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A metaphor at midlife: 'The Tragedy of the Commons' turns 40.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18996596     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Since 1968, when Garrett Hardin wrote his essay entitled 'The Tragedy of the Commons', the idea that human reproduction must be brought under the coercive control of state power has been rejected by every government on earth, with the qualified exception of the People's Republic of China. The metaphor that Hardin used to convey his message, however, has proliferated, adapted and evolved. Its original neo-Malthusian message now largely forgotten, 'The Tragedy of the Commons' has become a wildly popular metaphor in a variety of fields from ecology to property law to the programmatic architecture of the Internet.
Authors:
R S Deese
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article     Date:  2008-11-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  Endeavour     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1873-1929     ISO Abbreviation:  Endeavour     Publication Date:  2008 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-12-03     Completed Date:  2009-04-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375037     Medline TA:  Endeavour     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  152-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of History, Boston University, 226 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
California
Ethics, Medical
History, 20th Century
Humans
International Cooperation
Metaphor*
Population Control / history*,  legislation & jurisprudence
Reproduction*

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