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What? The solution for the tragedy of the commons is making the common thing private.

There are large green areas in the UK owned by private funds, that are amongs the best preserved in the whole country, or even the whole Europe.

Recent Nobel price Elinor Olstrom studied this theme, and found that in places where the tragedy of the commons is avoided, there are mechanisms that are akin to private property, like a common river being "owned" by a guardian or a private organization that keeps it safe from pollution.




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