Professor Elinor 'Lin' Ostrom
Ostrom was best known for her studies of how local groups manage natural resources.
Elinor Ostrom
How Kids Build, Learn, and Resolve Their Fights in a Video Game World
Anarchy, Minecraft, and utopia
Centralized Policing Is the Wrong Solution
Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization
The Talking Cure for the Tragedy of the Commons
Bad things happen when governments keep people from cutting their own deals on resource management
Self-Governance Works
Elinor Ostrom's research shows that free people can overcome the "tragedy of the commons"
Elinor Ostrom on the Market, the State, and the Third Sector
The remarkable achievements of the Nobel Prize-winning economist
The Bonds of Life
Society depends on rules. But what sort of rules enliven our world--and what sort stifle it?