> It is a clear case of the 'tragedy of the commons'. The only way to escape the tragedy of the commons (when there are large numbers of people who don't know e

> It is a clear case of the 'tragedy of the commons'. The only way to escape the tragedy of the commons (when there are large numbers of people who don't know each other) is regulation. However regulation has proved very hard to do at an international level. All of Ostrom's work was to disprove this argument -- she showed that it is possible (not always, but frequently) to avoid the tragedy of the commons without regulation or privatization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom#Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom#Research