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Card 6

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refers to the benefit to society when one more unit of a good is consumed

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Card 7

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are goods that would not be provided at all in a free market but which are necessary and benefitial to society. They are non-rivalrous and non-excludable but underprovided.

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Card 8

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goods which are rivalrous and excludable

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Card 9

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consumption by one person reduces its availability to someone else

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Card 10

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possible to exclude others from using the good once it has been provided, because you have to pay for the good to use or consume it

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Card 11

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it exists because no one is willing to pay for a good or service when there is hope that somebody else will pay for it. This is why the good will not be provided by the free market.

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Card 12

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goods that are beneficial to the individual and society as a whole, and are usually under-provided in a free market

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Card 13

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goods that are considered harmful to the individual and society as a whole, and are usually over-provided in a free market

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Card 14

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occurs when the production or consumption of a good or service has an effect on a third party

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Card 15

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is a situation where the production of a good or service generates a negative effect on a third party or society, which has not been part of the decision-making process of producing such good

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