Michael Cameron, in a post at Sex, Drugs & Economics, agrees that the Water Services Entities Act 2022 (i.e., 3 waters reforms) creates a potential tragedy of the commons. Yet he is more confident than I that a tragedy of the commons can be averted, writing "If iwi and hapū recognise that there is the potential for a common resource problem here, then they may be able to work together to prevent it."
Michael Cameron, in a post at Sex, Drugs & Economics, agrees that the Water Services Entities Act 2022 (i.e., 3 waters reforms) creates a potential tragedy of the commons. Yet he is more confident than I that a tragedy of the commons can be averted, writing "If iwi and hapū recognise that there is the potential for a common resource problem here, then they may be able to work together to prevent it."
Read Michael's post at https://sex-drugs-economics.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-potential-tragedy-of-commons-for.html.