Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. (Garrett Hardin)

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.

Garrett Hardin

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