In a world of escalating climate crisis, metastasizing market logic, structural racism, growing inequality, and a global pandemic, this essay argues, the tragedy is not one of the commons, but one of the private. The relentless capitalist focus on self-interest rather than common good, on efficiency rather than resilience, on more rather than better, on the private over the public, has brought societies and ecosystems alike to the breaking point. As COVID-19 has helped us rediscover, wellbeing instead depends on a healthy commons—resilience, reciprocity, solidarity, and sharing. The essay ends with practical suggestions as to how to move in the direction of an economy squarely focused on wellbeing of people and planet.

本文认为，在气候危机升级，市场逻辑转移，结构性种族主义，不平等加剧和全球流行的世界中，悲剧不是公地之一，而是私下之一。不屈不挠的资本主义把重点放在了自身利益而不是共同利益上，在效率上而不是在复原力上，在更多而非更好上，把重点放在了私人而非公众身上，这已经使社会和生态系统都达到了临界点。正如COVID-19帮助我们重新发现一样，福祉取而代之的是一个健康的共性，即韧性，互惠，团结和共享。本文最后提出了有关如何朝着直接关注人与地球福祉的经济方向发展的实践建议。