficult to suppress."<br><br>Reminded me immediately of the opening of the Republic, where Socrates's first attempt at describing the just city results in a description of some bucolic village out in the boondocks. Glaucon says, "No, no, we want a description in terms of what we enjoy, you know, theater, sports, good food, beautiful people." "Oh," says Socrates, "you want a description in terms of the fevered city." And thus... <br><br>The fevered city R us. “Her research shows that such approaches usually work well only in groups with no more than a few thousand members. Beyond that point, resource usage norms become hard to enforce and free-riding difficult to suppress.”

Reminded me immediately of the opening of the Republic, where Socrates's first attempt at describing the just city results in a description of some bucolic village out in the boondocks. Glaucon says, “No, no, we want a description in terms of what we enjoy, you know, theater, sports, good food, beautiful people.” “Oh,” says Socrates, “you want a description in terms of the fevered city.” And thus…

The fevered city R us.

]]> By: pushmedia1 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/10/13/ostrom-on-commons-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-594032 pushmedia1 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:38:18 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3817#comment-594032 She seems like my favorite kind of pragmatic hippie. "Men with guns telling us what to do. " "No top-down panaceas that, while predicted to cure, kill."<br><br>Great stuff. She seems like my favorite kind of pragmatic hippie. “Men with guns telling us what to do. ” “No top-down panaceas that, while predicted to cure, kill.”

Great stuff.

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