- About the Authors
- Chapter 1: What Is Economics?
- Chapter 2: Supply and Demand
- Chapter 3: Quantification
- Chapter 4: The U.S. Economy
- Chapter 5: Government Interventions
- Chapter 6: Trade
- Chapter 7: Externalities
- Chapter 8: Public Goods
- Chapter 9: Producer Theory: Costs
- Chapter 10: Producer Theory: Dynamics
- Chapter 11: Investment
- Chapter 12: Consumer Theory
- Chapter 13: Applied Consumer Theory
- Chapter 14: General Equilibrium
- Chapter 15: Monopoly
- Chapter 16: Games Strategic Behavior
- Chapter 17: Imperfect Competition
- Chapter 18: Information
- Chapter 19: Agency Theory
- Chapter 20: Auctions
- Chapter 21: Antitrust
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Public Goods
Consider a company offering a fireworks display. Pretty much anyone nearby can watch the fireworks, and people with houses in the right place have a great view of them. The company that creates the fireworks can’t compel those with nearby homes to pay for the fireworks, and so a lot of people get to watch them without paying. This will make it difficult or impossible for the fireworks company to make a profit.

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