When Each Individual Seeks to Maximize His or Her Use

question 36

Multiple Choice

When each individual seeks to maximize his or her use of the common pool of resources without regard to their degradation or depletion because no one owns them, political scientists speak about a

• A)race to the bottom.
• B)catastrophic spiral.
• C)tragedy of the commons.
• D)fallacy of collective action.
• E)cooperative demise.

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