Tragedy of the commons

ANALYSIS Inefficiency and common property regimes Daniel Fuentes-Castro University of Zaragoza, Department of Economic Analysis, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Gran Vía, 2, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain AR TIC LE D ATA Article history: Received 5 April 2006 Received in revised form 8 November 2008 Accepted 9 November 2008 Available online 29 December 2008 Keywords: Commons Anticommons Overexploitation Underutilization Natural resources Common property JEL classification:

“The real tragedy of Willy Loman is that he has no choice but to invest his admirably uncompromising energies into a worthless end”- Terry Eagleton What is the tragedy of the common man, as depicted in ‘Death of a Salesman’? Arthur Miller believed that tragedy was created as a “consequence of a man's total compulsion to evaluate himself justly”, and anybody, regardless of status, may have such a compulsion. It is this compulsion, or drive, within Willy Loman to self-evaluate and surpass others

hectares of boreal forest. Number of environmentalists, governments, autochthones and non-autochthones communities, financial institutions, resource-based companies involve in conservation of Boreal forest. Forest ecosystem produces economic benefits for nation and for communities who lived in harmony in the vicinity. However, the unspoiled forest is subject to forthcoming changes to mining development, oil and gas, hydroelectric developments and industrial logging. Despite the fruitfulness of those

HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION AND THE CRISIS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA INTRODUCTION Since two decades now, the Great Lakes region of Africa faces a situation of infectious crisis, a political and social crisis which has changed the face of the whole region by its war and crimes. From a chronological point of view, everything started by the coming to power of Yoweri Museveni in Uganda in 1986 and continued with the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 as result of the civil war which started in

America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture in 2000. The author raises a burning and topical (d’actualité) issue: the problem of gun control and gun culture in the USA. He tries to account for (expliquer) a widespread phenomenon, a scourge (un fléau) that plagues ( tourmenter, harceler) America. We can divide this text into 2 parts: From line 1 to line 25: A typical example of tragedies From line 6 to the end: Reasons for such a phenomenon I. A typical example of tragedies. The text starts

Geopolitics Analysis of the Dakar Nicolas Sarkozy’s speech a) What representations does Sarkozy make or imply of Africa, of France and of the historical relationship between them. (Use quotes from the speech to support your answer.) During the speech, Sarkozy adopts the attitude of a big brother talking and moralizing his little brother. This position is quite strong if we consider Africa, France and the historical relationship between the two countries. First of all, Sarkozy implies representations

predecessor in English drama. Christopher Marlowe was killed at the age of 29 in a tavern broil by Ingram Frizer, and buried at St. Nicholas, Deptford. His dramatic career lasted only six years. Christopher Marlowe (Cristofer Marley in his autograph) was born in Canterbury, the son of a shoemaker. He attended the King's School and was awarded a scholarship from the foundation of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. Marlowe studied the Bible and the Reformation theologians as well as philosophy and history

Streetcar Named Desire” a tragedy? “A Streetcar Named Desire” written by T. Williams is the tragedy of Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle. Coming from a rich aristocratic family, Blanche clearly has a noble past. The death of Allan, her first and deepest love, is the start of her downfall and the cause of her insanity, which is later strengthened by the loss of her possessions and her fate. Blanche undergoes a great change in the course of the play. At the beginning of the play, she believes that

Intro The 30th January 1972 is a fatal date in the Ireland’s history: a peaceful march in Derry for Civil Rights becomes a nightmare. Ireland and Britain are known for their difficult common past. Their disagreements exist since several centuries and it seems wars between Catholics and Protestants are presents for a long time. It’s a human tragedy at the height of her reputation. Facts In January 1972 a huge civil rights march, judged illegal by the Unionist Government, took place in

years. The purposes and rituals of the festivals varied a great deal, but all had in common the desire to maintain a good relationship with the gods. The festivals of Athens are best known, and they were plentiful: Athens set aside at least 60 days a year for annual festivals.For example, some festivals : - Anthesteria- festival of Dionysus and the new wine - Apaturia- festival of the phratry brotherhood - Dionysa - dramatic festival of Dionysus - Thargelia- festival of Apollo and the new harvest