The commons in Juneau are many. We share clean air, clean water, wildlife, tranquility and easy access to outdoor activities. Our community has accepted these commons without thought. But that is ...

Guest post by Jonathan H. Adler, a professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and regular contributor to the Volokh Conspiracy. Thanks to Megan for inviting me to spend some time ...

Climate change must no longer be viewed as a "tragedy of the commons", researchers say. December marks the 50th anniversary of the paper that popularized the concept of tragedy of the commons: it ...

Two years ago my husband and I, empty nesters for more than 20 years, moved from our four-bedroom split-level house to a three-bedroom condo and from a car-dependent life to an apartment community one ...

Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Director, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, UNSW Sydney By any metric, Garrett Hardin’s The Tragedy of the Commons article in Science, a copy of his ...

Noah Millman has responded to my post about the futility of fighting global warming. I agree with this: But though a rise in sea levels and an increased incidence of extreme weather are the easiest ...

Immigrants to New England in the 17th century formed villages in which they had privately owned homesteads and gardens, but they also set aside community-owned pastures, called commons, where all of ...