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The Individual and The Group

 

Prisoner's Dilemma

The site www.econlib.org has a large collection of documents and educational resources for economics. Here is a concise but detailed explanation of the prisoners' dilemma and its implications
www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PrisonersDilemma.html

More Prisoner's Dilemma

Here is another expanation of the prisoner's dilemma, and the site contains a number of examples of how it can be used to explain real events:
www.spectacle.org/995/pd.html

Self-Interest
Small Groups

Tit-for-Tat

In an appendix to his book NonZero, Robert Wright explains the tit-for-tat strategy that leads to cooperation:
www.nonzero.org/app1.htm


These links were checked on July 9, 2008.


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