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The Tragedy of the Commons

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 21, 2007
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John Stossel on the lost lesson of Thanksgiving:

When the Pilgrims first settled the Plymouth Colony, they organized their farm economy along communal lines. The goal was to share everything equally, work and produce.

They nearly all starved.

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