Externalities, public and merit goods, and how governments correct market failure.
Markets sometimes fail to allocate resources well, so governments intervene.
Externalities
Costs or benefits to a third party. Negative externalities (pollution) mean the market overproduces; positive externalities (education) mean it underproduces.
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