“Hardin argues that exponential population growth – a main driving force behind tragedy of the commons – is itself caused by its own tragedy-of-the-commons dynamic.” I find my self-agreeing with this phrase, especially after I read the text. The influence for the population growth in poor countries is mainly derived from the need for the children to take care of their parents (old age, work, chores ecetera), since they live poverty and many children may die at a young age. For example, I once sow a program that showed that children in rural places of India (girls especially) may not be able to attend school because they have to carry water to due the housed hold chores as well as drinking water, in between other chores that does not leave
