Hardin’s The tragedy of the commons is a classic, a must read for everybody. Published in Science Magazine in1968 by Garrett Hardin, is about understanding conflicts over a common pool of resources. The article is one of the influential articles that have resonated in many different area from economics, politics to computer science and the study of depletion of natural resources.
Here an extensions of “The Tragedy of the Commons” by Hardin in 1998.