Tragedy of the commons revisited: Librarians, publishers, faculty and the demise of a public resource

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Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 547-562

  Davis, Philip M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 34548617063     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2003.0083     Document Type: Article

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4. This argument refutes Adam Smith's central axiom of the "invisible hand." "By pursuing his own interest," Smith writes in his famous treatise, The Wealth of Nations, "he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it." See Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). Available in Project Gutenberg: 〈http://gutenberg.net/〉 [September 17, 2003]. You may be more familiar with Princeton's mathematician, John Nash, who shared the Nobel Prize in Economics for his development of the field of game theory. In the 2001 Academy Award wining film, A Beautiful Mind, Nash (played by actor Russell Crowe) declares "Adam Smith was wrong," as he instantly realizes that what is the best in interest of each of his colleagues was not in best interest of the group.
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