tragedy of the commons: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Garrett Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” Science 162(3859), pp. 1243–48 (1968); Elinor Ostrom, “Coping with Tragedies of the Commons,” Annual Review of Political Science 2(1), pp. 493–535 (1999).

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Add new Web site: Corporate Finance Institute - Tragedy of the Commons. Oct 10, 2026
Add new Web site: CBC News - The 'tragedy of the commons' and why it is helping to scorch our planet. Mar 06, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Internet Security and The Tragedy Of The Commons (PDF). Oct 16, 2025
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Add new Web site: Econlib - Tragedy of the Commons. Apr 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Clemson University Open Textbooks - Science Technology and Society A Student Led Exploration - Tragedy of the Commons. Feb 27, 2025
Add new Web site: York University - Osgoode Digital Commons - Global Warming: A Tragedy of the Commons (PDF). Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - The Tragedy of the Commons: Twenty-Two Years Later. Nov 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Brandeis University - The Real Tragedy of the Commons. Sep 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Concept of Tragedy of the Commons: Issues and Applications (PDF). May 22, 2024
Add new Web site: UNESCO-EOLSS - "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin, 1968. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Pressbooks Create - Science, Technology, and Society: A Student-Led Exploration - Tragedy of the Commons. Dec 07, 2023
Add new Web site: PNAS - Can humankind escape the tragedy of the commons? Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: The University of Chicago - Department of Mathematics - The Tragedy of the Commons. Aug 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Earth.Org - What is the �Tragedy of the Commons�? May 23, 2023
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Add new Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Tragedy of the Commons. Nov 17, 2022
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - College of Earth and Mineral Sciences - The Tragedy of the Commons. Aug 30, 2022
Article revised. Nov 07, 2017
Bibliography revised. Nov 07, 2017
Add new Web site: Econlib - Tragedy of the Commons. Sep 26, 2017
Add new Web site: San Diego State University - Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" Revisited. Aug 15, 2014
Add new Web site: Investopedia - Tragedy of the Commons. Aug 15, 2014
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Video Lesson on the Tragedy of the Commons. Aug 15, 2014
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