Game theory research reveals fragility of common resources

Friday, September 30, 2016 - 04:31 in Mathematics & Economics

People are naturally predisposed to over-use "common-pool resources" such as transportation systems and fisheries even if it risks failure of the system, to the detriment of society as a whole, new research in game theory shows.

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