Category: episode 19 - 10 Feb 2010

Tragedy Of The Commons, Blizzard Edition

February 9, 2010 by Rick Caldwell

Radley points out, in a brilliantly simple way, the difference between what happens when people expect government to do something and what happens when they don't. It's called the tragedy of the commons.

where people expect the city to send eventually plows, the road is still snowed. Where the city has no history of sending a plow, and isn’t likely to, residents grabbed shovels, and cleared the road in 24 hours.