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title: "This looks like a useful framework for understanding how to make…"
date: 2017-03-30
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# This looks like a useful framework for understanding how to make…

*March 30, 2017 · Facebook*

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[http://evonomics.com/tragedy-of-the-commons-elinor-ostrom/](http://evonomics.com/tragedy-of-the-commons-elinor-ostrom/){target="_blank"}
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This looks like a useful framework for understanding how to make functional groups (intentional communities, companies, Ephemerisle):\
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\"Unbeknownst to me, another heretic named Elinor Ostrom was also challenging the received wisdom in her field of political science. Starting with her thesis research on how a group of stakeholders in southern California cobbled together a system for managing their water table, and culminating in her worldwide study of common-pool resource (CPR) groups, the message of her work was that groups are capable of avoiding the tragedy of the commons without requiring top-down regulation, at least if certain conditions are met (Ostrom 1990, 2010). She summarized the conditions in the form of eight core design principles: 1) Clearly defined boundaries; 2) Proportional equivalence between benefits and costs; 3) Collective choice arrangements; 4) Monitoring; 5) Graduated sanctions; 6) Fast and fair conflict resolution; 7) Local autonomy; 8) Appropriate relations with other tiers of rule-making authority (polycentric governance). This work was so groundbreaking that Ostrom was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2009.\"\
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[http://evonomics.com/tragedy-of-the-commons-elinor-ostrom/](http://evonomics.com/tragedy-of-the-commons-elinor-ostrom/){target="_blank"}
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