A classroom/laboratory activity to understand tragedy of the commons through case studies and discuss global warming as a tragedy of the commons.
Students will examine past environmental problems to understand the concept of the tragedy of the commons. Then, they will discuss “Earth’s atmosphere” as a commons and “global warming” as a tragedy, and propose economic solutions to solve this tragedy-of-the-commons problem.
Use this tool to help your students find answers to:
- Describe the concept of tragedy of the commons.
- Discuss global warming (caused by climate change) as a tragedy-of-the-commons problem.
- Propose two fiscal policies that could be solutions to the global warming problem.
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