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Re:Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without... by dnautics on Saturday June 10, 2017 @01:42PM (#14528274)
The classical solution to the tragedy of the commons for rivalrous goods is propertization. It's the logic behind contemporary land rights, some very successful commercial fisheries management (north west Atlantic), and emissions auctions in the US (SOx and NOx implementation - but notably not the proposed carbon, which has other wierd factors bolted on)
Re:Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without... by anigbrowl on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:19PM (#14528451)
That's terribly limited though, since it basically relies on a land grab, and people who come along later are out of luck.
Re:Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without... by ende on Saturday June 10, 2017 @06:33PM (#14529575)
That's why you introduce a land value tax. As the supply of interested parties increases, so too does the demand and therefore the value of the land. This has several effects:

1) incentivizes unproductive land owners to sell

2) incentivizes productive land owners to seek tenants

3) generates public revenues to offset negative externalities

Re:Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without... by anigbrowl on Saturday June 10, 2017 @11:13PM (#14530415)
That never seems to get mentioned at the time the commons are privatized, only in salons later on. Also, it's rather hard to build capital improvements on fisheries, and correspondingly this does nothing for the preservation of wilderness. which is a problem that privatization is supposed to solve but frequently doesn't.
Re:Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without... by danieltillett on Saturday June 10, 2017 @08:47PM (#14530043)
Yes but the rentier class (our overlords) don’t like LVT.
Re:Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without... by dnautics on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:35PM (#14528536)
How does that apply to rolling auctions?