[lbo-talk] The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons

Charles Brown charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Fri Aug 29 08:06:14 PDT 2008


I don't know whether Hardin's rejection of the tragedy of the commons was noted on this thread.

Charles

Dear Charles,
>> Hardin himself rejected the "tragedy of the commons" myth in an
article
>> he wrote for a book edited by Robert Andelson. I forget the title.
But his
>> retraction never is cited.
>> Michael H.

It's in Robert Andelson, ed., Commons without Tragedy, published by Shepherd-Walwyn in London. Good recantation. It's on Jstor if you can access it at a university library....

Michael H.

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