Markets expose us to other people, yet there are many ways to be seen. Market exposure may expand the scope of our moral sympathies causing us to view other people as moral equals. Alternatively, commodification and alienation may prevent us from recognizing the moral status of others. We use...

Self-governance of common pool resources is presumed to work well in small, homogeneous communities where interaction is repeated, agents have low discount rates, and information about past performance is available. It is presumed to work poorly elsewhere. This paper provides a case study of...

Property rights are the rules governing ownership in society. This Element offers an analytical framework to understand the origins and consequences of property rights. It conceptualizes of the political economy of property rights as a concern with the follow questions: What explains the origins...