By Mohd. Yunus*
In the summer of 1968, Garrett Hardin published his seminal paper, “The Tragedy of the Commons”, offering a sobering analysis of how shared resources face depletion when individuals act solely in their self-interest, leading to overconsumption, underinvestment, and eventual resource exhaustion. More than 50 years later, Hardin’s insights remain strikingly relevant, resonating through today’s environmental crises, including climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. (The Lowy Institute. The Interpreter.)
