What Is a Public Good, and Why Does the Government

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Essay

What is a public good, and why does the government provide and/or protect public goods?

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Definitions:

Average Variability

The typical extent to which data points in a dataset differ from the mean or average, often measured using variance or standard deviation.

Values

Core beliefs or standards that guide behavior and decision making, or, in statistics, numerical amounts or quantities.

Median

A statistical measure that determines the middle value of a dataset when it is ordered in ascending or descending order.

Amounts

Quantitative measures or quantities of items or entities.