Exploring Coordination

13. Primitive societies of hunter-gatherers have neither property rights nor strong central authorities. a) How can they avoid the problems of coordination and conflict over scarce resources? (Hint: They also have very low population densities. What does this do to a problem of the commons?)

b) Does your answer suggest a theory about how and when property rights come into being?


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