Plymouth settlers faked illness rather than working the common property. Some even stole, despite their Puritan convictions. Total production was too meager to support the population, and famine ...

A common resource or "commons" is any resource, such as water or land, that provides users with tangible benefits but which nobody has an exclusive claim. The tragedy of the commons is an economic ...

What Plymouth suffered under communalism was what economists today call the tragedy of the commons. But the problem has been known since ancient Greece. As Aristotle noted, "That which is common ...

Our community has accepted these commons without thought. But that is where the tragedy can occur. The tragedy of the commons occurs when excessive use degrades or destroys that which our ...

In 1968, the evolutionary biologist Garrett Hardin warned of the "tragedy of the commons," the damage that actions by individuals can inflict on the environment at large. Hardin's concern was with ...

When I first heard about the movie’s premise, I immediately thought, “Tragedy of the commons!” Eventually, my reaction expanded into Chapter 15 of Economics of the Undead. Here’s an ...

Because of the change, the first Thanksgiving could be held in November 1623. What Plymouth suffered under communalism was what economists today call the tragedy of the commons. But the problem has ...

In 1968, the evolutionary biologist Garrett Hardin warned of the "tragedy of the commons," the damage that actions by individuals can inflict on the environment at large. Hardin's concern was with ...

Tragedy of the commons explains resource depletion when individual interests overshadow collective needs. Exploitation examples include Amazon deforestation and fast fashion harming global ecosystems.