The tragedy of climate change

Robert McLachlan

No 25jh9, SocArXiv from Center for Open Science

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2019-06-03
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