Table of Contents

• Dedication to Garrett Hardin
• Tragedy of the Commons
• 1: Cows in the commons
• 2: Fishing the oceans dry
• 3: Littering and dumping
• What is a tragedy of the commons?
• 4: The "common" part
• 5: Portrait of a tragedy
• 6: The tragedy in action
• 7: Why bad things happen to good people
• Solving the Commons Problem
• 8: Types of solutions
• 9: Call to conscience
• 10: Why guilt (conscience) is bad policy
• 11: Coercion
• 12: Privatization
• 13: Private elephants
• Climate and commons
• 14: Climate and commons
• 15: Solving the climate commons
• 16: Cap and trade
• 17: Carbon tax
• 18: Review

Types of solutions

The tragedy of the commons seems like a classic no-win situation. But is it?

There are three main types of solutions proposed for the tragedy of the commons. We'll discuss how each of them works, but here's an overview:

	Call to Conscience (tell people what to do)
	Coercion (make people do it)
	Privatization (split up ownership and let people make their own decisions)