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Fall 2020

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 35, Number 3

Categories: Fall 2020 | Ostrom, Elinor - Contributions | Social cooperation

Productive Specialization and Peaceful Social Cooperation through Covenants with and without the Sword

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise35(3),2020,1–5ProductiveSpecializationandPeacefulSocialCooperationthroughCovenantswithandwithouttheSwordPeterJ.BoettkeGeorgeMasonUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractElinorOstromnotonlyhadanamazinglycuriousmind,shewasalsoagraciousindividualwhohadnoairsabouther.Humble,hardworking,andalifelonglearner,shewasaninspiringfiguretomefrommyfirstencounterwithherwhenIwasingraduateschool.HerdistinctionbetweenrulesinformandrulesinuseinfluencedthewayIapproachedthestudyoftheSovieteconomyaswellasthepuzzleofdevelopmenteconomicsmoregenerally.IhopereadersoftheJournalofPrivateEnterprisewillenjoytheseremarksfromOstromandmystoryaboutthecontextofthatevening.ItismysincerehopethatthisshortessayandherremarkswillinspiretheyoungmembersoftheAssociationofPrivateEnterpriseEducationtodelvedeeperintotheworkofthisbrilliantsocialscientist.______________________________________________________JELCodes:H4,K11,N52,P14,Q25Keywords:ElinorOstrom,VincentOstrom,propertyrights,privategovernance,collectiveaction,publicentrepreneurshipElinorandVincentOstrom’sapproachtograduateeducationinfluencedmyownapproachtoworkingwithgraduatestudentswhenIreturnedtoGeorgeMasonUniversityin1998.OneofmyfirstactstherewastocreatetheweeklyWorkshopinPhilosophy,PoliticsandEconomics,withtheemphasisonworkshop,modeledontheirprogramatIndianaUniversity.Wordsmatter,Vincenttaughtus:wordsanddeeds.IworkedwithcolleaguesLeonardLiggioandWilliamDennistohelphonorElinorandVincentwiththefirstlifetimeachievementawardfromtheFundfortheStudyofSpontaneousOrder,andIeditedthespecialissueoftheJournalofEconomicBehavior&Organizationthefollowedfromtheconferencearoundthataward.Ithenembarkedonaneffortwithmyclosecolleague(andformer

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Title	Productive Specialization and Peaceful Social Cooperation through Covenants with and without the Sword
Authors/Creators:	Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University
Year:	2020
Volume:	35
Number:	3
Pages:	1 - 5
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Elinor Ostrom, Vincent Ostrom, property rights, private governance, collective action, public entrepreneurship

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Boettke, Peter J. / 2020. "Productive Specialization and Peaceful Social Cooperation through Covenants with and without the Sword." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 35(3): 1-5.