Elinor Ostrom Wins Nobel for Common(s) SenseElinor Ostrom was an unusual choice for the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. ... For one thing, she is the first woman to receive the prize. Her Ph.D. is in political science, not economics (though she minored in economics, collaborates with many economists, and considers herself a political economist). But what makes this award particularly special is that her work is about cooperation, while standard economics focuses on competition... http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/elinor-ostrom-wins-n\ obel-for-common-s-sense?utm_source=feb10&utm_medium=email&utm_content=8_\ OstromCS <http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/elinor-ostrom-wins-\ nobel-for-common-s-sense?utm_source=feb10&utm_medium=email&utm_content=8\ _OstromCS> How far have we, in Romania, got over our post-communism traumatic stress? For those who can read English, I would be interersted to hear (in Romanian) your reflections on Ostrom's approach concerning the commons and cooperation. John
