☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Tragedy of the Commons

The depletion of a shared resource when individuals acting in self-interest exploit it without regard for the long-term collective consequences — overfishing, overgrazing, pollution.

Category: Legal Economics · Source: Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons (1968)
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