Landslide at Angola illegal gold mine kills 28 - The Hindu
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Illegal mining deaths in Angola expose the brutal logic of the "risk compensation" effect — when desperate workers accept lethal dangers the regulated world refuses, tragedies become statistically inevitable.
Tragedy of the CommonsRisk CompensationPrecautionary PrinciplePrincipal-Agent Problem
Theory Briefing
- A landslide at an illegal gold mine in Angola killed 28 people, highlighting deadly conditions in unregulated extraction sites.
- Informal miners operate outside safety frameworks, a classic example of how regulatory voids push risk onto the most vulnerable workers.
- The tragedy illustrates the Tragedy of the Commons — unowned, ungoverned resources attract high-stakes exploitation with catastrophic human costs.