The "tragedy of the commons" is
A) the lack of a commons-a common place where people can come together.
B) the failure to appreciate what we have in common with other species.
C) that cost-benefit analysis involves value judgments that we do not share in common.
D) that individual pursuit of self-interest can sometimes make everyone worse off.
D
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