Is It True That...? — Season 1, Episode 19: ... Collective Ownership is Doomed to Fail?
Documentary • 24 min • 2 seasons, 40 episodes
Episode synopsis
The Tragedy of the Commons theory posits that a valuable and finite resource, freely available to everyone, will be overused and be at risk of destruction. But with common land shared for centuries in medieval Europe, is this really the case?
About Is It True That...?
Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1...Democracy Was Invented In Greece?
- E2...The Plague Was the Worst Epidemic Ever?
- E3...We Used to Work More?
- E4...We Always Believed in God?
- E5...The Library of Alexandria Burned Down?
- E6...Vibrators Were Invented for Female Pleasure?
- E7...We Used to Die Younger in the Past?
- E8...Hitler Invented the Autobahn?
- E9...The Steam Engine Started the Industrial Revolution?
- E10...Bartering Was the First Form of Money?
- E11...Men Have Always Worn Trousers?
- E12...Beauty Standards Have Always Been the Same?