Andew Belmonte, Pennsylvania State U, Do Your Fair Share! Evolutionary Games and the Tragedy of the Commons
SAS 1102Public goods games involve interactions between players or organisms who produce a commonly available good (cooperators) and those who consume it without producing (cheaters, defectors, freeloaders) - several instances are known to occur in nature and economics. The solution that freeloading is a better individual choice is known as the “tragedy of the commons” -…