Sunday, 16 January 2011

Malthusian warfare

If rights to commons (for example, land, votes, carbon credits) are allocated a per capita basis, the presence of competitive blocs (for example, states, ethnic groups) can result in a Nash equilibrium where each group attempts to increase its allocation by increasing its population until a Malthusian catastrophe is reached.

“The womb of the Arab woman is my strongest weapon.” – Yasser Arafat

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