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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