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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

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

Exchange and Politics

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 Jan 15, 2010, 2008


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