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Public Goods Roads, Schools & Free Riders

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Dr. Maya Chen's card sort has students run the excludability and rivalry tests on national defense, a lighthouse beam, ocean fish stocks, and a July 4th park that turns from empty to packed, then decide whether each is public, private, common, or a club good.

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