Key points
A public good has two key characteristics: it is nonexcludable and nonrivalrous. These characteristics make it difficult for market producers to sell the good to individual consumers.
Nonexcludable means that it is costly or impossible for one user to exclude others from using a good.
Nonrivalrous means that when one person uses a good, it...
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