tragedy of the commons Archives

Why It’s Not Easy to Use Less of the Colorado River

Complicated by centuries of obligations, and conflicts between cities and farmers, Colorado River problems are tough to solve.

Environment

Some (sort of) Good Climate News

In the eia’s (U.S. Energy Administration) “Annual Energy Outlook 2022,” their world energy outlook has improved slightly.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and stranded ship's oil spill

Environment

Why a Catastrophic Oil Spill Might Not Happen

How the world could prevent a catastrophic oil spill and avoid the tragedy of the commons according to an economics Nobel laureate.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and overfishing

Environment

How to Reduce Overfishing and Increase Food Security

Threatened by overfishing, the world’s fish stocks could be saved by a WTO agreement that limits subsidies and by fake fish.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and Wikipedia's gender bias

Gender Issues

Why We Need More Wikipedia Women

Self-reinforcing, Wikipedia’s gender bias is evident in the number of biographies that focus on notable females.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and human-elephant conflict

Environment

What to Do About an Elephant in Your Backyard

In addition to the human-elephant conflict, China’s wandering herd of elephants takes us to all that they ate.

Learn

Learn With Elaine: Elephants and Avocados

The tragedy of the commons explains why avocados can be more important than elephants.

Environment

How Kenya’s Avocados Could Harm Its Elephants

In Kenya, 2,000 elephants might no longer be able to use a wildlife corridor that lets them travel among three national parks. The reason is the avocado. Kenya’s Avocado Exports On approximately 175 acres, near Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, KiliAco…