Tragedy of the commons
Tragedy of the commons
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Garrett Hardin
American ecologist (1915–2003).
22%
Elinor Ostrom
American political economist (1933–2012).
12%
Lifeboat ethics
Metaphor for resource distribution proposed by Garrett Hardin.
5.9%
Malthusianism
Idea about population growth and food supply.
2.8%
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Document of human rights by the United Nations.
2.8%
Externality
Imposed cost or benefit in economics.
2.4%
Enclosure
In England, appropriation of common land.
2.2%
Free-rider problem
Market failure benefitting non-paying users.
1.8%
Pensions crisis
Predicted difficulty in funding pensions.
1.7%
Collective action problem
Type of social dilemma.
1.6%
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Garrett Hardin
American ecologist (1915–2003).
9.6%
Free-rider problem
Market failure benefitting non-paying users.
4.7%
Dust Bowl
1930s period of severe dust storms in North America.
3.4%
Jevons paradox
Efficiency leads to increased demand.
2.8%
Malcolm Gladwell
Canadian journalist and author (born 1963).
2.7%
Shopping cart theory
Test of moral character.
2.5%
Fermi paradox
Discrepancy of the lack of evidence for alien life despite its apparent likelihood.
2.3%
Commons
Concept in political economics.
2.2%
Stone Soup
European folk story.
1.8%
Crab mentality
Metaphor about spiteful attitude.
1.7%