Public goods can best be described as benefits and services
a. provided by a particular segment of society for its own benefit.
b. provided by government to benefit all citizens.
c. voluntarily performed by citizens for the benefit of all.
d. produced by a free-market economic system.
e. created through public taxation
Ans: b. provided by government to benefit all citizens.
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