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Enforcement Changes the Game

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State

Enforceable agreement dissolves a prisoner's dilemma: when defection reliably costs more than cooperation, cooperating becomes each party's rational move.

Show

Add an auditor with real penalties to the shaded-ledger firm and honest books become the profitable choice — which is the social contract's whole sales pitch.