PolicyApril 23, 2019
The Tragedy of the Tragedy of the Commons
The man who wrote one of environmentalism’s most-cited essays was a racist, eugenicist, nativist and Islamaphobe—plus his argument was wrong
Stories by Matto Mildenberger
Matto Mildenberger is assistant professor of environmental politics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where Garrett Hardin worked until 1978.