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What is a “commons” in the “Tragedy of the Commons” sense?
What is a “commons” in the “Tragedy of the Commons” sense?
- A valuable resource that has highly restricted ownership
- A shared resource that has open access (correct)
- A person of ignoble birth (such as a peasant) who farms a field
- A hardship that is shared by poorer people but not by the rich
Which of the following might we reasonably expect to be afflicted by “the Tragedy of the Commons”?
Which of the following might we reasonably expect to be afflicted by “the Tragedy of the Commons”?
- A typical Mexican farmer’s field
- A new housing development in Atlanta
- All of the world’s oceans (correct)
- A privately owned forest in Canada
