What is meant by the "tragedy of the commons"? ANSWER Unselected Governments place too much emphasis on regulating commonly held resources, restricting jobs and economic opportunities. Unselected Privately owned resources tend to be overexploited more than publicly owned resources. Unselected Common resources, such as soil, are protected more than rare resources. Unselected It is a tragedy that resources become more common when more people use them. Unselected Many types of resources held and used by the public are overexploited for private gain. Unselected I DON'T KNOW YET