The Individual and The Group
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
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
In an appendix to his book NonZero, Robert Wright
explains the tit-for-tat strategy that leads to
cooperation:
www.nonzero.org/app1.htm
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
Exchange and
Politics
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 Jan 15, 2010, 2008
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