Professor Elinor 'Lin' Ostrom
Ostrom was best known for her studies of how local groups manage natural resources.
Ostrom was best known for her studies of how local groups manage natural resources.
Anarchy, Minecraft, and utopia
Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization
Bad things happen when governments keep people from cutting their own deals on resource management
Elinor Ostrom's research shows that free people can overcome the "tragedy of the commons"
The remarkable achievements of the Nobel Prize-winning economist
Society depends on rules. But what sort of rules enliven our world--and what sort stifle it?
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