The giant floating garbage dumps in the Pacific Ocean are unlikely to be cleaned up or properly disposed. This best illustrates what concept?

A) The Malthusian Dilemma
B) The Prisoner's Dilemma.
C) The resource curse
D) The time horizon problem
E) the tragedy of the commons


E

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