Like others have mentioned, the prisoner’s dilemma and other dilemmas manifest themselves in a million+ fields and disciplines. The most impactful way I learned about the Tragedy of the Commons and Freeloading was in relation to international environmental policies. Given the limited and shared resource of oil, let’s say, it would be ideal for the planet if all nations decide to cut down. However, if one more nations don’t cut down, and instead reap benefits and take even MORE of the limited resource, we are left with the limited resource being just as diminished, and the good nations with environmental policies are suffering economically with no ultimate benefit for the planet. It is deeply frustrating, and this reading only made me reminded of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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