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Defenders of capitalism argue that cooperation is undermined by individuals’ tendency to take more from society than they contribute. The economist Elinor Ostrom refuted this idea, but without ...

On March 22, 2023, thousands of researchers and tech leaders – including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak – published an open letter calling to slow down the artificial intelligence race.

In part 2 of this article, I focused on how Takers hurt Makers in open source, as well as how individual actions—no matter how rational they may seem—can have adverse outcomes for open source ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Janus v. AFSCME last month, the latest union blockbuster case. At issue are “agency fees” Mark Janus, a nonmember, must pay the union, supposedly because ...

Image from Investopedia.com. Read the full Article by Jim Chappelow. I’m kicking my shenanigan-laden intro to the curb for a more direct blog post. You’re welcome. One of my more memorable classes in ...

For Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of ethereum and an outspoken cryptocurrency evangelist, there are bigger issues in play than those most commonly cited by digital currency enthusiasts as barriers ...

Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "A Sampling Approach to the Free-Rider Problem." In Essays in Public Economics: The Kiryat Anavim Papers, edited by Agnar Sandmo. Lexington, MA: Lexington ...

Political influence by a professional association, like the influence of any special interest group, is a collective good for the members of the profession. This paper investigates the variables ...

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