[lbo-talk] Diamond on auto-destruct

[Michael Pollak]

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Eubulides wrote:

> Except that Hardin's hypothesis has been mercilessly debunked

Yes, Hardin's essay has little going for it but the snappy name -- which is, 
in fact, as you point out, a misnomer.

But Mancur Olsen's reformulation of the collective action problem, produced 
in book form 3 years later

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0674537513/qid=1104602680/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/t/002-8243163-8795212?v=glance&s=books

had a huge impact and is now a completely accepted part of the common wisdom 
of economics, political science, public policy, etc.

Michael