the commons

  • 1The commons — Commons redirects here. For other uses, see Commons (disambiguation). The commons is terminology referring to resources that are owned in common[1] or shared between or among communities populations. These resources are said to be held in common… …

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  • 2(The) Commons —    Messuage called The Commons in parish of St. James Garlickhithe in the tenure of divers priests granted by Edward VI. to Nicholas Spakeman (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 12).    Not further identified …

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  • 3The Commons at Federal Way — Infobox shopping mall shopping mall name = The Commons at Federal Way image width = caption = location = address = coordinates = opening date = 1975 closing date = developer = manager = owner = number of stores = 90+ number of anchors = 4 floor… …

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  • 4Music by the Commons — The logo of Music by the Commons Music by the Commons is an Early music society which organises regular concerts in Wimbledon, South West London, England. It mainly features music written before 1830.[1] The music is performed on auth …

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  • 5Tragedy of the commons — Cows on Selsley Common. The tragedy of the commons is one way of accounting for overexploitation. The tragedy of the commons is a dilemma arising from the situation in which multiple individuals, acting independently and rationally consulting… …

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  • 6Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons — For other uses, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Commons. Shortcuts: WP:MTC WP:MITC WP:TOCOMMONS WP:TRANSFER Many files have been uploaded to Wikipedia. A long term project under way is to move …

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  • 7On the Commons — (formerly Tomales Bay Institute) is a network of citizens and organizations, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States, working to highlight the importance of the commons in the modern world. On the Commons promotes commons based… …

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  • 8Problem of the Commons — (or Tragedy of the Commons) An example in game theory which is used to explore problems of resource distribution (see, ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’, Science, 1968). The use of commons (publicly available land on which farmers graze their cattle)… …

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  • 9Problem (or Tragedy) of the Commons — (or Tragedy of the Commons) An example in game theory which is used to explore problems of resource distribution (see, ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’, Science, 1968). The use of commons (publicly available land on which farmers graze their cattle)… …

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  • 10Tragedy Of The Commons — An economic problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit from a given resource. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, every individual who consumes an additional unit directly harms others who can no longer …

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