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What is the best example of a public good?
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professional sports teams
professional sports teams
food
food
education
education
fire department
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Best answer: the fire department.
Why: a public good is non-excludable (you can’t easily prevent people in the service area from benefiting) and non-rivalrous (one person’s protection doesn’t significantly reduce others’ protection). Food is rival and excludable (private good). Professional sports teams are excludable (tickets) and often rival (limited seats) or club goods. Education is partly non-rival and has positive externalities but is excludable (tuition/seat limits), so it isn’t a pure public good.
Why: a public good is non-excludable (you can’t easily prevent people in the service area from benefiting) and non-rivalrous (one person’s protection doesn’t significantly reduce others’ protection). Food is rival and excludable (private good). Professional sports teams are excludable (tickets) and often rival (limited seats) or club goods. Education is partly non-rival and has positive externalities but is excludable (tuition/seat limits), so it isn’t a pure public good.
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