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The tragedy of climate change

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Reviews the discovery of the phenomenon of the tragedy of the commons, from Marco Polo, through William Foster Lloyd in 1833, H Scott Gordon in 1954, and Garrett Hardin in 1968; it is argued that the first known realization that anthropogenic climate change is a global tragedy of the commons by Chen, Winter, and Bergman in 1980, was ahead of its time and was, sadly, insufficiently recognized. It is argued that the tragedy of the commons framing was slow to be discovered, to be appreciated, and has yet to achieve widespread popular recognition. Its contemporary relevance is illustrated through a discussion of recent work of Thomas Hale.

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  • McLachlan, Robert, 2019. "The tragedy of climate change," SocArXiv 25jh9_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:25jh9_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/25jh9_v1
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    1. Chen, Kan & Winter, Richard C. & Bergman, Michael K., 1980. "Carbon dioxide from fossil fuels : Adapting to uncertainty," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 318-330, December.
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