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tragedy of the commons

Summary

tragedy of the commons is an economic theory[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of economic_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,749 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tragedy of the commons is credited with the discovery of Garrett Hardin[3].
  • tragedy of the commons's instance of is recorded as economic theory[4].
  • tragedy of the commons's instance of is recorded as economic term[5].
  • tragedy of the commons's instance of is recorded as failure mode[6].
  • The Tragedy of the Commons is named after tragedy of the commons[7].
  • tragedy of the commons's subclass of is recorded as public policy failure[8].
  • tragedy of the commons's Commons category is recorded as Tragedy of the commons[9].
  • tragedy of the commons's opposite of is recorded as tragedy of the anticommons[10].
  • tragedy of the commons's opposite of is recorded as comedy of the commons[11].
  • tragedy of the commons's publication date is recorded as +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • tragedy of the commons's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07ky2[13].
  • tragedy of the commons's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tragedy of the commons[14].
  • tragedy of the commons's main subject is recorded as commons[15].
  • tragedy of the commons's partially coincident with is recorded as over exploitation[16].
  • tragedy of the commons's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/tragedy-of-the-commons[17].
  • tragedy of the commons's BBC Things ID is recorded as 9f05668f-74c6-4eff-a640-55cbfdd68068[18].
  • tragedy of the commons's Quora topic ID is recorded as Tragedy-of-the-Commons[19].
  • tragedy of the commons's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as tragedy-of-the-commons[20].
  • tragedy of the commons's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as allmenningens_tragedie[21].
  • tragedy of the commons's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 15517945[22].
  • tragedy of the commons's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 23022747[23].
  • tragedy of the commons's Econlib entry ID is recorded as TragedyoftheCommons[24].
  • tragedy of the commons's KBpedia ID is recorded as TragedyOfTheCommons[25].
  • tragedy of the commons's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 공유지의 비극[26].
  • tragedy of the commons's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C15517945[27].

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Works and Contributions

tragedy of the commons is credited with the discovery of Garrett Hardin[3].

Why It Matters

tragedy of the commons ranks in the top 3% of economic_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,749 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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