tragedy of the commons

== English == === Etymology === Coined by American ecologist Garrett Hardin in 1968. === Noun === tragedy of the commons (plural tragedies of the commons) (ecology, economics, politics, social criticism) A situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource. ==== Related terms ==== anticommons commons ==== Translations ==== === See also === free rider let George do it public good === References === “tragedy of the commons”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.