COMMONS MAGAZINE
Politics and Government Just as government is needed to help markets function efficiently and fairly, government is also necessary to facilitate a thriving commons – through regulatory oversight, access mandates, taxes and due process. Yet a key point of the commons movement is that government is not the sole means for fulfilling the aspirations of “we the people.”
(Photo by Chris Yakimov under a Creative Commons license.)
(Photo by Desbyrne under a Creative Commons license.)
(By Mary Crandall under a Creative Common license)
Photo by Andy McLemore under a Creative Commons license.
While Red State public universities are fielding topnotch basketball teams, state politicians are slashing university budgets. (By Brad J. Ward under a Creative Commons license)
Public universities in Red States field top notch basketball teams, but state politicians in many of these states are slashing the universities' budgets. (By Brad J. Ward under a Creative Commons license.)
Heritage Park YMCA in Minneapolis caters to seniors. (By Twin Cities LISC under a Creative Commons license.)
(By Jimmy Emerson under a Creative Commons license.)
(By Joseph Gruber under a Creative Commons license)
The world's largest road runner welcomes you to Fort Stockton, Texas, a town of 8500 that has banned plastic bags. Many Texas Republicans want the state to overturn this local law. (By Dustin & Lori Slater under a Creative Commons license.)
A disproportionately large share of our best memories happen in parks
Congress, not the post office itself, is the problem
Barbara Allen, a longtime student and friend with access to their personal papers, chronicles the Ostroms' life and work in a new film