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I am indebted to Brian Barry, Toby Page, Jim Woodward and especially Will Jones for helpful discussion in the study group at Caltech where this paper was presented. Howard Margolis kindly offered a number of useful comments. All errors in interpretation are mine alone

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Schofield, N. Anarchy, altruism and cooperation. Soc Choice Welfare 2, 207–219 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433530

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