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Jul 8, 2019 · Hardin’s brief article crystallized the modern interest in the characteristics of commonly-held resources; while Ostrom’s Governing the Commons responded that the commons need not be tragic at all, particularly in cases in which a community can manage a commons of limited scope. Ostrom’s work in turn encouraged a flood of research into ...
Nov 4, 2023 · The development and use of commons need not be tragic after all. Indeed, it may very well be communities and a reinvestment in valuing the commons that can save us from tragedy. And a good place to start could be ensuring that no one is left behind.
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Jun 17, 2024 · Are the commons truly tragic? Since the late 1960s, the idea of a “tragedy of the commons” has influenced global policy-making and the studies of economics and environmental science. This article explores the legitimacy of this ideology, and presents alternatives such as those advocated for by renowned economist and activist Elinor Ostrom.
May 4, 2021 · In December 1968, the ecologist and biologist Garrett Hardin had an essay published in the journal Science called ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’. His proposition was simple and unsparing: humans, when left to their own devices, compete with one another for resources until the resources run out.
Most of the recent academic literature on the tragedy of the commons examines why some commons do not lead to tragic consequences. Elinor Ostrom and others have shown that local communities throughout the world sometimes have been able to avoid the tragedy through the development of local management institutions.3 Psychologists also have conducted
Jun 22, 2019 · Abstract. The theory of common property resources traces the overexploitation of natural resources to the absence of ownership rights. Garrett Hardin argues such resources can be managed, if at all, by autocratic government because individuals or local communities cannot cooperate to manage them.
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In this Retrospective, we examine how the tragedy of the commons has fared within the economics literature and its relevance for economic and public policies today. We revisit the original piece to explain Hardin’s purpose and conceptual approach.
