Public Goods as Obligatory Bridges between the Public and the Private.
In the context of economics, the distinction between 'the public' and 'the private' has been paralleled with the distinction of 'public policy' on the one hand and the 'private market' on the other hand. Even though both spheres intermingle at some point, the first is the domain of government, the s...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Papers Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 387 - 406 |
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