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Which is a public good?

Responses

textbooks

textbooks

college education

college education

national defense

national defense

stock portfolio

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A public good is non-excludable (you cannot prevent people from using it) and non-rivalrous (one person’s use doesn’t reduce another’s).

Answer: national defense — it is non-excludable and non-rivalrous.

The others are private (or club) goods: textbooks and college education are excludable (access can be restricted) and generally rivalrous (limited seats/copies), and a stock portfolio is a private good.