PHIL 149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Collective Action, Environmental Health, Book Value
13 Jul 2017
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The government regulation solution requires the government to compel you to do stu . how it works: impose sanctions on non-cooperation. Limitations of government: invasive, corruptible focuses a lot of power on a small group of people that can be easily in uenced. by polluting the earth (population wise), we are trashing the earth. Impact = population * a uence * technology populationl going through the roof, faster than gdp growth not just about a uence, but how many people have a uence. Concerns about overpopulation the e ects of overpopulation: population size that exceeds carrying amount. Inadequate fresh water depletion of natural resources increased levels of pollution. Irreversibel loss of arable land poverty deforestation and loss of ecosystems starvation or malnutrition increased chances of newer epidemics con icts over scarce resource and crowding. the collective action problem for us right now is reproduction / procreation. Payo matrix: limiting family size me vv others >>
