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From: Jim Hester <hester@ICSE.UCI.EDU>

I can't help on the second and third stories but the first, a novella
about a society which is based on "obs" is "...And Then There Were None"
by Eric Frank Russell in 1951.

The plot was simple, involving a mighty imperial battleship visiting
outlying planets to re-assert the central government.  It lands on a
paradise planet where everybody trusts everybody else, thus the simple
system of obligations.  Eventually all of the ship's crew go AWOL to
join the locals.  The title refers to the remaining ship's crew.

Two collections which contain it are:
"The Science Fiction Hall of Fame vol. two A" ed. by Ben Bova, and
"Science Fiction: The Great Years" (NOT vol. two) ed. by Carol & Frederik Pohl.

The main thing I remember about this story is that it was the first
time I had ever seen the now-infamous acronym "MYOB".