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tragedy of the commons

self-interests causing depletion of a shared resource
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Summary

tragedy of the commons is an economic theory[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of economic theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,077 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Garrett Hardin[3]
  • Instance of: economic term[4], failure mode[5]
  • Named after: The Tragedy of the Commons[6]
  • Subclass of: public policy failure[7]
  • Commons category: Tragedy of the commons[8]
  • Opposite of: tragedy of the anticommons[9], comedy of the commons[10]
  • Publication date: 1968[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tragedy of the commons[12]
  • Main subject: commons[13]
  • Partially coincident with: over exploitation[14]

Why It Matters

tragedy of the commons has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Tragedy of the commons
    Main subject → commons
    Named after → The Tragedy of the Commons
    Publication date → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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