"The Tragedy of the Commons" is an influential article written by Garrett Hardin and first published in the journal Science in 1968. The article describes a dilemma in which multiple individuals acting independently in their own self-interest can ultimately destroy a shared resource even where it is clear that it is not in anyone's long term interest for this to happen.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Hardin_1968_Commons
%A Hardin, Garrett
%D 1968
%J Science
%K commons tragedy
%P 1243--1248
%T The Tragedy of the Commons
%U http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/162/3859/1243.pdf
%V 162
%X "The Tragedy of the Commons" is an influential article written by Garrett Hardin and first published in the journal Science in 1968. The article describes a dilemma in which multiple individuals acting independently in their own self-interest can ultimately destroy a shared resource even where it is clear that it is not in anyone's long term interest for this to happen.
@article{Hardin_1968_Commons,
abstract = {"The Tragedy of the Commons" is an influential article written by Garrett Hardin and first published in the journal Science in 1968. The article describes a dilemma in which multiple individuals acting independently in their own self-interest can ultimately destroy a shared resource even where it is clear that it is not in anyone's long term interest for this to happen.},
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author = {Hardin, Garrett},
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journal = {Science},
keywords = {commons tragedy},
month = {December},
pages = {1243--1248},
timestamp = {2009-01-28T10:22:22.000+0100},
title = {The Tragedy of the Commons},
url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/162/3859/1243.pdf},
volume = 162,
year = 1968
}