John Baden

John A. Baden is founder and chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) based in Bozeman, Montana. In addition to FREE. he cofounded the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), the Environmental Management MBA program at the University of Washington, and Warriors and Quiet Waters. He has taught at Indiana University, Montana State University, Utah State University, and the University of Washington. Baden and his wife, Ramona Marotz-Badem, own a ranch in Gallatin Gateway, outside Bozeman, Montana.

In 1977 Baden co-authored ''Managing the Commons'' with Garrett Hardin, the author of the essay "The Tragedy of the Commons". The book, which is out of print, is a collection of articles exploring the themes raised in Hardin's original essay. Provided by Wikipedia