Elinor Ostrom, the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics, passed away yesterday. The Indiana University obit is here (hat tip - Graham Brownlow). Ostrom's Nobel Prize lecture is available here. In the video clip below, Ostrom gives a short talk on how humans can use natural resources in a sustainable way.
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