Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In this book, Derek Wall explores the work of the late Nobel Laureate, Elinor Ostrom, on how humans can overcome this problem, and sustain the commons over the long term.
Both the conventional “privatization” and “state regulation” approaches amount, when all the legal fictions are stripped away, of substituting the judgment of managers working for some absentee central authority for that of users.
For newcomers to the commons wishing to acquaint themselves with Elinor Ostrom’s work, it can be a hard slog.
