Mutual Aid and Pandemic Response

Our recent experience in the Covid-19 pandemic has introduced us to a serious collective action dilemma that arguably cannot easily be solved by self-governance mechanisms.

Economists might argue that unless governments institute lockdown measures, citizens will be tempted to free-ride by moving around in public spaces without caution, potentially endangering those around them. Granted this logic, is there any room left for self-governance responses to a pandemic? We explore the possibilities in this video.