In the Tragedy of the Commons, joint action among the individual citizens would be necessary to solve their common resource problem, if government does not intervene.

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The Tragedy of the Commons describes a situation where individuals, acting in their own self-interest, use a shared resource in a way that leads to depletion or degradation of the resource. Without government intervention, joint action among the individuals would be necessary to solve the problem and promote sustainable use of the resource.

In the Tragedy of the Commons, Joint Action Among the Individual