This scenario can be explained by the CC-PP (“double-C, double-P”) game. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this scenario outlined by Garrett Hardin, in which easy access to a public resource leads to its overuse and destruction.
ANSWER: tragedy of the commons
[10e] One example of the tragedy of the commons is this phenomenon, which is driven by uncontrolled carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. William Nordhaus won a Nobel Prize for his analysis of this phenomenon.
ANSWER: global warming [or global heating or climate change; accept greenhouse effect or greenhouse gas emissions]
[10h] This other economist outlined the ability for institutions to collectively govern common resources in the book Governing the Commons. This economist also developed the Institutional Analysis and Development framework.
ANSWER: Elinor Ostrom
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