Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons put forward underdeveloped arguments that continue to be reflected in simplistic debates about the drivers and implications of demographic dynamics. It’s time to embrace the complexity that Hardin lacked in order to develop better-informed policy.
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Hunter, L.M., Prakash, A. Hardin’s oversimplification of population growth. Nat Sustain 2, 78–79 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0230-5
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