Garrett Hardin: The Tragedy Of The Common

Title Today in our society there are numerous tragedies of the commons as labelled by Garrett Hardin. One of the most prevalent is the increasing rate of population while the resources does not have any change. The current world has an urge population equivalent to seventh billion. People need all these resources in order to survive such as; oxygen, food, and water which are between the most essential needs of human being. The main issue is the increase in population whereas these resources are limited. According to Garrett Hardin “A finite world can support only a finite population”. The tragedy of the common is an economic concept which individual acting that human needs is unlimited while we live in a limited world, and the population rate is growing day-to day which make the resources is not enough for everyone, Hardin focused on the use of large resources such as; Ocean and, earth atmosphere he …show more content…
So, he well-defined a technical resolution as one that requires very minim or do not able to change at all. That is the only solution is “privatizing the activities since if left to the commoners”, they won’t have the opportunity to take control over anything (Hardin). However, Milton Friedman and Elinor Ostrom are some of the intellectuals who opposed the tragedy of the commons by Garrett Hardin by demonstrating that the common people can be in charge of the available resources, further than denationalization. In the other hand, Ostrom has documented how countless our community manage the common resources, Milton Friedman encouraged for unobstructed place where freedom is for everyone. These two researchers would try to find different resolution for the society, instead of trying to fight against the increasing of population they would embrace it and look forward for solutions that can work for the better of the future. (Hardin