Public Good

Public goods support NonrivalrousConsumption, and offer a NonexcludableBenefit.

Public goods suffer MarketFailure, unless alternatives to market economies, such as an EconomicClub, are formed.

An example of a public good is FreeSoftware.

...discussion of AppropriateSoftware as PublicGood moved to PublicGoodsandAppropriateSoftware

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See also: PrivateGood, PublicEconomics