Alternatives and Supplements: Fun on the Internet

The Individual and The Group   Prisoner's Dilemma The site www.econlib.org has a large collection of documents and educational resources for economics. Here is a concise but detailed explanation of the prisoners' dilemma and its implications www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PrisonersDilemma.html More Prisoner's Dilemma Here is another expanation of the prisoner's dilemma, and the site contains a number of examples of how it can be used to explain real events: www.spectacle.org/995/pd.html Self-Interest Small Groups Roger McCain's online textbook has an excellent discussion of the assumption of self-interest that is spread over three short pages: william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/prin/txt/Neoch/Eco111t.html william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/prin/txt/Neoch/Eco111t1.html william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/prin/txt/Neoch/Eco111t2.html Tit-for-Tat In an appendix to his book NonZero, Robert Wright explains the tit-for-tat strategy that leads to cooperation: www.nonzero.org/app1.htm Coordination In this article in the New York Times entitled, "In Niger, Trees and Crops Turn Back the Desert," see if you can find the role of private property rights: www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/world/africa/11niger.html?ex=1328936400&en=7bd7a234c9fbad51&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg Central Planning Roger McCain has several pages explaining central planning. This is the start of the series: william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/prin/txt/comsysf/cs5.html Exchange and Politics Can economics ideas make the jump from exchange to the political world? www.gmu.edu/jbc/aboutpubchoic.html Who Is Dismal Now? One of the insights of economics is that exchange can be positive-sum. A column in the Washington Post explains why this insight matters in the world of public policy: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/07/AR2007050700755.html These links were checked on July 5, 2008 Copyright Robert Schenk Why is this page here?