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1933-2012 · United States

Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012) was an American political economist. She was born in Los Angeles and grew up during the Great Depression, a period of severe…

Environmental thinking Citizenship Systems thinking Financial literacy +1

"A lot of models in economics assume that human beings are fundamentally selfish. But the evidence shows that many people…"

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