[Coral-List] cooperation and the tragedy of the commons

[Dennis Hubbard]

As I remember this element of reasoning wrt the "commons", economists
basically argue that nothing has "value" until someone uses it. Am I
mis-remembering?

Dennis

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 3:36 PM Ehsan KAYAL via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Dear Douglas and other colleagues. Long ago, the myth of the tragedy of the
> commons has been debunked by economists and other scholars (see here for
> instance: https://economicquestions.org/tragedy/). I believe it is time we
> biologist also accept the fallacy of such theory.
> Cheers,
> E
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> On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 16:05, Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
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> > The cure to the tragedy of the commons?  Cooperation
> > (In reef fisheries)
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-cure-to-the-tragedy-of-the-commons-cooperation/
> >
> >
> > --
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> > A call to climate action  (Science editorial)
> >
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> https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6443/807?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2019-05-30&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=2840296
> >
> > New book "The Uninhabitable Earth"  First sentence: "It is much, much
> worse
> > than you think."
> > Read first (short) chapter open access:
> >
> >
> https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/read-a-chapter-from-the-uninhabitable-earth-a-dire-warning-on-climate-change
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> > Want a Green New Deal?  Here's a better one.
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> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-a-green-new-deal-heres-a-better-one/2019/02/24/2d7e491c-36d2-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.a3fc8337cbf8
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